Andy Reid

At 66 years old, Andy Reid has this physical status:

Andrew Walter Reid (born March 19, 1958) is an American football head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

Reid was previously the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, a position he held from 1999 to 2012.

From 2001 to 2012, he was also the Eagles' executive vice president of football operations, effectively making him the team's general manager.

He led the Eagles to five National Football Conference (NFC) championship games, including four consecutive appearances from 2001–2004, and one Super Bowl appearance in 2005.

Reid ranks sixth in NFL head coaching wins including the post season at 217, which are the most of any NFL head coach without a championship.

Early life

Reid was born in Los Angeles on March 19, 1958. He attended John Marshall High School and worked as a vendor at Dodger Stadium as a teenager. He also played youth sports in East Hollywood at Lemon Grove Recreation Center, and among his coaches was Pete Arbogast, who is the radio announcer for the USC football team, and formerly the radio play-by-play man for the Cincinnati Bengals. In 1971, at age 13, Reid appeared live on Monday Night Football during the Punt, Pass, and Kick competition; he was already so large that he wore the jersey of Les Josephson (6'1", 207 pounds). Reid played offensive tackle at Glendale Community College in Glendale, California, then at Brigham Young University from 1978 to 1980 where he was a teammate of Jim McMahon and Tom Holmoe. His senior year at BYU, Reid won the 1980 Holiday Bowl.

Personal life

Reid is married with five children, including three sons and two daughters. Reid and his family are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Reid's oldest son, Garrett, died of a heroin overdose on August 5, 2012. Britt, his youngest son, served under his father until he was not offered a new contract after the 2020 season as a result of him driving under the influence from the Chiefs training facility and crashing into a disabled vehicle on the side of the road nearly killing the infant passanger and maiming her for life.

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Coaching career

He spent one year as a graduate assistant on the school's football coaching staff after graduating from BYU in 1981. He spent the next nine years as an offensive line coach at four universities, including 1988 with Northern Arizona University, where he worked with Frank Pollack, who went on to play for six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.

Reid was hired as an assistant coach by the Green Bay Packers in 1992, the same year quarterback Brett Favre joined the team as an assistant coach. He served as the assistant offensive line and tight ends coach in 1995, when he helped lead the 1996 team to victory over the New England Patriots. Reid was named the Packers' quarterback in 1997, replacing Marty Mornhinweg, who left to be the offensive coordinator for his predecessor, Steve Mariucci, in Green Bay. Reid had intended Reid to be his offensive coordinator in San Francisco at the time, but Packers head coach Mike Holmgren blocked the change.

The Philadelphia Eagles fired then head coach Ray Rhodes and began a thorough look for a replacement after a league-best 3-13 season in 1998. The Eagles briefly considered firing Mike Holmgren, Reid's manager in Green Bay, to replace Rhodes, but Holmgren decided to join the Seattle Seahawks as head coach. Holmgren, on the other hand, begged Eagles owner Jeff Lurie to fire Reid. After the team's steady decline under Rhodes, Eagles' president Joe Banner insists that the team needs a detail-oriented head coach. As Banner began his hunt for a new head coach, he asked other teams' general managers for names of coaches who had been overly detail-oriented; Reid's name surfaced, and Reid emerged as a leading candidate for the Eagles' head coaching position.

Reid arrived at his interview with the Eagles with a five-inch thick book he wrote on how he would approach running the team if given the opportunity. Reid was hired as the second-newest head coach in the league after Jon Gruden and the first to be hired as a head coach without first having served as an offensive or defensive coordinator. Any in the Philadelphia news media chastised the selection, quoting the availability of other candidates who had already served as effective head coaches.

Although Reid was one of Reid's first major decisions in the first round was drafting dual-threat quarterback Donovan McNabb, the second overall pick, but Reid drafted former Packers' backup Doug Pederson in the first nine games of the 1999 season. The Eagles won by two games over 1998 in Reid's first season in Philadelphia, finishing 5-11. The team's first road victory in 19 games, a 20-16 road victory over the Chicago Bears on October 17. The Eagles won their first playoff game since the 1995 season in 2000, defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Philadelphia on New Year's Eve.

Reid's Eagles won the first four consecutive NFC East titles in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004, but lost the first three games on the first three occasions. After being shut out at home on the first day, the 2003 team qualified for postseason play, both at home, and was also the first NFL team to advance to the conference championship round of the playoffs. The 2004 team defeated all of its division rivals (New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, and Washington Redskins) twice during the same regular season (the Dallas Cowboys did it in 1998). With a 13-1 record, the 2004 Eagles secured the NFC #1 seed and then decided to rest their starters for the final two games. The team defeated the Atlanta Falcons by 27–10, making it to Super Bowl XXIX, but the New England Patriots defeated the New England Patriots 24-21 after three consecutive losses in the NFC Championships.

Reid was named executive vice president of football operations of the Eagles in 2001, effectively making him the team's general manager. Although the Eagles had general managers from 2005 to 2010, and Howie Roseman from 2010 to Reid's departure, Reid had the final say on football issues.

