6. Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals
Lewis has been coachingthe Bengals since 2003. Aside from Bill Belichick, he’s the longest-tenured head coach in the NFL. But he can’t boast the same kind of success. Not hardly In his 14 seasons with the team, Lewis has yet to coach his Bengals past the Wild Card round.
Worse than that, the Bengals failed to make the postseason at all in 2016, which marked the first time since quarterback Andy Dalton was drafted in 2011. Injuries unfortunately plagued the team, with the most critical being the absence of star wideout A.J. Green.
Lewis will be coaching the final year of his contract and doesn’t think he will receive a one-year extension like he did during the 2016 offseason.
“I don’t anticipate anything happening,” Lewis said, per Katherine Terrell of ESPN.”
Lewis sports a 118-103-3 record, which is not the worst by far. But how many more seasons will the Bengals’ brass (not to mention the fans) tolerate just getting by? If Lewis does not receive that extension as he suggests, the writing is on the wall if the Bengals miss the postseason a second year in a row.