Chiefs HC Andy Reid tied Hank Stram for most regular season wins in franchise history

Andy Reid tied Hank Stram for the most regular season wins in #Chiefs history after Kansas City’s victory over the #Dolphins in Week 9

The Kansas City Chiefs have become the most dominant franchise in the NFL under Andy Reid’s watchful eye since the veteran head coach joined the team in 2013.

The Chiefs’ victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 9 marked Reid’s 124th win as Kansas City’s skipper, which tied him for first place in team history for wins as a head coach with Hank Stram.

The long-tenured coach is already the winningest leader in Philadelphia Eagles history. Reid can become the first skipper in league history to hold franchise records in the category for multiple teams with a win against Philadelphia when the Chiefs return to action in Week 11.

Accomplishments like this are rare in the NFL, where long-held records are seldom broken. Reid’s outstanding track record as a head coach is second to none, and while there remains plenty of room for Kansas City to improve before the playoffs, his steady hand should put fans’ minds at ease as the Chiefs embark on the second half of their 2023 campaign.

Five former Notre Dame assistant coaches that went on to huge things elsewhere

One of the best things a head football coach can do is hire great assistants.

Today is the last day for former Notre Dame defensive coordinator Barry Alvarez as Wisconsin’s athletic director. Effective July 1 he will officially be retired after spending the last nearly 30 years at Wisconsin as head football coach and eventually athletic director after being the defensive coordinator for Lou Holtz and the Irish.

Alvarez’s resume after leaving Notre Dame is mighty impressive considering he took Wisconsin from a bottom-feeder of the Big Ten to a perennial Rose Bowl threat.

As great as Alvarez was at Wisconsin both as their head football coach and athletic director, it’s hard to call him the most successful after leaving Notre Dame.

In no particular order, here are five former Notre Dame assistant coaches that went on to grand things away from the golden dome, and who you perhaps weren’t even aware once coached the Irish.

5 worst head coaches in New Orleans Saints franchise history

Dennis Allen has his faults, but he’s a far cry from the 5 worst head coaches in New Orleans Saints franchise history:

Ask around and you’ll find some New Orleans Saints fans who are ready to call Dennis Allen the worst head coach in franchise history, which is a bit shortsighted. It’s very shortsighted, actually. Allen has his faults and the team wasn’t as competitive as it should have been last year because of his flaws as a coach and too-conservative game management, but he’s far from the worst coach to wear a headset in New Orleans. Anyone saying otherwise needs some perspective.

We’re only considering coaches who managed at least 15 games for New Orleans, which eliminates interims like Joe Vitt (10 games), Rick Venturi (8), and Wade Phillips (4). Some fans will be quick to suggest also-rans like Bum Phillips and Dick Nolan as the worst coaches in team history, but we believe these men take the cake. Do you agree with our list?

Chiefs HC Andy Reid surpasses Marty Schottenheimer for most wins at Arrowhead Stadium

#Chiefs HC Andy Reid now has more wins at Arrowhead Stadium than any other coach in franchise history.

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After the Week 12 win against the Los Angeles Rams, no head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs has more win at Arrowhead Stadium than Andy Reid.

Since becoming head coach of the Chiefs in 2013, Reid’s teams have won a whole lot of games at their home stadium. It’s known as the Arrowhead advantage for a reason, right?

With their latest win against the Rams in Week 12, Reid has now recorded 65 wins at Arrowhead Stadium. That number surpasses the late Marty Schottenheimer (64) for the most all-time by a coach at Arrowhead Stadium.

Reid continues to climb the NFL’s all-time coaching wins leaderboards, but he’s already carved out a special place in franchise history. He has the most playoff wins by a head coach in franchise history. He’s already surpassed Schottenheimer to have the second-most wins all-time by a Chiefs head coach. He needs 14 more wins to jump ahead of the great Hank Stram for the most wins by a head coach for the franchise.

At this rate, there’s little doubt that he’ll achieve those unmet goals and go down as the winningest head coach in Kansas City. Fans will one day look back and recognize Big Red as the best to ever coach the team. For now, he’s onto the Cincinnati Bengals and finding a way to in Week 13.

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The 11 coaches who failed to get the Kansas City Chiefs to the Super Bowl

50 years of head coaches failed to get the Chiefs to the Super Bowl. Hank Stram got the Chiefs there twice and now Andy Reid has them back.

Hank Stram took the Chiefs to a championship at Super Bowl IV. Andy Reid has them finally back in the big game at LIV. So who were the coaches who failed to get the Chiefs to the championship game for 50 years?

Paul Wiggin (11-24)

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Paul Wiggin was a member of the last Browns team to win a championship in 1964. Cleveland was the final straw in his time as Chiefs head coach. He was hired  on Jan. 23, 1975. After compiling an 11–24 mark in less than three seasons, Wiggin was fired following a 44–7 loss against the Browns, on October 30, 1977.

