The Bengals are hiring San Francisco 49ers senior defensive assistant James Bettcher to fill their linebackers coach vacancy created when Al Golden left earlier this week to become Notre Dame's defensive coordinator, according to a report Saturday via Twitter from NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero.
Golden was the LBs coach in Cincinnati for two seasons.
From @Rapsheet via Twitter:
Bettcher worked for the Niners for one season. He was the Arizona Cardinals' defensive coordinator from 2015 to 2017, and the New York Giants' defensive coordinator in 2018 and 2019.
He's also coached linebackers for the Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts, and worked as an assistant in college at his alma mater of Saint Francis (Ind.