Reid had a difficult time in 2005 as he tried to cope with wide receiver Terrell Owens' flamboyant demeanor, which led to Reid's permanent ban on him midway through the 2005 season. Donovan McNabb sustained a season-ending injury, leaving the Eagles without the services of two of their key players a few weeks later. The Eagles lost eight of their last ten games and finished 6–10. Reid beat Greasy Neale on Wednesday to become the winningest coach in franchise history, on the bright side.

In 2006, the Eagles enjoyed a rollercoaster ride under Reid. McNabb, a season-ending injury, seemed to be fading by October, transforming a 4–1 start into a mid-season slump, which left the team 5–5. The Eagles were on the verge of being cut from the playoffs after a humiliating 45–21 loss at the hands of the Indianapolis Colts. Jeff Garcia, the Carolina Panthers, Washington Redskins, New York Giants, and the Dallas Cowboys were among a number of NFC opponents defeated by Reid, including the Carolina Panthers, Washington Redskins, New York Giants, and the Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles, who were 10–6, won the NFC East division championship, as well as a game against the New York Giants in the NFC wild card tournament. In the NFC Divisional Round, an opportune New Orleans Saints team's season came to an end.

Reid led the Eagles to an 8-08 record in 2007 with no appearance in the postseason.

Reid's 9–6-1 Eagles defeated the defending Super Bowl Champions, the New York Giants, in the divisional game, bringing the Eagles to their fifth NFC Championship game, where they lost by a score of 32–25 to the Arizona Cardinals. In the 2009 Pro Bowl, he led the NFC to a 30-21 victory. However, Jim Johnson, who had been Reid's assistant throughout his career and aided the Eagles in turning the team into one of the NFL's best defensive positions, was stricken.

Reid failed to win a first-round playoff game for the first time in his career, losing by the Dallas Cowboys by a score of 34-14 in the Wild Card Round. The Eagles cut veteran starting quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Redskins over the offseason. Michael Vick, the Eagles' starting quarterback, was named in Week 2 of the 2010 season.

Reid led the Eagles to a 10-6 record on the regular season and qualified for the playoffs. The Eagles lost 21–16 in the Wild Card Round against the Green Bay Packers.

For the third time in 2010, Reid was named the Earl "Greasy" Neale Award Laureate.

Reid led the Eagles to an 8-08 record in 2011 with no appearance in the playoffs.

Reid and the Eagles struggled to a 4–12 record in 2012, the lowest level of his head coaching tenure. Under Reid, the Eagles missed the postseason for the first time in a row. Reid's deal would not be renewed on December 31, 2012, the day after the season ended with a humiliating 42–7 loss to the New York Giants, according to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie. Before being suspended, Reid was the NFL's longest-tenured head coach. Reid gave his successor, Chip Kelly, a boost as Eagles head coach.

During Reid's last meeting with them, Lurie said that his induction into the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame was inevitable, and players gave their former coach a standing ovation. Reid had the highest win total (120), winning percentage (.609), and playoff victory total (10) in team history during his 14-year tenure with the Eagles. He has earned six division titles and five trips to the NFC Championship tournament. No other franchise had more divisional playoff round appearances (77) or (6), and Bill Belichick's New England Patriots tied Philadelphia's (5) conference championship game appearances with (6). Despite his popularity, Reid was ultimately unable to lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl championship.

Reid made 44 Pro Bowl appearances, the most for any NFL team during that time. None of these players had ever played in a Pro Bowl before Reid was signed.

Only fourteen first-time head coaches remained with their original team for eight or more years, including Bill Cowher (1999–2002 with Jacksonville), Jeff Fisher (1992–2002 with Pittsburgh), Jim Coughlin (1995–2005 with Jacksonville), San Antonio Lewis (2002–2021), Baltimore's Mike McCarthy (1999–2021), and Minnesota's Mike McCarthy (2006–2021).

Reid wanted the Eagles not to extend him, and the Eagles were already planning to add a new coaching staff. According to reports, three groups had planes in Philadelphia to fly him to interviews. Reid agreed to serve as the Chiefs' head coach on January 4, 2013. The Chiefs fired general manager Scott Pioli on the same day. Reid's employment made him the final authority in football affairs, the same power he had in Philadelphia. However, the Chiefs fired John Dorsey, who had previously worked with Reid as an assistant in Green Bay, as their general manager a week later. Dorsey will have the final say in personnel matters, according to Reid and Chiefs founder Clark Hunt. Hunt revealed on the same day that Reid and Dorsey will report to him on an equal basis; in the previous Chiefs coaches, who informed the general manager.

The Chiefs defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 28–2 in Reid's first game as head coach. On the first day, the Chiefs defeated the Denver Broncos by a score of 59–7.

Reid returned to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia for a Thursday Night Football game between the Chiefs and his old team, the Philadelphia Eagles. The audience erupted when Reid stepped out onto the field before the game got underway, giving him a standing ovation. Reid's team went on to win 26-16, and his captain, Mike McGuire, was given a Gatorade shower from his team.

