James Bettcher of the San Francisco 49ers is set to become the Cincinnati Bengals’ new linebackers coach, per NFL insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero.
While Bettcher was most recently with San Francisco as a senior defensive assistant, he was previously a defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals (2015-2017) and New York Giants (2018-2019). Bettcher had current Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo as the Giants’ defensive backs coach for the 2018 season, so the two have experience working together.
Bettcher initially worked his way up to coordinator status by working with linebackers.