This is a complete list of Cincinnati Bengals head coaches. There have been ten head coaches for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). A professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Bengals are a member of the North Division of the American Football Conference (AFC). The Bengals franchise was founded in 1968 as a member of the Western Division of the American Football League (AFL), before merging with the NFL in 1970.
The current head coach is Zac Taylor, who was hired after the 2018 season. Taylor replaced Marvin Lewis, who remains the Bengals all-time leader in seasons coached, games coached, wins, and playoff games coached. Three coaches have won a conference championship with the team: Forrest Gregg in 1981, Sam Wyche in 1988 and Taylor in 2021. Gregg leads all coaches in winning percentage with .561. Dick LeBeau had the lowest winning percentage, with .267. Of the ten Bengals head coaches, three have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Paul Brown, Forrest Gregg, and Dick LeBeau (although only Brown was inducted as a coach, the other two were inducted as players). Two former players have been head coach for the Bengals: Sam Wyche and Bruce Coslet.
Key #Number of coachesA running total of the number of coaches of the Bengals. Thus, any coach who has two or more terms as head coach is only counted once.YrsYears coachedFirstFirst season coachedLastLast season coachedGCGames CoachedWWinsLLosesTTiesWin%Win – Loss percentage †Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach ‡Elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player *Spent entire NFL head coaching career with the Bengals
Coaches Note: Statistics are accurate through the end of the 2025 NFL season.
# Image Name TermEach year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season. Regular season Playoffs Accomplishments Ref. Yrs First Last GC W L T Win% GC W L Win% 1 † 8 1968 1975 112 55 56 1 3 0 3 Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame (1967)2 AFC Central Championships (1970, 1973)3 Playoff Berths 2 UPI NFL Coach of the Year Awards (1969, 1970) 2 * 3 1976 1978 33 18 15 0 — 3 2 1978 1979 27 8 19 0 — 4 ‡ 4 1980 1983 57 32 25 0 4 2 2 1 AFC Championship (1981)1 AFC Central Championship (1981)2 Playoff Berths 1 UPI NFL Coach of the Year Award (1981) 5 8 1984 1991 121 61 66 0 5 3 2 1 AFC Championship (1988)2 AFC Central Championships (1988, 1990)2 Playoff Berths 6 * 5 1992 1996 71 19 52 0 — 7 5 1996 2000 60 21 39 0 — 8 ‡ 3 2000 2002 45 12 33 0 — 9 * 16 2003 2018 256 131 122 3 7 0 7 4 AFC North Championships (2005, 2009, 2013, 2015)7 Playoff Berths 1 AP NFL Coach of the Year Award (2009) 10 * 7 2019 present 116 52 63 1 .453 7 5 2 1 AFC Championship (2021) 2 AFC North Championships (2021, 2022)2 Playoff Berths Totals 59 1968 2025 904 409 490 5 26 10 16
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