Reid went on to lead the Chiefs to a 9–0 record to begin the season, the best in franchise history. Despite losing five of their last seven games, the Chiefs nonetheless won an 11-5 record to clinch a wild card spot in the AFC playoffs. They were defeated by the Indianapolis Colts 45-44 in the wild card round after losing a 28-point lead in the third quarter.

The Chiefs will again win records in the 2014 season under Reid, finishing 9–7. However, they did not qualify for the playoffs.

After losing five straight games to start the season 1–5, the Chiefs were in danger of missing the playoffs for the second year in a row. Reid accepted responsibility for his team's poor start and that his future with the Chiefs was put into doubt. Nevertheless, the Chiefs won every remaining regular-season game, totaling 11–5 stats and a wild card spot in the AFC playoffs. Reid would lead the Chiefs to their first playoff victory since the 1993 season in a 30–0 shutout of the Houston Texans, but the team was defeated 20-27 in their Divisional Round match against the New England Patriots. The Chiefs had an eleven-game winning streak before losing, the best in franchise history. Reid was chastised for his clock control near the end of the game, calling no timeouts during a late fourth-quarter rally that brought the Patriots' 27-13 lead down to a touchdown but leaving them with just 5 minutes and 13 seconds to try and tie the game.

Reid improved in the regular season with the 2016 Chiefs, who posted a 12-4 record and clinched their division for the first time since 2010, as well as under Reid for the first time under Reid. The Chiefs were undefeated against their AFC West rivals to win the division title on a tiebreaker with the 12–4 Oakland Raiders and advance to the first round of the playoffs as the AFC's second seed. It was the Chiefs' first since 2003.

Despite the team's regular season, the Chiefs were eliminated in the Divisional Round for the second year in a 16-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Although the Chiefs were able to block the Steelers from scoring any touchdowns, they were unable to match the Pittsburgh converted six field goals.

The Chiefs got off to a promising start during the 2017 season, winning their first five games to become the NFL's last undefeated team, with a victory over the defending Super Bowl champions the New England Patriots in the kickoff game. The Chiefs lost six of their next seven games, prompting Reid to hand over playcalling duties to offensive coordinator Matt Nagy after getting off to a good start. Despite this, the Chiefs have won their last four games to finish 10–6 and clinch the AFC West for the second year in a row, marking the first back-to-back division titles in franchise history. However, the team suffered their sixth straight home playoff loss in a 21-22 loss to the Tennessee Titans in the Wild Card Round. Despite being up 213 points at halftime, the Chiefs were shut out during the second half as the Titans scored 19 unanswered points to win the game.

Reid and the Chiefs had a new season in 2018. The Chiefs were named the top seed in the regular season for the first time since 1997 and the first time with Reid as head coach, surpassing 2016's 12–4 record. Reid also clinched the AFC West for the third year in a row. In the Divisional Round, the Chiefs won their first postseason victory at home since 1994, snaping the Indianapolis Colts 31–13. For the first time in franchise history, the Chiefs hosted the AFC Championship, losing 37–31 to the eventual Super Bowl LIII champion New England Patriots in overtime.

Reid won his 200th game to rank as one of only nine NFL head coaches to win 200 games during the season. Reid also won his sixth game at the end of the regular season, defeating Marty Schottenheimer for the most titles won by an NFL head coach to not win a championship.

The Chiefs won the AFC West for the fourth year in a row, defeating the Houston Texans 51-31 in the Divisional Round, and the AFC Championship for the second year in a row. Reid became one of only seven head coaches to lead two different franchises to a Super Bowl following their 35-24 victory over the Tennessee Titans, and the Chiefs made their first Super Bowl appearance since 1970. Reid's first and second Super Bowls are the second longest after Dick Vermeil's 19 years. The Chiefs won their first Super Bowl victory in 50 years and Reid's first as a head coach.

Reid signed a new deal with the Chiefs during their bye week in the 2020 season. At the time, the Chiefs were leading the AFC West with an 8–1 record. They became the first AFC team to win a playoff berth for the season three weeks later. Kansas City finished with a 14-2 record in the AFC, securing the top seed. Reid's best in franchise history in addition to being Reid's best as a head coach. The Chiefs defeated the Cleveland Browns 22–17 in the divisional round and the Buffalo Bills 38-24 in the AFC Championship, their second straight Super Bowl appearance. For the first time under Mahomes, the game ended in a 9–31 loss, with the Chiefs struggling to score a touchdown and losing by double-digits.

Reid became the first NFL head coach to win 100 games with two separate franchises following a Week 4 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in 2021. However, the Chiefs opened the season 3–4, their first losing record since 2015. Nonetheless, the AFC West and the AFC's #2 seed clinch nine of their ten remaining games (including an eight-game winning streak) to clinch the AFC West and the AFC's #2 seed. Reid also won his 227th game to top Curly Lambeau as the NFL's fifth-most winning coach. Since beating the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills, the Chiefs earned Reid the first head coach to lead two separate franchises to four consecutive conference championship games in the playoffs. After losing a 21–3 lead, the Chiefs lost the game 24–27 to the Cincinnati Bengals in overtime, which was tied for the 2006 Indianapolis Colts' victory over the New England Patriots as the first in a conference championship.

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