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The lessons Bengals OC Brian Callahan learned from his father to make it to the NFL

Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan was born in Champaign, Illinois, but he doesn’t remember anything about living there. After two years, he went to Flagstaff, Arizona, where he recollects a few images of the house he lived in and the dome where the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks played.

By the time he started middle school, Brian had lived in Carbondale, Illinois, Madison, Wisconsin and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Brian was a coach’s son, and that meant he moved five times before going to college.

When Brian then went into coaching, he knew exactly what he was getting into.

His father, Bill Callahan, became the head coach of the Oakland Raiders in the early 2000s and is now the Cleveland Browns offensive line coach.