The Chiefs are Super Bowl-bound for first time in 18,270 days

The Kansas City Chiefs are going back to the Super Bowl. They last played in the championship game on Jan. 11, 1970.

It has been a long time between Super Bowl drinks for the Kansas City Chiefs. They will be playing either the San Francisco 49ers or Green Bay Packers on Feb. 2, 2020, after downing the Tennessee Titans, 35-24, Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

How long, you ask? How about 18,270 days since Jan. 11, 1970, and  Super Bowl IV when the Chiefs became the second AFL team in a row to win the Super Bowl, following the New York Jets. It is 800 regular and post-season games for Kansas City since winning IV.

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The Minnesota Vikings and Chiefs met at Tulane Stadium that Sunday. Hank Stram coached KC to a 23-7 victory in New Orleans. The Chiefs came into the game as double-digit underdogs yet throttled the Vikings, who have yet to win a Super Bowl.

The MVP of the game was KC QB Len Dawson, who He completed 12-of-17 passes for 142 yards and one touchdown, with one interception. The great Jan Stenerud kicked three field goals to give the Chiefs a 9-0 lead.

Viking quarterback Joe Kapp was 16-of-25 for 183 yards with two picks. John Henderson had seven catches for 111 yards in the losing cause.

Stram was mic’d up for the game and provided plenty of gems:

  • Len Dawson: “C’mon Lenny! Pump it in there, baby! Just keep matriculating the ball down the field, boys!”
  • Observing the confusion in the Vikings’ defense: “Kassulke (Viking SS Karl Kassulke) was running around there like it was a Chinese fire drill. They didn’t know where Mike (Garrett) was. Didn’t know where he was! They look like they’re flat as hell.”
  • Before the Chiefs’ first touchdown, he sent in the play “65 toss power trap.” When the Chiefs scored on the play, Stram laughed while yelling to his players on the bench, “Was it there, boys? Was that there, rats? Nice going, baby! Haaa-haaa-haaa-ha-ha-ha! Haaa! The mentor! 65 toss power trap! Yaaa-haaa-haaa-ha-ha! Yaaa-ha-ha! I tell ya that thing was there, yes sir boys! Haa-ha-ha-ha-ha! Wooo!!”
  • As the referees were spotting the ball before a measurement to determine if the Vikings got a first down, Stram yelled to the officials, “Make sure you mark it right! Oh, you lost your place! Measure it, take the chains out there! Oh, they didn’t make it! My God, they made that by an inch! He definitely gave them an extra foot. Bad! Very bad!”
  • Another time, the refs overruled what looked like a Minnesota fumble. Stram: “Mr. Official, let me ask you something. How can six of you miss a play like that? Huh? All six of you! When the ball jumped out of there as soon as we made contact?… No. What??”
  • After Frank Pitts gained on the reverse in the third quarter, when the chains were stretched and the Chiefs indeed had the first down, Stram was then heard saying to the refs, “Ya did good, you marked it good. You did a helluva job, nice going!”
  • On Otis Taylor’s touchdown reception that clinched the game, Stram is heard yelling and laughing.

The anthem was played by Doc Severinsen, of “Tonight Show” fame.

CBS had the TV rights to the game and it was called by Jack Buck and Pat Summerall. Buck’s son, Joe, will be on the call Feb. 2, with Troy Aikman when FOX broadcasts Super Bowl LIV from Miami.

To give you an idea of how long it has been, Patrick Mahomes Sr., father of Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, was not born at the time the Chiefs beat the Vikings. The elder Mahomes, who went on to pitch in MLB, was born on Aug. 9, 1970.

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The NFL Draft in 1970 saw the Pittsburgh Steelers choose Terry Bradshaw with the No. 1 overall pick. The New York Knicks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA title, with Game 7 being the famed “Willis Reed” contest. The World Series was won by the Baltimore Orioles, who rebounded from being stunned by the New York Mets in ’69, to down the Cincinnati Reds in five games.

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Richard Nixon was the President of the United States. Jimi Hendrix died on Sept. 18 at the age of 27. Janis Joplin passed away on Oct. 4. Former heavyweight champ Sonny Liston died on Dec. 30.

Mike McCarthy looks to accomplish what 12 Super Bowl-winning coaches failed to do

Mike McCarthy is looking to become the first head coach to win Super Bowls with two franchises.

The Dallas Cowboys picked a coach with a Super Bowl-winning pedigree in Mike McCarthy. However, the Joneses are going to have to defy NFL history if the ninth coach in franchise history is to bring home a ring. No coach that has won a Super Bowl and either moved on to another team or returned to the team it won a championship  with (Joe Gibbs) his done it again.

Vince Lombardi

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Vince Lombardi was the coach of the Green Bay Packers as they won the first two Super Bowls. Lombardi left the Frozen Tundra in 1968. He turned up as coach in Washington in 1969 and was 7-5-2 in his lone season.