"We had a great head coach in Jim Sartoris and John Cicutothe defensive coordinator. What stood out to Edwards is how Reid wanted to understand more than just his responsibilities. He is the man he is today because of the people he looked up to as a kid, and outside of his parents and older brother, those were his coaches. He wouldn't let you get away with anything. "He'd get on you, but you knew you probably deserved it. The drive to the office is short, normally less than 10 minutes. It wouldn't be long before another opportunity came calling. Reid agreed and wound up enjoying the trip. At the time, the NFL allowed you to protect or stop one coach from leaving your staff. Melvin helped her pack the house and actually drove the U-Haul with all of their family's belongings to Arizona. [107] Nevertheless, they won nine of their 10 remaining games (including an eight-game winning streak) to clinch the AFC West and the AFC's #2 seed. That's not easy to do.". He's currently the offensive coordinator for the Chiefs. Nonetheless, he did not play football at the highest. The opportunity for Reid at San Francisco State was about learning how to coachRowen had a knack for developing coaches. [1] Reid was previously head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999 to 2012. "That's one of the things I admire most about him, and it made me think the more I was around him, the more I watched him, I realized this guy could be a very good coach.". The family had grown by one more while they were in El Paso as their first daughter, Crosby, was born. Kiwan remembered one game in particular against Hollywood High School during his junior season. Just over a decade ago, Andy Reid became the Chiefs head coach after 14 years with the Eagles.And as Reid filled out his first Kansas City staff, he let go of a young, up-and-coming assistant . The unflappable and even-tempered coach did figure out a way, and in doing so, received the praise of an old friend and mentor for what he was able to help achieve. March 19, 1958: Born in Los Angeles, California. Former Glendale Community College football player Andy Reid, currently head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, has his team in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers. He is the only NFL coach to win 100 games and appear in four . It was a sign of things to come, and that relationship has only progressed in the follow-up campaign to his MVP season, where he became just the second quarterback in NFL history with 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in a single season, and he happened to do it at 23 years old in his first season as a starter. In the trophy case, there is the Andy Reid Trophy, given to the school's best offensive lineman each year. Return to Top; Players. I can't let you go.'". The 142 record marked the best in franchise history, in addition to being Reid's best as a head coach. Coaches did indeed get interested watching Colorado's spring game. APRIL 30 NEW KICKER PLAN The Cowboys had their eyes on kickers in this NFL Draft, maybe especially Jake Moody, the All-American from Michigan (naturally, given what Dallas did with its first two . He wanted this job. Three weeks later, they became the first AFC team to secure a playoff berth for the season. Reid led the Eagles to nine playoff runs, six division titles, five NFC Championship Games (including four consecutive from 2001 to 2004), and an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIX where they lost to the New England Patriots. After five straight winning seasons and a Super Bowl championship in 1996, Holmgren was put to the test of how much he valued Reid being on his staff. Bieniemy went on to finish third in the Heisman Trophy balloting that year. It was an ethnically diverse neighborhood. In two years at UTEP, team went a combined 17-7 and picked up their first 10-win season in 1988, a year that ended with an Independence Bowl loss to Southern Miss and their young playmaking quarterbackBrett Favre. "We were super poor," Tammy explained. It was an ethnically diverse neighborhood. According to those who have been around both of these guys since Mahomes first arrived, the relationship between them was obvious from the beginning. But their date led to another, and another, and just like thatthings had gotten serious. There was no story behind it. He then took his talents to Glendale Junior College before transferring to BYU; there, he spent three seasons playing offensive tackle and guard. "[Edwards] gave [Reid] a high recommendation," said Kentera. Currently, only five head coaches have ever stood on an NFL sideline and shook hands victoriously more after a game than Reid. I was just a roll-with-the-punches kind of girl and I'm a bloom-where-you're-planted kind of girl. [79] Prior to the loss, the Chiefs posted an eleven-game winning streak, which is the best in franchise history. "I walk out there and I go, 'What are you doing? [2] From 2001 to 2012, he was also the Eagles' executive vice president of football operations becoming the general manager. This is how one of the greatest coaches in NFL history got indoctrinated in the coaching world. "I thought he might be ready to take a break, but I could tell from the start that he was ready to go, and we clicked almost immediately. Reid had found out what flight Kentera was on and made the two-hour drive from San Francisco to Sacramento to wait for him at the airport. The season appeared to be lost by October with another season-ending injury to McNabb, turning a 41 start into a mid-season breakdown which left the team 55. [27][28], In 2001, Reid's Eagles won the first of four consecutive NFC East titles, the longest such streak in franchise history, and advanced to the conference championship game in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, losing this game on the first three occasions. "I remember pulling him out because he was just dribbling down the floor and running over people. Once he found that out and felt comfortable, he