Bengals hire Mike Hodges and Jerry Montgomery

Photo by Bryan Bennett/Getty ImagesThe Cincinnati Bengals have hired Jerry Montgomery as defensive line coach/run game coordinator and Mike Hodges as linebackers coach.

Montgomery, 45, comes to Cincinnati from New England, where he spent the 2024 season as the Patriots’ defensive line coach. He previously spent nine seasons (2015-23) with Green Bay, serving as defensive front assistant (’15-17), defensive line coach (’18-21), and defensive line coach/running game coordinator (’22-23).

Prior to his first NFL stint in Green Bay, Montgomery spent 11 years in coaching roles at the collegiate level. He played defensive tackle at the University of Iowa from 1998-2001. He spent training camp with…