Cincinnati Bengals quarterbacks coach Ken Zampese will remain with the team after he was listed as one of the possible candidates to take over the offensive coordinator position with the Chicago Bears. He will return along with defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer and offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski—two other members of the coaching staff that were questionable to return next season.
According to Bears beat writer Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune, Zampese was never offered a contract to become offensive coordinator for the team. He received permission to interview with the team January 12-13, but was given a deadline by Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, who gave his quarterbacks coach one week to make a decision on whether he would return to Cincinnati next season.
Now, he will join the Bengals for his seventh season as quarterbacks coach and look to help improve the play of Carson Palmer, who struggled for most of the 2009 season.
Zampese joined the Bengals in 2003 after spending three years with the St. Louis Rams. He has been a major reason behind the success of Palmer—who also joined Cincinnati the same year after being selected the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft.
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