The Kansas City Chiefs have two assistants on their coaching staff that have been head coaches in the NFL, and another one that has been interviewed — and passed over — for top jobs too many times to count.
That’s some pretty good brainpower helping out Chiefs coach Andy Reid when they play the Philadelphia Eagles, led by Nick Sirianni and their talented but undeniably young coaching staff, in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
“I will tell you, I’ve been fortunate to have great coaches,” said Reid, whose staffs over the years have included Ravens coach John Harbaugh, Commanders coach Ron Rivera, Jaguars coach Doug Pederson and Bills coach Sean McDermott. And plenty of other coaches — Todd Bowles, Pat Shurmur, Leslie Frazier — that also have been NFL head coaches.
“Assistants work their tails off,” Reid said, “and normally if you have good coaches and good players, that’s a combination for success. Mentors, I’ve had a bunch of them. I was lucky to have great coaches and then all the way through college.”Perhaps that is why Reid invests himself so much in helping his own assistants climb the coaching ladder.