They had talked with Reid coming out of high school but didn't offer him a scholarship. [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. That school is part of his foundationa building block of the man he is today. "I've been so lucky all the way through this whole deal.". There was nothing for them to both think of that word at the same time. Get Stats, Coaching Records, Team Ranks, Coordinators, and more for Andy Reid on Pro-football-reference.com. Then, the second of two miraculous special teams plays happened that gave BYU an opportunity to win. Rowen and Edwards were both, at different times, presidents of the College Football Coaches Association. Within the few years after Reid left NAU, Marty Mornhinweg and Darrell Bevell would also be a part of the program. "Andrew would sell hot dogs in the middle of the commons, you know, out in the middle of campus.". [1] Reid was previously head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999 to 2012. 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. The first pass from McMahon fell incomplete deep down the right sideline, and there was time left for just one play. "He maintains his relationships with the guys he played with in high school and even his old coaches. Reid was born in Los Angeles on March 19, 1958. After stints with UTEP and Missouri, Reid made his way into the NFL when the Green Bay Packers hired him as an assistant in 1992 under Mike Holmgren.. DL coach Joe Cullen is heavy in the DL evaluation process. However, they failed to qualify for the playoffs. "He killed me," she laughed. [55], Reid was named the Earle "Greasy" Neale Award winner for the third time in 2010. If it's a scheduling issue, like around Thanksgiving or Christmas, he'll look back at what they did three or four years ago in a similar situation and know what to do.". Glendale Community College 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. "I said, 'You're going to be coaching tight ends. "He was very aggressive," Reid recalled. Reid expected the Eagles to not extend him and was already preparing to hire a new coaching staff. You just keep it absolutely still for 20 minutes until we come back, and you'll feel that it's going to draw that pain right out of there and that swelling is going to go down and that thing is going to feel 100 percent better. I remember the night after Britt was born, he came in his gear, wearing the dark navy pants, the light blue shirt, the little pouch with the brush to wipe off the plate, the clicker and he came to see me the next night. [133], Reid has appeared in a commercial for State Farm with Patrick Mahomes. ', "Sure enough, it was for a job, and that's why we only lived in Flagstaff for 11 months, 23 days. Holmgren had a place for him in Seattle and Reid had one in Philadelphia. Their first official date would be on December 7the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. The new offensive line coach after Reid left was Bill Callahan, who is currently the offensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns. [11][23] Some in the Philadelphia news media criticized the hiring, citing the availability of other candidates who had already served previously as successful head coaches. ', "This is hours after he left, so I'm calling him, texting him and I'm getting nothing. "That's quite a jump. Then, all of the sudden, from selling hot dogs to driving to meet strangers in airports for coaching jobs, it had all come to thisReid was now an NFL coach. "It was kind of Jim Murray-ish (the legendary LA Times writer who often used humor and wit in his articles). [58][11] The year also marked the first time the Eagles missed the postseason in consecutive years under Reid. [90] With the victory, the Chiefs hosted the AFC Championship for the first time in franchise history, which they lost 3731 to the eventual Super Bowl LIII champion New England Patriots in overtime. "I was very lucky to do that," Reid said. " [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. Dickerson would later go on to the NFL and a Hall of Fame career in his 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams (1983-87), Indianapolis Colts (1987-91), Los Angeles Raiders (1992) and Atlanta Falcons (1993). I'm sure his parents thought I was crazy because we didn't know each other very well at the time.". [109], Reid helped lead the Chiefs to a 143 record in the 2022 season. It all started back in 1982, when a young Andy Reid served as a graduate assistant at his college alma mater, Brigham Young University. They'd go back and give a hard time to each other about that. This is how one of the greatest coaches in NFL history got indoctrinated in the coaching world. "The defensive coach, who Andy was really close with, told him, 'Aw, you're OK, you damn baby. Three weeks later, they became the first AFC team to secure a playoff berth for the season. After Kansas City fell to the Los Angeles Chargers, Andy Reid was unable to field questions in his postgame media availability, as the Chiefs announced he was feeling ill. NFL Network's James. None of the coaches were going with me.". "It was just his work ethic, his personality," Holmgren added. 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 . 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. "When I interviewed for the Seattle job, I was also going to come back and interview with the Eagles," Holmgren explained. Andy Reid while coaching at University of Missouri. BYU had scored 21 points in the final 2:33 to win the game. What was supposed to be a three to four-hour interview all of the sudden turned into a nine-hour conversation, which put Tammy, who was waiting at home, in a strange position when a limo showed up to take Reid to the airport to fly out for an interview with another team. The extra point gave BYU a 46-45 victory. "So Andy once told me, sometimes [if things were going well], I'd just sign your name.". "He had a tremendous influence on me and really taught me how to play offensive line.". As he set about leading the Eagles, one of Reid's first major decisions was drafting dual-threat quarterback Donovan McNabb in the first round with the second overall pick, although Reid started former Packers' backup Doug Pederson in the first nine games of the 1999 season. "We went to dinner at Mike's and he asked Andy, 'If I ever get a head coaching job, would you want to come with me?'