Report: Chiefs add former NFL star DeMarco Murray to coaching staff
Afternoon. It’s great seeing everybody. I see *** lot of familiar faces on here. What’s up, Herbie, Nate, Sam, you know, I’m not, uh, uh, ignoring anybody else, but those are some familiar faces that I’ve seen. But, uh, first and foremost, I just wanna uh thank, uh, the Chicago Bears organization, uh, It was *** great run, *** great season. Uh, thanking George McCaskey, the president, obviously, the whole entire McCaskey family, uh, the team president, Kevin Warren. I think *** lot of people are familiar with the name Kevin Warren cause he was once here, once upon *** time. Uh, Ted Cruz also. I’d like to send *** special shout out to Ryan Poles and the head coach Ben Johnson. You’re talking about great people. Uh, *** great organization and it felt like home. And that was the beauty of it. It was real, real tough making this decision, but, you know, uh, it was an opportunity to come home and it was like leaving home. But now, you know, if Big Red ever picks up the phone, that’s the only person that you will say, hey, you know what? It may be time to return home because he’s, uh, giving me this opportunity. But more than anything, it was, um, Very, very tough, uh, after exactly what we just went through. But more than anything, I’m fired up about this opportunity. I’m looking forward to it and it’s, it’s, it’s time to get back in the saddle. With that said, Uh, I’m all ears. Let’s hit it. Thank you, coach. We’ll start first with Sam McDowell. Go ahead, Sam. Hey, Eric, how’s it going? What’s going on, Sam? How you doing? Good, good to see you. Uh, good to see you as well. I’m just wondering, I got *** couple of things for you. I wonder, first of all, how much have you had *** chance to maybe dig into what the Chiefs’ offense was last year, and if so, what were your impressions? You know what, I really haven’t had an opportunity to dig in and really study it like I want to. Every now and then I would pick up, you know, *** few ideas or *** few plays here and there. But I really haven’t had *** chance to dig in like I want to. I’m gonna spend this time doing that, during this, uh, period just to figure out, uh, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and the indifferent, and, but, uh, I’m excited about the opportunity. Obviously, uh, looking forward to, uh, getting back to work with some of these guys and ideally just getting reacclimated with the staff. I don’t wanna just focus on the bad and the ugly on, on that, but I do wonder, and I think I, I, I know what, where the answer goes with this, but I’m still curious if you’re re response of just your comfort level when you do see the bad and the ugly in your conversations with coaches about pointing out the flaws that you might see. Well, I mean, that’s why we get paid. We’re coaches, right? It’s our job to come up with answers. So we gotta make sure that we can give solutions to the answers and making sure that, uh, that we resolve it. Uh, we got *** great coaching staff, got great people. I feel like, uh, I’m back in, in, in with family, you know, and, uh, so we all are very familiar with each other, so we’ll sit down and figure everything out together. We’ll go next to Nate Taylor. Go ahead, Nate. Hello, Eric, good to see you. I have 2 questions as well. Yes, sir. My first is, I’m sure you heard Patrick’s comments about wanting new ideas. From your perspective in the past 3 years, how much do you think those experiences will help you get to maybe presenting new ideas, not only to Patrick, but Andy and the rest of the offensive staff? Uh, I think it’s, it’s always good because I’ve had an opportunity to, to learn *** few things and, uh, obviously open up my mind just to How to view things from *** different point of view and, uh, and it’s great. But on top of that, we gotta make sure that we’re getting down to what is best for us when it’s all said and done with. So, yes, anybody can present an idea, but more importantly, we need to make sure first and foremost, that we’re taking *** look at anything that we need to, to continue to improve upon or continue working with and making sure that we’re getting all the. Answers first with that and then just figure out what do we need to go from there. But it’s day one. we’ll figure all that out at some point in time. But I will say this, I’m fired up and excited just to have this opportunity to be in the building and just having these discussions. And, and secondly, Eric, um, have you had *** chance to talk to Patrick? Have you had *** chance to talk to Travis and just what is your, I guess, initial reactions of getting back and working with them, uh, obviously for next season? You