CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals didn’t need to search far and wide to find their next offensive coordinator. The franchise simply promoted quarterbacks coach Dan Pitcher.
Pitcher was formally handed the job Thursday, one day after Brian Callahan left to take the head coaching gig with the Tennessee Titans.
The 37-year-old Pitcher just finished his eighth season on Cincy’s coaching staff. He spent the past four seasons as Joe Burrow’s position coach after previously serving as assistant QBs coach (2019) and offensive assistant (2016-18).
This is the ideal scenario. I’ve had the luxury of growing up here,” Pitcher said.
“This is where I learned how to be a coach and doing it under some really good people. It’s not often you get the chance to take all those steps in your career in one place.
And to be working for really good people who want to see you succeed, and in turn you try to provide value for them in a role like this. I think it’s pretty special. This is what I was hoping for all along.
Robinson was a former seventh-round pick in 2010 who wound up with the Bengals in 2011, remaining there through the 2013 season on the practice squad and otherwise before beginning his coaching journey in Los Angeles in 2019.
And to bring it all together even more, Robinson got brought on with the Rams after the Bengals hired Zac Taylor to become their next head coach.
Like Taylor, Robinson is an extension of the massive Sean McVay coaching tree, which now includes these head coaches:
