{"id":683605,"date":"2026-01-17T06:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/683605\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T06:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:24:22","slug":"bengals-offensive-coordinator-emerges-as-top-candidate-for-division-rival-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/683605\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals&#8217; offensive coordinator emerges as top candidate for division rival job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/cincinnati-bengals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher has emerged as a leading candidate for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>\u2019 head coaching vacancy.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/bengals\/onsi\/news\/sources-bengals-oc-dan-pitcher-among-top-contenders-for-browns-head-coaching-job-01kf4ae2bfpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sports Illustrated\u2019s James Rapien reported<\/a> that Pitcher interviewed for the position last week, and the Browns are expected to invite several candidates back for second interviews, including Pitcher.<\/p>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ravens<\/a> offensive coordinator Todd Monken and current Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz are also slated for second interviews for the job.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/cincinnati-bengals\/news\/bengals-zac-taylor-tenured-head-coach-afc-north-mike-tomlin\/3def420939f0f1b99dfccd24\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bengals&#8217; Zac Taylor somehow longest tenured head coach in AFC North after Mike Tomlin news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Cleveland ultimately hires an offensive-minded head coach such as Pitcher or Monken, the team is expected to make an effort to retain Schwartz as defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns are also reportedly interviewing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rams<\/a> passing game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/jacksonville-jaguars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaguars<\/a> offensive coordinator Grant Udinski.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our responsibility is to search far and wide. There are good coaches out there. You know, we\u2019ve just got to do our homework and find the right fit for us,\u201d Browns general manager Andrew Berry said ahead of the head coaching search. \u201cWe\u2019ll have no preconceived notions as we go into the search.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\/news\/ranking-browns-head-coach-coordinator-candidates\/8ce15fec12d720042365c48a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ranking Browns head coach coordinator candidates: Why Grant Udinski and Dan Pitcher lead the pack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pitcher has been part of the Bengals organization since 2018 and has served as offensive coordinator for the past two seasons. It would not be surprising if Cincinnati were to lose him to a division rival later this month.<\/p>\n<p>To this point in the offseason, Cleveland is the only team known to have interviewed Pitcher.<\/p>\n<p>More Bengals news:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher has emerged as a leading candidate for the Cleveland Browns\u2019 head coaching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-683605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnatibengals","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115909012424437292","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683605","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=683605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}