Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid gets out ahead of a rumor that always seems to follow him around every offseason
Andy Reid intends to coach in 2026 and with the Kansas City Chiefs at that.
Every offseason, rumors tend to swirl about Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid’s future.
The 68-year-old head coach has accomplished a lot during his NFL career, and the recent wave of team success has always left people wondering whether he’d soon hang things up and call it a career. Each year, he’s scoffed at retirement rumors, but typically after the fact. This time around, things are a bit different with the team staring the offseason in the face after failing to make the playoffs for the first time since 2014.
With the 2025 NFL season wrapping up, Reid was asked about his plans for the 2026 season and whether he could imagine a scenario in which he doesn’t return as the Chiefs’ head coach.
Andy Reid intends to remain as the Kansas City Chiefs’ head coach for the 2026 NFL season
If Reid has things his way, he’ll be back with the Chiefs as head coach in 2026. We’ve also seen no indications that Clark Hunt thinks differently, despite the 2025 NFL season not going according to plan.
“No, listen, I think I’m coming back,” Reid told reporters on Monday. “Right? If they’ll have me back, I’ll come back. You never know in this business, so that’s a tough one, but I plan on it (being back).”
Reid, of course, was signed to a multi-year contract extension in April of 2024 alongside team president Mark Donovan and GM Brett Veach, making him the highest-paid head coach in the NFL. He’s locked in as head coach of the franchise through the 2029 NFL season. One bad year coming off of three consecutive Super Bowl appearances isn’t going to be the nail in the coffin for him.
Chiefs HC Andy Reid NFL quick facts
- 279 regular-season wins, good for fourth all-time among NFL head coaches.
- The only NFL head coach to become the winningest coach for two different franchises (Chiefs, 143 regular-season wins; Eagles, 130 regular-season wins).
- A three-time Super Bowl Champion (LIV, LVII, LVIII), leading the Chiefs to five appearances in the big game (LV and LIX) since 2013.
- Led the Chiefs to back-to-back Super Bowl titles (LVII and LVIII), marking the first time it had been done in two decades.
That doesn’t necessarily mean he’s off the hook, though.
Chiefs HC Andy Reid needs to get real about evolving in 2026
The messaging for the Chiefs in 2025 and recent years has been all about getting back to playing the type of football they became known for with Patrick Mahomes, featuring an explosive passing offense that heavily relies on the deep passing game. The reality is that this style simply hasn’t been working for Kansas City in recent years. 2025 isn’t some aberration; it’s the culmination of a scheme that has been slowly forced away from the one thing it wants to do most, with no backup plan to adjust to. With Patrick Mahomes’ season-ending knee injury, Reid has to get real about the next evolution of his offensive scheme in 2026, and it’s going to be uncomfortable for him. If they run it back with the same old goal of fixing the deep passing game and making that the staple of the offense, while also running RPOs with no real threat of a running game, they’re going to fail.
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