The Cincinnati Bengals have found a new defensive coordinator with Al Golden, while elsewhere in the NFL, another coach who held that the position appears ready to step away from the game for good.
After a coaching overhaul with the Dallas Cowboys, it sounds like Mike Zimmer is on his way to retirement.
Ed Werder wrote the following on social media: “Mike Zimmer tells me that he will not be returning to the Cowboys as a member of Brian Schottenheimer’s coaching staff and will likely retire from coaching in the NFL.”
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Zimmer, 68, was worth wondering about for the Bengals after Zac Taylor fired Lou Anarumo. Not necessarily to take over as a coordinator but perhaps as an advisor, considering his history with the team and ties to the greater Cincinnati area.
Perhaps something like that still comes to fruition over a long offseason. Otherwise, Zimmer served as coordinator under Marvin Lewis from 2008-2013 and perhaps just ended an illustrious NFL coaching career that started in the pros back in 1994.
