{"id":676109,"date":"2026-01-14T08:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676109\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:19:27","slug":"former-bengals-coach-gets-official-head-coaching-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676109\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bengals coach gets official head-coaching interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 13, 2026, 5:30 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> coaches keep popping up in interesting places when it comes to the leaguewide head-coaching search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" data-autotag=\"6d3e484d-5133-4c06-a871-967f8646390b\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bengals<\/a> defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo is the latest name making the rounds. According to ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/2010757422571295140\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jeremy Fowler<\/a>, Anarumo will interview with the New York Giants for their vacant head coach position on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Anarumo was a staple of the hiring cycle as a member of the Bengals. He continues to be a hot name on the market after this last successful season with the Indianapolis Colts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/09\/duke-tobin-anticipated-bengals-address-underwhelms\/88102883007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duke Tobin&#8217;s anticipated Bengals address underwhelms<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Things didn\u2019t end well between the Bengals and Anarumo before Zac Taylor elected to move on, but he wasn\u2019t without a job for long. The Colts enjoyed a strong defense this year before injuries and struggles ended their season early.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now, Anarumo remains on the minds of NFL teams as the hiring cycle gets ready to seemingly swing back toward defensive-minded head coaches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/10\/bengals-free-agents-list-trey-hendrickson-joseph-ossai\/88110081007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals players slated to become free agents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 13, 2026, 5:30 a.m. ET Former Cincinnati Bengals coaches keep popping up in interesting places when it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[95878,228,227,256,2296,7,6,13078,95905,95882,95913,95892,95896,95888,95895,95899,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-676109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-bengals","10":"tag-cincinnati","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbengals","16":"tag-sstsnbengals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","19":"tag-tagespn-inc","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115892477350118627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}