Bengals Linebacker Coach Al Golden In The Trenches with Dave Lapham

In this episode of In The Trenches with Dave Lapham presented by First Star Logistics, we welcome Cincinnati Bengals linebacker coach Al Golden.

Since his prep career at Red Bank Catholic, Al Golden has enjoyed great success in the game of football. At Penn State, Golden became a team captain his senior year as the Nittany Lions knocked off Tennessee in the Fiesta Bowl to finish with an 11-2 record, and a #3 ranking in the final 1991 AP Poll. However, he may be remembered more for his touchdown late in the fourth quarter against #1-ranked Notre Dame as a junior that allowed the Nittany Lions to kick a late game-winning field goal.

After a brief stint in the NFL, Golden started his coaching journey with assistant roles at Virginia, Boston College, and Penn State before becoming the head coach at Temple, a program that had seen limited success. In his fourth season, Golden led the Owls to their first winning season since 1990 with a 9-3 record and appearance in the EagleBank Bowl against UCLA.

Golden became the head coach at the University of Miami where he would be from the 2011 season until his dismissal during the 2015 season.

It didn't take long for the NFL to come calling and in 2016 he became a coach for the Detroit Lions and in January of 2020 be hired by the Cincinnati Bengals.