Scott Peters completed his first season as Bengals' offensive line coach and his sixth as an NFL coach in 2025.
Peters comes to Cincinnati from the New England Patriots, where he spent the 2024 season as offensive line coach. He oversaw a unit that helped the Patriots average 115.8 rushing yards per game, the 13th-best rate in the NFL. The O-line also protected rookie QB Drake Maye, the team's first-round draft pick who made his first career start in Week 6 of the regular season. Over the final 13 weeks of play, Maye ranked 11th leaguewide in completion percentage (67.0).
Prior to New England, Peters spent four seasons (2020-23) as assistant offensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns. In 2023, he worked with the Browns' starting G tandem of Joel Bitonio and Wyatt Teller, who each received Pro Bowl honors. The O-line paved the way for the NFL's 12th-ranked rushing offense in the regular season (118.6 rushing yards per game).
In 2022, Peters' work with the Cleveland offensive line helped the Browns record the third-highest single-season rushing total in team history (2490 yards). The line opened holes for RB Nick Chubb, who ranked third leaguewide with a career-high 1525 yards on the ground, while as a team Cleveland averaged 146.5 rushing yards per contest (sixth in NFL). Bitonio and Teller both were voted to the Pro Bowl, with Bitonio additionally netting first-team All-Pro accolades from the Associated Press.
In 2021, Peters worked with an O-line that powered one of the NFL's top rushing attacks. Cleveland tied for the lead league with 5.1 yards per carry, which also marked the highest average by a Browns team since 1967. Coincidentally, Bitonio and Teller became the Browns' first duo at the guard position to each earn a Pro Bowl nod since that 1967 campaign. The line created space for Chubb as he finished second in the NFL with 1259 rushing yards. Bitonio also garnered first-team All-Pro status, while Teller collected second-team honors.
In 2020, Peters' first season on an NFL coaching staff, he helped guide three Browns linemen to All-Pro recognition. ROT Jack Conklin was named to the first team in his debut season in Cleveland, while Bitonio and Teller each were tapped to the second team. The O-line played an integral role in the Browns ranking third in the NFL with 148.4 rushing yards per game, which also marked the franchise's highest average in a season since 1978.
As a player, Peters spent time with five NFL teams from 2002-09. He was a fourth-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2002, then went on to see action in seven regular-season games with the N.Y. Giants during the '03 season.
Near the end of his playing career, Peters began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and other mixed martial arts as a way to help build strength and mobility. He went on to win two Brazilian jiu-jitsu world championships in submission grappling, then in 2008 opened his own gym, The Lion's Den MMA Academy. It is the largest MMA gym in Arizona, and has seen Peters train several UFC competitors including champions Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez.
Following his retirement from pro football in 2009, Peters founded the "Tip of the Spear," a training program designed to assist players in avoiding concussions and other serious football-related injuries. Since its inception, Tip of the Spear has offered contact certification courses, coaching clinics, youth player camps and flag football events.
Peters was a four-year letter winner as a center at Arizona State University (1997-2000), where he finished his career with first-team All-Pac-10 honors. He earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Arizona State in 2001.
Peters was born in Pleasanton, Calif., on Nov. 23, 1978.
Playing and coaching history: **1997-2000—**Played C at Arizona State. **2002—**Played OL with Philadelphia Eagles. **2003—**Played OL with N.Y. Giants. **2004—**Played OL with San Francisco 49ers. **2005-06—**Played OL with Carolina Panthers. **2007-09—**Played OL with Arizona Cardinals. **2020-23—**Assistant coach (AC), Cleveland Browns. **2024—**AC, New England Patriots. **2025—**AC, Cincinnati Bengals.
