Marvin Lewis, Bengals Agree to New Contract: Latest Details, Comments, Reaction

April 8, 2016   ·   Joe Pantorno   ·   Jump to comments

The Cincinnati Bengals and head coach Marvin Lewis agreed to a contract extension Friday, NFL Network's Michael Silver reported. ESPN's Coley Harvey later confirmed the news.
Lewis completed his 13th season as the Bengals head coach in 2015 and led them to a 12-4 record, his best mark as the team's coach. Cincinnati, though, failed to make it out of the Wild Card Round for the seventh time under Lewis thanks to a last-minute loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The loss didn't sit well with him, either, as he spoke with WLWT's Elise Jesse:
Before Lewis took over the Bengals in 2003, they hadn't had a .500 season since 1996, or a winning one since 1990. In 2002, the year before his arrival, they won just two games. 
Lewis went 8-8 in his first two seasons with the team and delivered an 11-5 campaign in 2005. In his 13 years, the Bengals have had only three losing seasons as he's built a 112-92-2 regular-season record. 
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