The current head coach isZac Taylor, who was hired after the 2018 season. Taylor replacedMarvin 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 andTaylor in 2021.[2] Gregg leads all coaches in winning percentage with .561.[3]Dick LeBeau had the lowest winning percentage, with .267.[4] Of the nine Bengals head coaches, three have been elected to thePro Football Hall of Fame:Paul Brown,Forrest Gregg, andDick LeBeau (although only Brown was inducted as a coach, the other two were inducted as players).[5] Two former players have been head coach for the Bengals:Sam Wyche andBruce Coslet.
^A 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.
^Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season.
^abHomer Rice replaced Bill Johnson as head coach after the Bengals started 0–5. The team dipped to marks of 0–8 and 1–12 before rebounding under Rice to win the last three games.
^abThe Dave Shula era comes to a sudden end when he is fired after a 1–6 start. Bruce Coslet, the team's offensive coordinator, would replace Shula as head coach.
^abAfter being shut out in two of their first three games, coach Bruce Coslet resigned; he was replaced by defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau.
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