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Bengals’ Darrin Simmons now NFL’s longest-tenured special teams coordinator by large margin

This is the time of year when many fans have eyes on the coaching carousel in between playoff games.

The NFL has always been a “what have you done for me lately” league, but since the turn of the millennium, we have seen owners get impatient quicker, with many head coaches seemingly getting only a couple or maybe even one year. That can be even worse for coordinators around the league who can often be scapegoats for a teams struggle.

In the midst of these flurry of moves — that includes Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan taking the head coaching opening for the Tennessee Titans — Bengals fans can appreciate the solid bedrock on their coaching staff that has been special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons.