Andy Reid is one of the best head coaches in NFL history, even if he only has one Super Bowl ring to show for it in his 24 years leading a team. Reid is one win away from winning his 20th postseason game as a head coach, which would tie Tom Landry for the second most in NFL history, and is one victory away from winning 10 postseason games with two different teams (Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs) — the first head coach to accomplish that feat.
Reid is the only coach in NFL history to take two different teams to four straight conference championship games (the Eagles went from 2001 to 2004 and the Chiefs went from 2018 to 2021). He has made nine conference championship games (only Bill Belichick and Tom Landry have more) in his Hall of Fame career.
With 266 combined victories in the regular season and postseason, Reid is fifth on the all-time list among head coaches. He’s the only coach in NFL history to win 100 games with two different franchises. The Chiefs are 117-45 in Reid’s nine seasons (.722 win percentage), and Reid is 247-138-1 (.641 win percentage) in his 24 years as a head coach.
Not only has Reid excelled as a head coach himself, he has several assistants who have found success as head coaches in the NFL. Of Reid’s former assistants, two are still in the postseason (Sean McDermott and Doug Pederson), two have won Super Bowl titles (Pederson and John Harbaugh) and eight of his 11 assistants to get head coaching jobs made the playoffs.
Though his assistants have flourished, Reid has dominated when facing off against them. Reid has never lost a game facing his former assistants in the postseason and is 24-8 against his former assistants in the regular season and playoffs.
Reid and the Chiefs square off against Pederson and the Jacksonville Jaguars this weekend, the first time Pederson and Reid will face off in the postseason. Here’s a quick look at the Reid-Pederson connection and their long history together:
- Pederson was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 1995, when Reid was the tight ends/assistant offensive line coach
- Reid was Pederson’s quarterbacks coach in 1997 and 1998 with the Packers
- Pederson was Reid’s first starting quarterback as head coach in 1999 (Eagles)
- Reid hired Pederson as offensive quality control coach in 2009 (Eagles)
- Reid promoted Pederson to quarterbacks coach in 2011 (Eagles)
- Reid hired Pederson as his first offensive…
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