The Cincinnati Bengals lost their defensive coordinator, Paul Guenther, to Jon Gruden in his initial staff assemblage over with the Oakland Raiders. A longtime position coach, Guenther had been the defensive coordinator since taking over that role from Mike Zimmer, who became the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, soon to play for the chance to go to the Super Bowl.
They replaced him with Teryl Austin, who is a Pennsylvania native and played college football with the Pittsburgh Panthers. He previously spent time in the AFC North with the Ravens as the secondary coach from 2011 to 2013 before taking a defensive coordinator job with the Lions.