{"id":747655,"date":"2026-02-12T19:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/747655\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:06:19","slug":"former-pro-bowl-running-back-joining-chiefs-as-rb-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/747655\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pro Bowl running back joining Chiefs as RB coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) &#8211; A former Pro Bowl running back is leaving the college coaching ranks to join the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/2021782743584289209\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/2021782743584289209\">several reports<\/a>, Oklahoma running backs coach DeMarco Murray is joining the Kansas City Chiefs coaching staff in the same role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Murray, who coached at Oklahoma for the last six seasons, joins the Chiefs coaching staff that has undergone several changes since a 6-11 season came to a conclusion in early January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The former Dallas Cowboys and Tennessee Titans star who was a three-time Pro Bowler, one-time All-Pro and 2014 AP Offensive Player of the Year, replaces Todd Pinkston as the Chiefs\u2019 running backs coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kansas City also has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kctv5.com\/2026\/01\/19\/report-chiefs-hire-chad-oshea-wr-coach\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kctv5.com\/2026\/01\/19\/report-chiefs-hire-chad-oshea-wr-coach\/\">new wide receivers coach<\/a>, and rehired Eric Bieniemy to be the team\u2019s offensive coordinator once again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Murray joins the Chiefs after three consecutive seasons in which the Sooners failed to have a 1,000-yard rusher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) &#8211; A former Pro Bowl running back is leaving the college coaching ranks to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,1787,4912,26828],"class_list":{"0":"post-747655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascitychiefs","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-oklahoma-sooners","16":"tag-pro-bowl","17":"tag-running-backs-coach"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116059228509041743","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747655","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=747655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}