know what, I’ve had just ***, ***, *** small minimum conversation with both, and they all have been great, but more than anything, it’s just the excitement of just reuniting. You know, it’s just like when I came here and we came out here, uh, and we played them in the preseason. It was great seeing those. Guys, you know, cause I haven’t seen them in years. And so, it just feels good just to sit down and have conversations with guys. And to be honest, I have not talked any football or anything. It’s just the excitement of just seeing each other. Asking how they’re doing and making sure everything is, is good moving forward. But is the excitement high? Yes. Am I fired up? Yes. Do I respect the hell out of both those guys? Yes. So, I’m looking forward to, to, to getting back in the grind and chopping wood with them. We’ll hear from Herbie Tiopi next, Herbie. Coach, welcome back to Kansas City, man. How we doing, Herbie? What’s happening? Hey, I’m doing well, thanks. I got two questions here. It’s sort of *** follow-up to what Nate asked you about offering that creative voice to this offense, but the opportunity to kind of spread your wings over the last few years as an offensive play caller in Washington and UCLA, how do you think that helped develop you to be more of *** creative voice on the staff? You know what, I think it’s, it’s helped me in *** number of ways cause When you’re doing it on your own, you gotta find creative ways to, to, to implement *** system. On top of that, you learn *** lot about yourself, uh, you know, the good, the bad, and the ugly because All ideas are not bad ideas. We just need to be receptive to them. And so, just the dynamic of working with people, learning how to communicate and articulate your plan, and getting them to buy in, I think all that helps. And I think any experience that you’ve had, whether it’s good or bad, it’s, it’s, it’s all something that we can. Learn from. And so with that said, I’ve learned *** lot over the years. I’ve learned *** lot about myself and uh I’m just excited, you know, just to, to get started. And obviously, today is day one, but I wanna make sure day 234, and 5 that we hit the ground running, you know, uh, with all this excitement and all this energy that’s being created. You mentioned hitting the ground running, and this is my last question. Obviously, given your background coaching running backs, how involved do you see yourself as the offensive coordinator with energizing this run game? I, I, let me just say this. First and foremost, we, we obviously have *** tremendous staff. And, uh, obviously, uh, you know, uh, with Coach Reed, we’re gonna figure out what things that we need to do moving forward as far as making sure we’re getting the right people in the building. But when it’s all said and done, we, we’re, we’re gonna make sure that we can do the things that we do best. We have one of the better old-linemen coaches here in the industry, and Coach Heck. He does an outstanding job with those guys up front. And then just having an impact and just making sure that we’re doing the things that we can do that’s gonna help us moving forward. So, yes, have I been exposed to *** number of, of run schemes? Yes. All right. At the end of the day, we gotta make sure that we’re doing what is best for us moving forward. And I think that’s just the general overall plan. We’ll go next to Nick Jacobs. Nick. Yeah, I’ll have *** follow-up, please. Um, Eric, for you, whether it was DeShaun, Ron Rivera, Ben Johnson, or other coaches on staff, how did they help make you *** better teacher, um, to the players? Uh, I think more than anything, just sitting down and having that discussion with them, you know, cause when you’re working with people who’s not familiar with what you do. It’s basically, you’re selling your idea and your thoughts, OK? You’re selling that game plan to those coaches, getting them to buy in. And those are things that are not tough, but what it does, it gives you an opportunity to articulate your plan clear and, and just basically defining it and painting *** picture for them so they can see it. And see how it comes to fruition and everything. And so, that’s one thing that, uh, that I would say that has helped me moving forward. But more than anything, just the ability just to sit down and communicate with players as well, because Every person, every player is different, OK? It’s all about still establishing the right relationships and getting to know the people that you’re working with. If anything, I think over the years, you still wanna spend that amount of time, but I think that’s something that I can do even ***, ***, *** much better job of. It’s just getting to know the people and on top of that, making sure that I’m establishing myself within the culture as well and just not blending in. But also making sure that I can be the right fit and implementing the things that I wanna implement as well. And then speaking of culture, you got to go to 3 different ones that were different than what you got to experience for over *** decade in Kansas City. How did that kind of help you maybe appreciate some things here, but also be like, hey, If I get *** chance in the future, I wanna implement this. Uh, just what you said, I think it’s exactly that because of, you know, because of the success, you always have *** tendency of wanting to do it the way that you know it, uh, to be done. But on top of that, there’s different ways to, to, to, to To, to, to game plan everything. And I, and I think more than anything, I just gained *** diverse deal of wealth over the years from three good men who were head coaches that have an approach that, you know what, it’s not bad. These are great ideas that I think that moving forward, that, you know, at some point in time can, can, uh, implement, you know, uh, as we move forward. I’m sorry. But, uh, It was *** unique experience, *** very unique experience, but on top of that, *** very educating one as well. We have time for just *** couple more. We’ll go next to Vahe Gregorian. Bye. Hey, Eric, welcome back. Uh, how you doing? Good, good. Uh, *** couple of things related to what you’ve been speaking about. When, when you say that about learning about yourself, I realize it’s hard to sum this all up, but what do you feel like these last couple of years have made you learn about yourself? And then, Kelsey, I’ll just have one quick follow-up. Uh, more than anything, you, you develop patience. Uh, you develop *** broad view on things. Uh, it forces you to go back and maybe, uh, uh, look at things *** little bit different, all right? And how you approach everything. Because just because it worked here doesn’t necessarily mean it’s gonna work somewhere else, somewhere else. And so, you just wanna make sure that you’re fitting in, all right, within the environment that you’re, you’re working with. And one thing, you know, anybody can call plays. But you gotta make sure that you are doing what is best for those players, all right, in that particular time because the talent level may not equate to what you may have worked with in the past, but this talent level can do some things that are different. And that’s one thing that, that you learn. And, and it’s, it’s *** valuable lesson because it’s something that will help you, but it’s humbling as well, but You know, it’s very educating and let me just say this, um, I lost my train of thought there. Excuse me. I got *** lot of stuff on my mind. But, uh, I’m fired up about the opportunity of being here, but I’ve, uh, I’m sorry, my phone was buzzing. I apologize. Not at all. Just, it just the, the, the last part is simply, uh, do you, it’s probably hard to describe this, but how much do you feel like you’re the same person who left here versus how much you might feel like you’re ***, *** bit different now? Well, I’ll say this, there’s some things about me that have changed, but more than anything, EB is EB. We will still be disciplined in detail and everything and how we handle our business. There’s *** standard of performance, there’s *** standard of excellence that’ll be expected. But on top of that, there’s been *** great deal of wealth that I’ve learned, you know, through the good and through the bad. And the thing that I appreciate has just helped me to grow into this role and have this opportunity to be in this, uh, this situation again. And thank you. We’ll go quickly to Matt Derek. Matt. Hey coach, it’s good to see you again. Welcome back to Kansas City. Doing well. Hope you are as well. Uh, when you look back at your five years as, as an offensive coordinator here, what, what stands out to you? What are the, what are the memories and what do you feel like were the hallmarks of those 5 years of, uh, you really sustained success that you had? You know what I think, uh, obviously, there’s *** number of things that you can look back upon. Um, I mean, hell, you can look back at the first Super Bowl, you know, everybody always ask me the question, what was that deal about the Wasps play, you know, what took place when we were mic’d up? Uh, you know, people always ask me that question and, and everybody wants to know, you know, what type of guy, uh, Pat Mahomes is or what, what makes Travis Kelsey, uh, ticks. But here’s the beauty of it. I think more than Anything, it’s just watching these guys grow over the years and just watching them become the men that they have become and watching their success from afar, you know, that’s what I’m proud of more than anything. Not the things that we’ve accomplished throughout that time, but the things that they have accomplished since then, you know, watching them grow as men, watching them become ***, ***, *** family man. And, uh, I think more than anything, that’s important because The relationships that you build, they’ll outlast anything. And these young men, I’m just very proud of, and I’m just proud that I’ve had an opportunity to work with them. We’ll go to our final question here with Pete Sweeney. Pete, uh, hey, Erica, congratulations. Uh, you mentioned that, that Big Red calls, one big red calls you pick up. I just was wondering if you could describe how this, uh, came about from, from your perspective. I, I know that you’ve finished very recently with Chicago, but just how it, how it all, um, happened. Well, um, to be quite honest, it just happened, you know, we were playing in the playoffs and, uh, unfortunately, we came up short. The next day, I get *** phone call, Big Red is calling and, um, obviously, there was some tough conversations having, uh, with the head coach and, uh, with our players, but You know, it was, it was great having that opportunity to work in Chicago. Great having that opportunity to work with coach Ben Johnson, who’s ***, *** hell of *** coach, who’s gonna have *** great deal of success as well. And, uh, it was great having that opportunity of working with that organization. But having this opportunity to come back and, uh, be put in this chair with Coach Reed, that was just something that it’s, it’s tough to pass up on, you know. So, Uh, with all that taking place, I’m excited. I’m fired up. Uh, it was one of them deals that happened fast and I’m looking forward to it. Um, I just drove in yesterday. I, I waited out the storm, so, I’m here. Now I’m, uh, you know, going off ***, ***, *** few hours of sleep, but more than anything, I’m just excited and fired up about the opportunity. I feel like *** kid in *** candy store, you know. I don’t know if you guys can hear the nervous energy in my voice. I’ve just, excitement.
Report: Chiefs add former NFL star DeMarco Murray to coaching staff
Updated: 9:38 PM CST Feb 11, 2026
The Kansas City Chiefs are reportedly adding a familiar football name to their coaching staff.NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported Wednesday that the Chiefs are hiring former NFL running back DeMarco Murray as their running backs coach on Andy Reid’s staff. The team has not confirmed the move.Murray has spent the past five seasons coaching at the college level, most recently serving as running backs coach at the Oklahoma Sooners, his alma mater. He joined Oklahoma’s staff in January 2020 after a season coaching running backs at Arizona.At Oklahoma, Murray oversaw productive backfields that ranked among the nation’s best. In 2023, the Sooners led the Big 12 in scoring at 41.7 points per game and averaged 507 total yards. His 2022 running backs group helped Oklahoma average a league-best 219.4 rushing yards per game.In the NFL, Murray spent seven seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles and Tennessee Titans, rushing for 7,174 yards and 49 touchdowns.He would join a staff that’s getting a new look on the offensive side. Eric Bieniemy was brought back as offensive coordinator earlier this year. Chad O’Shea was hried as the new wide receivers coach.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
The Kansas City Chiefs are reportedly adding a familiar football name to their coaching staff.
NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported Wednesday that the Chiefs are hiring former NFL running back DeMarco Murray as their running backs coach on Andy Reid’s staff.
The team has not confirmed the move.
Murray has spent the past five seasons coaching at the college level, most recently serving as running backs coach at the Oklahoma Sooners, his alma mater.
He joined Oklahoma’s staff in January 2020 after a season coaching running backs at Arizona.
At Oklahoma, Murray oversaw productive backfields that ranked among the nation’s best.
In 2023, the Sooners led the Big 12 in scoring at 41.7 points per game and averaged 507 total yards.
His 2022 running backs group helped Oklahoma average a league-best 219.4 rushing yards per game.
In the NFL, Murray spent seven seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles and Tennessee Titans, rushing for 7,174 yards and 49 touchdowns.
He would join a staff that’s getting a new look on the offensive side.
Eric Bieniemy was brought back as offensive coordinator earlier this year. Chad O’Shea was hried as the new wide receivers coach.