. "When I got the Packers job, I phoned Andy first," Holmgren recalled. Mahomes demonstrated confidence in the game plan and didn't blink in his first startleading the Chiefs to a game-winning scoring drive in the last few minutes on the road in a divisional game. I appreciate it all and people have reached out, it's great, but they know I'm narrow-minded on getting ready for this game.". [19][20][21] Reid was named the Packers' quarterbacks coach in 1997, replacing Marty Mornhinweg, who left to be the offensive coordinator for his predecessor in Green Bay, Steve Mariucci. Their season ended at the hands of an opportune New Orleans Saints team in the NFC Divisional Round. I knew that was BS. High School: John Marshall As Exec: 12 Yrs (Full Record) More bio, uniform, draft, salary info. While much of what Reid gets credit for on the outside is explained through a final standings sheet or a box score on a Monday morning, the things he's done for his players and his staff off the field and the respect they have for him can't ever be quantified. "I love football and had a lot to prove," Gruden, who is now the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, explained of that time. Coaching Career Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images "We've been through 38 years of coaching and so I never don't think we're going to win.". "I had a dream when I was a kid to write for Sports Illustrated, but it never worked out that way," explained Reid, who would soon find his true calling. I don't know if I'll ever forget that call. These notes also included practice schedules, Super Bowl itineraries, bye-week schedules and draft philosophies. Kentera had no choice after that. Reid, who was 10 years younger than Reggie, was the ball boy for the John Marshall High School Varsity football team. The Reid family had been through a lot over the previous year, and after 30 years of grinding it out day after day, there was an obvious question as to whether or not he was going to want to take some time to step back and breathe. Initially, Reid was skeptical about coaching tight ends. Well, it happened. Reid had initially made the move to tight ends to learn more about the passing game, and now he was coaching a player who would go on to become one of the greatest passers in NFL history. He could see something funny, they could make fun of him about something and he was all right with that. It was a teachers college and the athletes were non-scholarship, so there wasn't much pay and the coaches had to do a lot of different things to make ends meet. The talent and passion they had for the game manifested itself into numerous competitions between Gruden, Reid, Mariucci and company. It was the 1980 Holiday Bowl, commonly known to BYU fans as "The Miracle Bowl.". "The people are so nice and kind and happy and respectful. Reid would spend just one year at Northern Arizona, a school his brother, Reggie, attended for a short time, but that amount of time was long enough for Kentera to get an idea of the kind of coach and man Reid ultimately was. 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. As Banner began his search for a new head coach, he asked other teams' general managers for names of coaches that players complained were excessively detail-oriented; Reid's name surfaced, and Reid emerged as a leading candidate for the Eagles' head coaching job. In 1995, Reid became the assistant offensive line coach and was also in charge of the tight ends. The Eagles hired Reid on January 11, 1999; he was the second-youngest head coach in the league after Jon Gruden and the first then to be hired as a head coach without first having served as an offensive or defensive coordinator. I want this job. The school, which is where most of the film Grease was shot and would years later be home to Leonardo Dicaprio and Will.i.am, was only a couple of blocks away from their house, so it was easy for Reid to always be around. What is Andy Reid's NFL record? Throughout his childhood in Los Angeles and even into his high school years, race relations were volatile, particularly in his neighborhood, but that didn't matter to Reid. In his first year as a head coach at any level, Holmgren, who had spent the previous six years with the San Francisco 49ers as quarterbacks coach (1986-88) and then offensive coordinator (1989-91), put together one of the best coaching staffs in NFL history. Despite the team's regular-season success, the Chiefs were eliminated in the Divisional Round for a second consecutive year in an 1618 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Only hours after the Cougars and Big 12 held a . "I know people say that. The Eagles, at 106, won the NFC East division title, as well as an NFC wild card game against the New York Giants. "You know, as a player, as a secretary, as an offensive coordinatorhow we're going to set this drill up. "People were walking away and we were up in the nosebleeds," Tammy recalled. ', "And I said, 'Oh yeah? [49], In the 2009 season, Reid failed to win a first-round post-season game for the first time in his career, with his 115 Eagles being eliminated by the first place Dallas Cowboys by a score of 3414 in the Wild Card Round. [57], In the 2012 season, Reid and the Eagles struggled to a 412 record, the worst of his head coaching tenure. 