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PAUL ALEXANDER — Assistant Head Coach/Offensive LinePaul Alexander is inhis 18th season on theBengals coaching staff,fourth-most in Bengalshistory. The only Bengalscoaches with more seasonsare current RBs coachJim Anderson (28), formerstrength and conditioningcoach Kim Wood (28) andformer head coach andassistant Dick LeBeau (19).Alexander is in his 17th straight season as offensiveline coach, and he is also the team’s assistant head coach,promoted to that position in 2003 when Marvin Lewis tookover as head coach.Alexander’s line led a pass protection effort in 2010that saw the Bengals finish second in the AFC and sixthin the NFL in fewest sacks allowed per passing play. Opponentstotaled only 28 sacks in 618 passing plays, anaverage of one every 22.07 plays.The Bengals did not allow a sack for 100 consecutivepassing plays to close the season. The streak of 100 beganin the fourth quarter of Game 13 and continued throughthe final three games. Also in the last three games ofthe season, the line helped the offense average 34:18in possession time while posting a 47.8 conversion rateon third downs.In 2009, the line strongly supported a 10-6 Bengalsrun to the AFC North Division title. Cincinnati’s run blockinghelped spring eight rushing games of 100 or moreyards by individual backs, breaking the franchise recordof six. Three different rushers combined for those eight100-yarders, only the second time in club history that threerushers had a 100-yard game in a season.Twice with Alexander’s lines, the Bengals have setnew franchise records for fewest sacks allowed, led by arecord 17 in 2007. In 2005, the total was only 21 sacksallowed. In 2007, as was the case in 2010, the offenseallowed no sacks over the final three games. The 2007total for consecutive passing plays without a sack allowed— 5 —to close the season was 89.On Oct. 22, 2000, Alexander’s line shared the gloryof a 278-yard rushing game by HB Corey Dillon vs.Denver. It was an NFL record at the time, and it still standsfourth in league annals entering the 2011 season. TheBengals’ 407 total rushing yards in that game rank asthe fifth-highest single-game total in NFL history, andas the most rushing yards in 60 years. The last team totop it was the New York Giants, who gained 423 againstBaltimore in 1950.Alexander began his NFL coaching career in 1992 astight ends coach of the N.Y. Jets, under head coach BruceCoslet. When Coslet moved to Cincinnati as offensivecoordinator in 1994, Alexander joined him, in the role ofBengals tight ends coach.But Alexander’s first love in football was always theoffensive line. He was afforded the chance to take over thatjob for the Bengals in 1995, and has held it ever since.Alexander is a product of distinguished teachers.He coached under Joe Paterno at Penn State and BoSchembechler at Michigan. He also was offensive linecoach at Central Michigan, a school whose coach, HerbDeromedi, ranks with Paterno and Schembechler amongthe winningest coaches in NCAA Division I history.Alexander’s birthdate is Feb. 12, 1960. He’s a nativeof Rochester, N.Y., where he attended Cardinal MooneyHigh School. He was an Academic All-American at CortlandState (N.Y.) and holds a master’s degree in exercisephysiology from Penn State. Off the field, he is activelyinvolved with the Boy Scouts, the D.A.R.E. program andhigh school linemen camps.He and his wife, Kathy, have three daughters — MaryBeth, Carolyn and Emily.PLAYING AND COACHING HISTORY — 1979-81: Played offensive tackle at Cortland State. 1983-84:Graduate assistant, Penn State. 1985-86: Graduateassistant, Michigan. 1987-91: Assistant coach (AC),Central Michigan. 1992-93: AC, New York Jets. 1994-2002: AC, Bengals. 2003-present: Assistant headcoach/offensive line coach, Bengals.TV streak at 96In each of the last 96 Cincinnati TV ratings weeks that have included a Bengals regular-season orpostseason broadcast — a period dating back to 2004 — the Bengals have ruled the Cincinnati airwaves.They have been the top-rated show among all programming in the Cincinnati market, and usually by awide margin.The streak began on Dec. 5, 2004, when a wild Bengals win at Baltimore outpolled all other programs.The rating number indicates the percentage of market households tuned to the game — including thosenot watching TV at the time. The highest Bengals rating during the streak has been 45.5 for the Pittsburghplayoff game on Jan. 8, 2006.The high rating of Bengals games has occurred despite the fact most games are played in the afternoon,when overall TV viewership is not as high as it is during the evening.STAFF VETERANS rookies 2010 REVIEWROSTERSHistory RecordsStadium , NFL & Media