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Derek Frazier joins the Bengals staff in 2022 and will serve as assistant offensive line coach. He has coached at the NFL and collegiate level, most recently at the University of Wyoming in 2021.

Derek Frazier joined the Bengals staff in 2022 and serves as assistant offensive line coach. He has coached at the NFL and collegiate level, most recently at the University of Wyoming in 2021.

In 2021, Frazier coached a Wyoming offensive line that helped produce one of the top rushing attacks in the nation, as the Cowboys' 195.1 yards per game on the ground ranked 29th in the NCAA and second in the Mountain West Conference. Under Frazier's tutelage, three Cowboy offensive linemen — C Keegan Cryder, OG Logan Harris and OT Frank Crum — earned All-Mountain West honors.

Prior to Wyoming, Frazier spent two seasons (2019-20) as assistant offensive line coach with the N.Y. Jets, working alongside current Bengals offensive line coach/run game coordinator Frank Pollack. In 2020, Frazier helped first-round draft pick Mekhi Becton earn numerous all-rookie honors and quickly emerge as one of the NFL's top young OTs. In 2019, the Jets fought through a wave of injuries that forced the team to use 11 different starters (second- most in the NFL) along the line. The line, though, showed improvement, allowing 22 fewer sacks in the second half of the season compared to the first.

Before his first NFL coaching position with the Jets, Frazier spent four seasons at Central Michigan University (2015-18), where he served as offensive line coach and had the added distinction of run game coordinator from '17-18. Frazier helped CMU appear in three consecutive bowl games from '15-17. In 2017, he led an offensive line anchored by third-team All-MAC selection, OL J.P. Quinn, that paved the way for RB Jonathan Ward to become the school's first 1000-yard rusher since '14. Frazier's line also protected QB Shane Morris, whose 27 TD passes tied for the second-most in CMU history.

Prior to Central Michigan, Frazier spent three seasons (2012-14) as offensive line coach at Colorado State, helping the program increase its win total from four to 10 over a three-year period. The Rams went from the ninth-ranked offense in the Mountain West Conference to second in 2014. In 2013, the o-line helped RB Kapri Bibbs rush for 1741 yards and 31 TDs. Frazier coached two offensive linemen — Ty Sambrailo and Weston Richburg — to first-team All-Mountain West honors, with Richburg becoming a second-round draft choice by the N.Y. Giants.

Frazier had two coaching stints at Fresno State, the latter of which from 2006-11. He served as the offensive line coach for the 2006-08 seasons and added the responsibility of run-game coordinator for the 2009-11 seasons. He previously spent the 2003-04 campaigns as a graduate assistant. During his years at Fresno State, Frazier helped the Bulldogs earn six bowl game bids with three wins against Power 5 opponents. He worked with an offensive line that paved the way for consecutive 1000-yard rushers in Dwayne Wright and Bryson Sumlin. He also helped develop All-American OL Logan Mankins, who went on to play 11 seasons in the NFL with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Frazier was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colo., for two seasons (2001-02), where he also served as the weight throws coach for the Adams State track & field team. During the 2000 season, he was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Nichols College in Dudley, Mass. He led Nichols to a 7-3 record and the first postseason appearance in school history.

A four-year letterman at the University of Northern Colorado (1992-96), Frazier was the starting center on the Bears' NCAA Division II National Championship team in 1996. That season, he received the team's Most Inspirational Offensive Player Award.

Frazier earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Northern Colorado in 1997 and received a master's degree from Nichols College in 2000. He is married with two children.