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. Mornhinweg was most recently the offensive coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens, while Bevell, who played at NAU in 1989, is the offensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions. "'Wait, we've got something here that I can put on that that's going to really help that. 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. [48] However, the team was devastated by the death of Jim Johnson, who had been the defensive coordinator for Reid's entire career and had helped turn the Eagles into one of the NFL's elite defenses. Melvin is now the tight ends coach for the Chiefs. ', "That's how I got to San Francisco State.". It's great here.'. [130], Reid's oldest son, Garrett, died of a heroin overdose on August 5, 2012. Tammy and their two sons would obviously be affected by this life on the move. Andrew Walter Reid (born March 19, 1958) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Luckily, she had help from one of Reid's former players at San Francisco State and a guy he had brought on as a graduate assistant, Tom Melvin. Every once in a while, somebody will come up and mistake me for Andy in the airport, or they would do the same thing and come up and ask him for an autograph thinking it was me. "He came in the PE office and said 'My ankles are killing me,'" recalled Kiwan. You take a little bit from everyone and you put your twist on it. Edwards quickly noticed how perceptive Reid was about playing along the offensive line. I'm not going to do anything with the job until I get back from a recruiting trip. It was all so exciting being in the NFL at a young age, being with Mike Holmgrenthe Green Bay Packershaving a chance to show we belonged.". Follow Us. He was never a yeller, a screamer or harsh like that, but he'd get on you pretty good if you weren't doing the right effort and learning what you're supposed to be learning. Bieniemy went on to finish third in the Heisman Trophy balloting that year. "It was an opportunity to coach in an awesome conferencethe Big Eight," Reid explained. I don't care whether you drink or not. He began his college football. [102] During the postseason, the Chiefs defeated the Cleveland Browns 2217 in the divisional round and the Buffalo Bills 3824 in the AFC Championship to advance to Super Bowl LV against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, their second consecutive Super Bowl appearance. Andy Reid celebrates at Arrowhead Stadium after a Chiefs win. "We were back in Philadelphia and he was taking us around showing us the training facilities and I said, 'This is great, but one thing I want to know, do you have the special solution from Chicago?' "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. Reid played alongside former Chicago Bears. He then took his talents to Glendale Junior College before transferring to BYU; there, he spent three seasons playing offensive tackle and guard. After Reggie suffered permanent damage to his. "It's important to him.". You've got to stay focused. "In our staff meetings, you could throw out ideas on the table, and if it was a good idea, I'd stick it in the game plan," Holmgren explained, "and so, what I didn't realize is they kept track of that. "I love the Hunts, the entire family and the way they go about their business," Reid said. [19] Simultaneously, Eagles' president Joe Banner felt that the team needed a detail-oriented head coach after the team's steady decline under Rhodes. It was the way Holmgren ran his ship, and with more than 170 career wins, it obviously worked. The field at John Marshall High School was a stone's throw away from his house, and it didn't take much convincing for Reid and his friends to hop that 15-foot fence and to play on what used to be a mostly dirt field (before they became sophomores and played on it for real). They flew to Philadelphia Tuesday night and scheduled an interview with Reid that was to last three to four hours on Wednesday at the airport in Philadelphia. ', "And he's like, 'Just let me talk to Andy, Tam. Nonetheless, he did not play football at the highest. In 1971 at age 13, Reid was on Monday Night Football participating in the Punt, Pass, and Kick competition;[9] he was already so large that he wore the jersey of Les Josephson (6'1", 207 pounds). [76] However, the Chiefs won every remaining regular-season game, finishing with an 115 record and a wild card spot in the AFC playoffs. He's got a great mind and he's going to shoot you straight.". They were matched up against an SMU team that couldn't have been more different offensively. [25][26] In 2000, the Eagles posted an 115 regular-season record and won their first playoff game since the 1995 season, beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneeers in Philadelphia on New Year's Eve. [96][97] The 15-year gap between Reid's first and second Super Bowls is the second longest after Dick Vermeil's 19 years. March 19, 1958: Born in Los Angeles, California. In his first three years leading the franchisehalf of that timeReid led the Chiefs to 31 wins. [72][73], Under Reid, the Chiefs recorded a winning record in the 2014 season, finishing 97. Brynn Anderson, AP. He communicates very well, is highly intelligent and an excellent teacher.". Selling hot dogs, umpiring baseball games, in addition to being a coachall of this was done because of his love for football. 