Just when the world thought the Marvin Lewis era in Cincinnati was about to end, the reel everyone right back in by signing Lewis to a two-year contract extension that will keep him employed through 2019."Marvin Lewis has been an important member of the Cincinnati community Mark Schlereth Jersey and the Bengals family for the past 15 years, and we are happy to have reached this agreement," Bengals president Mike Brown said in a statement released by the team. "Marvin has made significant contributions during his time here. While recently we have fallen short of our expectations, we have full confidence in Marvin to re-establish winning football in 2018." NEWS: sign Head Coach Marvin Lewis to a two-year contract, running through the 2019 season. Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) The move is, frankly, stunning., with the expectation basically being the Bengals were not interested in renewing his contract for one more season.Then the Bengals ripped off a pair of wins to close out the year and the Bengals coach with the most wins in franchise history showed up for his end-of-season pre s conference acting like he might not be leaving. it Peyton Manning Jersey was almost clear, in a totally surreal way, that Lewis was going to be given at least one more year. Then the Bengals gave him TWO YEARS.Cincinnati and Brown have , declining to commit to him for an extended amount of time. After 2016, however, . It looked like either he would have a succe sful 2017 or he would be gone. And it sure looked like the latter until about 48 hours ago, when Lewis managed to turn the tide.Now he's just back in charge for another two years."My job is to Kenny Young Jersey win a World Championship," Lewis said Tuesday. "We have a talented roster full of veteran leaders and emerging young stars and I am committed to making the nece sary improvements to put this team in the best position to win." It does not sound like things will simply remain with the status quo for Lewis, however, as Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com Tom Jackson Jersey believes there will be changes to the coaching staff in the coming days. Expect changes to coaching staff in next few days with Lewis in for 2 more years. Geoff Hobson (@GeoffHobsonCin) Specifically, according to CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, defensive coordinator Paul Guenther will be leaving to explore other options. Guenther had been rumored to have interest in landing on Jon Gruden's coaching staff should the ESPN commentator take over the Raiders, as expected. With Bengals extending Marvin Lewis, well-respected defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, a free agent, is leaving to explore other options Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) Lewis is actually a very succe sful Bengals coach, relative to the team's history, but he has not won a playoff game in seven attempts at the postseason. The Bengals were a laughingstock before Lewis took over, a 1990's version of the modern-day . Lewis Baron Browning Jersey has made them a respectable franchise that regularly competes in the AFC North. That can't be ignored. On the other hand, the playoff lo ses are a real thing. Lewis will get two more chances to improve his record.