{"id":699766,"date":"2026-01-23T20:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/699766\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T20:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:47:14","slug":"andy-reid-and-chiefs-sign-2x-super-bowl-champion-to-help-patrick-mahomes-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/699766\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Reid and Chiefs sign 2x Super Bowl champion to help Patrick Mahomes in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/kansas-city-chiefs\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Kansas City Chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> have confirmed that Eric Bieniemy will return as offensive coordinator for the 2026 season. Following Matt Nagy\u2019s departure, Andy Reid has found the ideal replacement in a key position on his coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>Through social media, the Chiefs made the long-awaited announcement for their fans. \u201cA familiar face at offensive coordinator. Eric Bieniemy is back in Kansas City. Let\u2019s get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The objective for Bieniemy is very clear. Revamp an offense surrounded by uncertainty. It is still unknown whether <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/patrick-mahomes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Patrick Mahomes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> will be ready for the start of the 2026 season, <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/travis-kelce\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Travis Kelce\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Travis Kelce<\/a> has not decided his future, and young receivers like Xavier Worthy and Rashee Rice have not met expectations. In addition, they do not have a star running back.<\/p>\n<p>    Chiefs confirm new coach for 2026 <\/p>\n<p>Eric Bieniemy has a long history with the Chiefs. He was the running backs coach from 2013 to 2017 and then took on the role of <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/nfl\/chiefs-secure-2x-super-bowl-champion-as-offensive-coordinator-for-2026-season-to-help-andy-reid-and-patrick-mahomes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"offensive coordinator\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">offensive coordinator<\/a> from 2018 to 2022. At that point, he looked for something new in his career and signed on as the Commanders\u2019 OC for the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p> Eric Bieniemy signs with Chiefs <\/p>\n<p>In 2024, still without receiving head coaching offers despite his quality, Eric Bieniemy embarked on an adventure in college football as UCLA\u2019s offensive coordinator. However, that stint was a total failure.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, in an under-the-radar hire, Bieniemy was signed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/chicago-bears\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Chicago Bears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chicago Bears<\/a> as running backs coach on Ben Johnson\u2019s staff. His work was remarkable with players like Kyle Monangai and D\u2019Andre Swift. A key factor in Caleb Williams having one of the best offenses in the NFC.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the Chiefs deciding not to renew Matt Nagy\u2019s contract, Eric Bieniemy returns home looking to rediscover the best version of Patrick Mahomes. A formula that was once huge to building a dynasty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs have confirmed that Eric Bieniemy will return as offensive coordinator for the 2026 season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[501,346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,499],"class_list":{"0":"post-699766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-andy-reid","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","13":"tag-kansascity","14":"tag-kansascitychiefs","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-patrick-mahomes"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115946379403828623","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699766","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=699766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}