During each of the past two occasions that the Kansas City Chiefs had a vacancy at the offensive coordinator position, they’ve promoted internally.
When Doug Pederson left to become the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles following the 2015 season, the Chiefs promoted then-QB coach Matt Nagy and then-spread game analyst Brad Childress to cooperatively fill the role in 2016. Matt Nagy was promoted to a full-time offensive coordinator role in 2017. When Nagy left to become the Chicago Bears head coach following the 2017 season, then-RB coach Eric Bieniemy was promoted to offensive coordinator.
Now with Bieniemy taking a number of interviews for head-coaching vacancies, it’d only make sense that Andy Reid follows this same path and continues to promote from within his own coaching staff. So who could be the next assistant coach to rise through the ranks and become the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator? Here are the five most-likely internal candidates: