{"id":125206,"date":"2025-06-12T23:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/125206\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T23:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:39:15","slug":"chiefs-make-swift-coaching-change-after-andy-reid-assistants-sudden-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/125206\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Make Swift Coaching Change After Andy Reid Assistant’s Sudden Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chiefs Make Swift Coaching Change After Andy Reid Assistant’s Sudden Retirement<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just days before they\u2019re set to begin mandatory minicamp, the Kansas City Chiefs lost one member of their coaching staff.<\/p>\n

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During head coach Andy Reid\u2019s tenure, he\u2019s built a dynasty and turned the Chiefs into one of the NFL\u2019s powerhouses.<\/p>\n

Reid has led Kansas City to a 143-53 record in his 12 seasons, which include 11 playoff appearances, nine AFC West titles, five Super Bowl appearances, and three Super Bowl titles.<\/p>\n

But Reid\u2019s success hasn\u2019t been a solo endeavor.<\/p>\n

The 67-year-old future Hall of Famer has always had a strong support staff thanks to the top-tier-level of assistant coaches he\u2019s brought in, and one of those assistants has decided to call it a career.<\/p>\n

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and defensive line coach Joe Cullen looks on from the sideline of Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome.Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Chiefs announced on Wednesday that longtime assistant special teams coach Andy Hill had retired after a five-year run with the team, which saw four trips to the Super Bowl and two Super Bowl titles.<\/p>\n

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Hill responded to the team\u2019s announcement on X Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you @Chiefs – Coach Andy Reid and Dave Toub and the wonderful coaches and players that I was honored to be a small part of such a class organization-Top to bottom the best in the NFL! Our family says THANK YOU! \ud83d\ude4f\u201d Hill wrote.<\/p>\n

With a small hole to fill on Reid\u2019s staff, the Chiefs wasted no time finding his replacement. They also brought back a familiar face to fill another hole on the offensive staff, according to Matt Derrick of Chiefs Digest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Andy Hill\u2019s retirement, Porter Ellett has moved to assistant special teams coach for Dave Toub,\u201d Derrick reported<\/a>. \u201cMark DeLeone, former linebackers coach for the Chiefs, returns to KC and takes over Ellett\u2019s old role as assistant RB coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This will mark DeLeone\u2019s third stint with the Chiefs. He previously served as a defensive quality control coach from 2013-2015 and worked his way up to assistant linebackers coach from 2016 to 2017 then inside linebackers coach in 2018.<\/p>\n

Kansas City brought him back in 2022 to serve as a defensive analyst, where he stayed until last season when he left to join the rival Baltimore Ravens as inside linebackers coach.<\/p>\n

His new role as assistant running backs coach will mark the first time in his 13-year NFL coaching career that he\u2019ll be working with an offensive unit.<\/p>\n

Related: Chiefs Could Cut Former Top Draft Pick After Patrick Mahomes Callout<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 12, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chiefs Make Swift Coaching Change After Andy Reid Assistant’s Sudden Retirement originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Just days…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[29899,501,117,346,26994,7,118,110,2438,2437,4193,6,14060],"class_list":{"0":"post-125206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-andy-hill","9":"tag-andy-reid","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-chiefs","12":"tag-dave-toub","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-kansas-city","15":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","16":"tag-kansascity","17":"tag-kansascitychiefs","18":"tag-linebackers-coach","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-super-bowl-titles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114673035875334989","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}