PHILADELPHIA — eagle Coach Nick Sirianni was let go by Andy Reid when Reid took over as head coach of Chief of Kansas City after the 2012 season. And although Sirianni — Kansas City’s wide-recorder coach at the time — said he appreciated how Reid handled the situation, he acknowledged that not being retained as staff. Reid’s members were the driving force behind him.
Sirianni said: “You always have this little chip on your shoulder, don’t you? Sure, you have.” “But that’s who I am as a coach and as a human being – I want to make sure I’m doing my best to get the best results possible. And certainly that you’ll master some of that.”
That makes for an interesting spin-off as Sirianni’s Eagles and Reid’s Chiefs go head-to-head on Sunday in LVII Super Cup (6:30 p.m. ET, Fox).
Sirianni’s first NFL coaching job was with the Captains, and he met his future wife, Brett, during his time in Kansas City. He started as an offensive quality control coach in 2009 and gradually worked his way up to the role of recording coach. But when Reid took over as head coach, replacing Romeo Crennel after the 2-14 season, he brought in longtime trusted assistant David Culley from Philadelphia to fill the position.
“Andy came because we weren’t good enough in Kansas City,” said Sirianni. And he walked in and did an unbelievable job. “What I appreciated was that he brought people in and talked to them.
“I don’t coach with Andy, but he gave me a good example of what to do with the hard part of the job: ‘Hey, I got a guy here.’ He’s very appreciative. He knows I’ll be disappointed, so he gives me strength when I’m down. I appreciate it and it seems like that’s who he is as a person. is a person and a coach.”
Sirianni got the job as a quality control coach with the San Diego Chargers in 2013. He got a bit of a payback that season when the Chargers beat the Chiefs 41-38 in Week 12, prompting Sirianni to have a familiar protest response.
“I was in the press box standing on [table] like this [waves arms and pumps fist]. “I was very emotional about that,” he said. But as time goes on, you mature and you think about it, ‘Hey, I need to go through that, I need to be in this situation.’ In a sense, you thank God for what you’ve been through because it made you who you are today.”
Sirianni spent five years in San Diego, where he was mentored by Frank Reich. He was hired Indianapolis University offensive coordinator when Reich became head coach there in 2018, which led to Sirianni receiving the Eagles head coach contract in 2021.
“Do I want to leave Kansas City? No. My future wife is from there, we were engaged at the time, she had a good teaching job there, she had all of you. friends there, her parents are half an hour away. Of course I don’t want to leave,” Sirianni said. “But when I look at it, God has always placed me in great positions and guided my path. I know I don’t always say such things, but I know he does.
“And so I needed to go to San Diego to learn, somewhere else, out of my comfort zone, potentially to meet Frank Reich. To break away there and then become his coordinator. in Indianapolis. Everything happens for a reason.”
There is no shortage of Reid’s binding in this match. Reid was the Eagles head coach from 1999 to 2012, guiding Philadelphia to five NFC title game appearances and a Super Bowl tour during the 2004 season. Eagles general manager Howie Roseman , recently named CEO of the Year by Pro Football Writers of America, started under Reid.
“I wouldn’t be in this position without Coach Reid,” said Roseman. “I think about how I’m a 34-year-old guy with no tradition, and he’s willing to let me be the GM and take the time to talk to me, teach me, and be patient with the enthusiastic, persistent human being. hey. It just means the world. I’ve always supported him.”