made sure that we covered every base.". Reid was immediately hired as the head coach of the Chiefs in 2013, where he quickly revitalized the struggling franchise. "He immediately stood out to me," Mike Holmgren, who was responsible for the graduate assistants at the time, said of his first impression of Reid. And there's a strong sentiment around the league that people, including all those who have worked for him before, are rooting for Reid in the Super Bowl. "He's a brilliant person. "Most of the time, Andy had a clear head and I was the emotional one," Holmgren noted. Dirk Koetter had spent the 1985 season with Reid at San Francisco State as the offensive coordinator, and he had moved on to the University of Texas-El Paso when Reid had left for NAU. Among the five wins was the team's first road victory in 19 games, a 2016 road victory over the Chicago Bears on October 17. Colorado was one of the best teams in the country.". It's a decision that has profoundly affected the Chiefs franchise. Grunhard will be inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame this year, A brief memoir of remembrance, humanity, and family from Pro Football Hall of Famer Bobby Bell, A Life of Family, Football and Friendships. Reid played alongside former Chicago Bears. Reid accepted the blame for his team's poor start[75] and his future with the Chiefs was called into question. Legendary football coach Andy Reid hustled his way to the top, working for various college programs before landing his first gig in the NFL as the tight ends coach for the Green Bay. Just like that, Reid's plans had changed. "Every Tuesday and Thursday, the coaches would sell hot dogs to earn money for the football program," Tammy recalled of that time. Andy Reid Head Coach College: BYU Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Biography Andy Reid enters his 10th season at the helm of the Chiefs in 2022. After going winless in their first four bowl appearances as a program, including consecutive Holiday Bowls in the previous two seasons, Edwards and company pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in college football history that night at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. [69], In Week 3, Reid returned to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia for a Thursday Night Football game between the Chiefs and his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles. "I'm sitting there and all of a sudden I look out the door and there's a limo driver," Tammy recalled. 28 Apr 2023 04:12:02 [91], During the season, Reid recorded his 200th victory to become one of only nine NFL head coaches to win 200 games. 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The only thing that would ever trump his love for football is the love for family, and that extends to those he works with. "I remember saying at the time that this guy's got an unusual feel and knowledge of the game.". "We had finished our spring ball that year and so I took all of the guys on the bus, we went out to the country, took a lot of drinks and all," Kentera explained. "He would go in at these crazy hours and then he would come home by a quarter to 7 and do breakfast with the kids," Tammy explained. ', "The other coach said, 'Stand up on it, let's see how it is,' and Andy said 'Oh yeah, look at that, it's 100 percent better. The competition took place during a Monday Night Football broadcast. The things he's done for his staff members, going out of his way to help them in different matters, might never make headlines or see the light of day, but will be remembered forever by those he helped because of his sincerity in helping them for the right reasons. [68] It was the widest margin of victory for the Chiefs on opening day since they defeated the Denver Broncos in 1963 by a score of 597. It's a situation though when you have a guy that is clearly the top guy left and then you know the calls that we had were - you're talking mid40's. It's a long way away and then you're going to Reid was his guy, although he did follow up with Edwards again just to be sure about a guy that would go to that kind of length to get a job. [56], In the 2011 season, Reid led the Eagles to an 88 season with no appearance in the postseason. He was on the sidelines for the infamous "fifth-down" game, in which the University of Colorado and their star running back Eric Bieniemy would be given an extra down with just seconds remaining because of an official's mistake. [35] A couple of weeks later quarterback Donovan McNabb suffered a season-ending injury, leaving the Eagles without the services of two of their star players. "So I figured if I worked hard and I kept my nose clean, good things would happen.". 'I did you a favor, now you have to take this young guy that has no experience and do me a favor and hire him. Long before Reid became a highly successful NFL coach, he toiled in the college ranks and among his stops was a stint on staff of legendary San Francisco State coach Vic Rowen. [36] The Eagles lost eight of their last ten games and finished 610. Reid said the difference for him on UTEP this time around was that Edwards, who was in the same conference as UTEPthe WAC, told him the new coach there, Bob Stull, was doing good things with the program. Edwards made that call, but it wasn't going to suffice for Reid. Edwards quickly noticed how perceptive Reid was about playing along the offensive line. "It was just his work ethic, his personality," Holmgren added. [13] After graduating from BYU in 1981, Reid spent one year as a graduate assistant on the school's football coaching staff;[16] colleagues included Scovil, Norm Chow, and Mike Holmgren. "He had this air about himthis confidence," Tammy recalled of Andrew, a member of the BYU football team, "but he wouldn't ask me out, and I'd never not had a guy that I wanted to ask me out not ask me out. AP. I'd get everybody ready, I'd get the house ready, we'd sell the house, do whatever we needed to do, jump in the U-Haul, and we'd just move.