{"id":676869,"date":"2026-01-14T15:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676869\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:28:15","slug":"former-chiefs-star-turns-heads-with-major-admission-about-joining-andy-reids-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676869\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Chiefs star turns heads with major admission about joining Andy Reid\u2019s coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a period of intense evaluation at the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 facilities, as the team cannot afford a repeat of last season. <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/andy-reid\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Andy Reid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Reid<\/a> knows changes to his coaching staff are likely, and he\u2019s beginning to lay the groundwork for what\u2019s ahead.<\/p>\n<p>One of the names generating the most buzz in recent days is <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/nfl\/andy-reid-has-reportedly-made-a-decision-on-chiefs-oc-for-2026-with-matt-nagy-seemingly-out\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Matt Nagy, who appears to be seemingly out as the Chiefs\u2019 OC for 2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matt Nagy, who appears to be seemingly out as the Chiefs\u2019 OC for 2026<\/a>. As a result, finding his potential replacement could prove challenging, given the role\u2019s high profile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/alex-smith\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Alex Smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alex Smith<\/a> has had a significant career in Chiefs Kingdom, including three Pro Bowl selections. His name has been floated as a potential successor to Nagy for the upcoming campaign, though his plans are far from joining Chiefs\u2019 coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo way,\u201d Smith during Tuesday\u2019s episode of Up &amp; Adams, hosted by Kay Adams. \u201cNo. It\u2019s so hard, my kids. I got 14, 12, 9. You take that job, it\u2019s like \u2018see you in five years.\u2019 You know, it\u2019s hard, I love Matt (Nagy), that\u2019s my guy, I love Matt, but no.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that he views a potential reunion between Mike Kafka and Reid in a positive light: \u201cAndy (Reid) just rarely brings somebody out of his circle. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a bad thing if he did, but I think in some ways (Mike) Kafka fits that so perfectly, he just spent four or five years with (Brian) Daboll in that system, but obviously he knows that Chiefs system so well, i think he can bring in some outside ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Restructuring in Andy Reid\u2019s coaching staff  <\/p>\n<p>Heading into the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NFL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL<\/a> season, Andy Reid faces the daunting prospect of losing both his offensive coordinator, Matt Nagy, and his defensive mastermind, Steve Spagnuolo, as both have already begun interviewing for head coaching vacancies. <\/p>\n<p>Nagy has emerged as a top candidate for several rebuilding franchises, with reports linking him to the Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals, Las Vegas Raiders, and even the Baltimore Ravens. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Spagnuolo\u2019s elite defensive schemes have made him a priority target for the Titans\u2014largely due to his connection with GM Mike Borgonzi\u2014as well as the New York Giants and the Raiders. Losing both pillars of his coaching staff simultaneously would force Reid into a massive organizational reset as he looks to maintain the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/kansas-city-chiefs\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chiefs<\/a>\u2018 championship standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a period of intense evaluation at the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 facilities, as the team cannot afford a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[2888,501,346,7,118,110,2438,2437,26822,6],"class_list":["post-676869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-alex-smith","tag-andy-reid","tag-chiefs","tag-football","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kansascity","tag-kansascitychiefs","tag-matt-nagy","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115894164590531684","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676869","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=676869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}