Al Golden
Defensive Coordinator at Cincinnati Bengals since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 30
- First season
- 1993
- Teams
- 8
Career
10 stints
- 1993Red Bank Catholic HS (NJ)Offensive Coordinator
- 1994–1996VirginiaGraduate Assistant
- 1997–1999Boston CollegeLinebackers
- 2000Penn StateLinebackers
- 2001–2005VirginiaDefensive Coordinator
- 2006–2010TempleHead Coach
- 2011–2015MiamiHead Coach
- 2020–2021Cincinnati BengalsLinebackers
- 2022–2024Notre DameDefensive CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2025–presentCincinnati BengalsDefensive Coordinator
Coaching tree
8 mentors, 31 protégés, 7 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row · Capped at 500 people
Relationships
Coached under
43
- 2025–2026Zac TaylorCoached under · Cincinnati Bengals
- 2023Max BulloughCoached under · Notre Dame
- 2022–2024Marcus FreemanCoached under · Notre Dame
- 2020–2021Robert LivingstonCoached under · Cincinnati Bengals
- 2020–2021Zac TaylorCoached under · Cincinnati Bengals
- 2015Randy MelvinMentored · Miami
- 2014–2015Kevin BeardMentored · Miami
- 2014–2015Tim HarrisMentored · Miami
- 2013Brian NiedermeyerMentored · Miami
- 2013–2015Hurlie BrownMentored · Miami
- 2013–2015James ColeyMentored · Miami
- 2013–2014Larry ScottMentored · Miami
- 2011–2015Art KehoeMentored · Miami
- 2011–2014Brennan CarrollMentored · Miami
- 2011–2012George McDonaldMentored · Miami
28 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
12
- 2025Chris AshSucceeded by · Notre Dame
- 2025Lou AnarumoSucceeded · Cincinnati Bengals
- 2022Marcus FreemanSucceeded · Notre Dame
- 2020Tem LukabuSucceeded · Cincinnati Bengals
- 2016Mark RichtSucceeded by · Miami
- 2015Larry ScottSucceeded by · Miami
- 2011Randy ShannonSucceeded · Miami
- 2011Steve AddazioSucceeded by · Temple
- 2006Bobby WallaceSucceeded · Temple
- 2006Mike LondonSucceeded by · Virginia
- 2001Ron VanderlindenSucceeded by · Penn State
- 2000Bill McGovernSucceeded by · Boston College
Tenure
30 seasons
- MiamiHead coach · 2011–20155
- TempleHead coach · 2006–20105
- VirginiaCoordinator · 2001–20055
- Notre DameCoordinator · 2022–20243
- Boston CollegePosition coach · 1997–19993
- VirginiaAnalyst · 1994–19963
- Cincinnati BengalsCoordinator · 2025–2026 · current2
- Cincinnati BengalsPosition coach · 2020–20212
- Penn StatePosition coach · 20001
- Red Bank Catholic HS (NJ)Coordinator · 19931
Pipeline
2 of 7 coordinators
- 5 seasonsJedd Fischunder at Miami 2011 · head coach at UCLA2017
- 3 seasonsMatt Rhuleunder at Temple 2006 · head coach at Temple2013
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Al Golden. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.