In the days and weeks leading up to Super Bowl LVIII, many wondered if this would be the last season Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid coached in the NFL. When the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, their third in the past five years as well as their second in a row, many believed that this would be the way the 65-year old coach would like to go out: on top of the NFL.
However, the day after the Super Bowl, Reid told the media that he wanted to be back for a chance to three-peat. No NFL has won three straight championships since the 1965-67 Green Bay Packers. And a recent report from The NFL Network indicates that Reid will be around much longer than next year too.
Kansas City Chiefs’ Andy Reid to Become the NFL’s Highest-Paid Head Coach
After the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII last year, many were surprised that neither general manager Brett Veach nor Coach Reid received contract extensions. After all, that win was their second in four years and neither is reportedly even close to being among the highest-paid individuals in their roles.
Well, that is about to change. According to NFL insider Tom Pelissero, Reid is about to become the highest-paid coach in the NFL and Veach is set for a nice raise too:
“Coming off back-to-back Super Bowl wins, the Chiefs and Andy Reid are expected to begin negotiations in the coming weeks on a new contract that NFL sources believe should soon make Reid the highest-paid coach in football.
“General manager Brett Veach is also in line for a new deal, replacing the final two years on the contracts the duo signed following the 2019 season after the Chiefs’ win in Super Bowl LIV.
“A third championship after beating the 49ers this month in Las Vegas put the duo in rarified air, setting the stage for contracts that bring them in line with the NFL’s best and then some.
“Reid is believed to rank roughly eighth among head coaches in average annual value on his contract — and third in the AFC West after the big-money additions in the past two years of Sean Payton and Jim Harbaugh, respectively. Veach, 46, is believed to be one of the NFL’s lowest-paid GMs.”
According to Pelissero, while NFL coach contracts are not public like players’ contracts, it is believed that more than one dozen coaches make more than $15 million per year.
Kansas City Head Coach Andy Reid Is in Rare Company Among NFL Greats
Since the Super Bowl Era began, only five NFL coaches have three titles:
- Bill Belichick (6)
- Chuck Noll (4)
- Bill Walsh (3)
- Joe Gibbs (3)
- Andy Reid (3)
With Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, the Chiefs’ offense has a good chance at being one of the best in the NFL again. If they do indeed win the Super Bowl again, it would give Reid four rings as a head coach (he won one Super Bowl as an assistant coach: the Packers’ quarterback coach when they won Super Bowl XXXI).
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He’s coming back!!