222 that could be the most special of all. "He'd get on you, but you knew you probably deserved it. Rowen had given him his first opportunity above the high school level. When Reid was a kid, it wasn't just about football though. After 14 years in Philadelphia and just three losing seasons, Reid was fired by the Eagles on Monday, December 31, 2012. "And I was like, 'What the he**, I mean, it blew me away. The only thing in his life that would ever trump his love for football would be his love for family. McMahon, who had already engineered a couple of late touchdowns to get them within striking distance, found Clay Brown on the final play of the game on a miraculous Hail Mary touchdown between several SMU defenders. [38][39], The Eagles enjoyed a rollercoaster campaign under Reid in 2006. It wouldn't be long before Tammy found herself at one of the most historic college football games in historysitting with his parents, and the lessons she learned from that game still hold true to her today. Then, the first of two low-percentage special teams plays went BYU's way. "He not only learned and knew what his assignment was, but also the reasons why and the concept of what you're trying to do," Edwards recalled. . "All the pictures we have of them hugging after games, just to know that they're with their dad and that they get to share this joy together. He is the only NFL coach to win 100 games and appear in four . "Would you get your little brother out of here? Reid also won his 227th game to surpass Curly Lambeau as the NFL's fifth-most-winningest coach. ', "I said, 'Sure, I know you are. They all helped. [108] The Chiefs lost the game 2427 to the Cincinnati Bengals in overtime after surrendering a 213 lead, which was tied with the 2006 Indianapolis Colts' comeback against the New England Patriots as the largest in a conference championship. [98] The Chiefs went on to defeat the San Francisco 49ers 3120, earning the franchise their first Super Bowl victory in 50 years and Reid's first as a head coach. That's how you win 221 career games, but it's No. Newspaper cover for BYU's 1980 victory in the Holiday Bowl, The "Miracle" Catch in the 1980 Holiday Bowl, Andy Reid competes in a Punt, Pass and Kick competition as a child. In the six years before Reid arrived in Kansas City, the Chiefs had won a total of 29 regular season games. The success over the last two years with those two is the best stretch in the past 50 years of the Chiefs' franchise. Reid was announced as the new head coach of the Chiefs on January 4, 2013. "I no sooner put the phone down with Lavell before it rings again," Kentera recalled. Reid's Mormon faith has been an integral part of his life since he was baptized on August 2, 1980, as a junior at BYU. ', "I said, 'That's okay. It's a decision that has profoundly affected the Chiefs franchise. He was named to the all-conference secondary-team in 1977. As a kid, Reid could often be found following his older brother, Reggie, around everywhere. "[Edwards] had hired Holmgren on the recommendation from Rowen," Reid explained. ET [106] However, the Chiefs began the season 34, their first losing record since 2015. The 2004 team was the second NFC East squad to defeat 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). "Just to see your husband next to your sons, it's awesome," Tammy said. Mariucci wanted Reid to be his offensive coordinator in San Francisco, but Holmgren prevented the move.[19]. "I'm the head coach of our family," she explained. He had been coaching offensive line at the collegiate level for the past 10 years. Rice, 23, is one of the most experienced prospects in this year's class, which could help him get on the field faster as he begins to study and understand coach Andy Reid's complex playbook. Before Patrick Mahomes paired up with Andy Reid and joined the Chiefs as the 10th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the organization had never hosted an AFC title game, or had a league MVP. Now they only trailed by 6 points, but time was still an issue. ', "He said, 'I'm here to pick up Andy Reid. In the previous 10 years, he and Tammy had already moved their family four times, but this time it was different. "I've got this coach that's tougher than shoe leather, but he was a teacher of coaches," Reid noted. Tammy and Andrew were married on August 8, 1981, just 232 days after that miraculous win over SMU. A funny part of the whole thing was the organizers had to go into the Los Angeles Rams locker room to find a jersey that would fit him. [11] Teammates recalled that Reid did not play often but was very analytical, closely studying Edwards and offensive coordinator Doug Scovil. Reid stayed at BYU as a grad assistant for just the one year in 1982, and his next opportunity would come through the help of Edwards. [89] Reid also extended the franchise record for consecutive division titles through clinching the AFC West for a third straight year. At the time they moved, Tammy and Andrew had one son, Garrett, but it wouldn't be long before another son, Britt, came into the picture. "It was like the whole front office of the Kansas City Chiefs parked in this private plane area meeting room they had set up. I didn't know what to do so I called (his agent) Bob LaMonte, and Bob said, 'He's not going on that interview. [36] The Eagles lost eight of their last ten games and finished 610. What happened next is a reason Reid is where he is today. Experience: Panthers (2011-2019), Commanders (2020-present); Record: 98-90-2; Rivera has had more of an up-and-down career than the other coaches that rank highly on this list, but . 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. Born in Los Angeles, California, Reid attended John Marshall High School and worked as a vendor at Dodger Stadium as a teenager. Reid would spend two years at UTEP working under Stull as their offensive line coach. At Arizona State, Kentera coached the likes of future NFL Hall of Famer and Kansas City Chiefs legend Curley Culp before eventually leaving for a head coaching position at Northern Arizona in 1985. Consistent with his reputation for a focus on football details, Reid arrived at his interview with the Eagles with a five-inch thick book he developed on how he would go about running the team if given the job.