Chiefs’ Andy Reid Doesn’t Rule Out Retirement After Super Bowl 57 vs. Eagles

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has said he could retire following the Super Bowl.

During Fox’s pregame coverage for Sunday’s Super Bowl LVII between the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, Fox Sports NFL insider Jay Glazer said Reid told him “I’ll have a decision I’ll need to make” when discussing if he could call it quits at the end of the season.

Reid is set to coach in the Super Bowl for the third time in the past four years and is searching for his second career Super Bowl win as a head coach.

If the 64-year-old Reid does decide to retire after the Super Bowl, it would perhaps be a fitting end to his career since he is facing the team that gave him his first NFL head coaching job.

Reid coached the Eagles for 14 seasons from 1999 to 2012. He posted a 130-93-1 record, reached the playoffs nine times, made it to the NFC Championship Game five times and reached the Super Bowl once.

As successful as Reid was in Philly, his career has reached new heights during his 10-year run as head coach of the Chiefs.

Kansas City is 117-45 under his direction and has missed the playoffs only once in the past decade.

The Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers to win the Super Bowl in 2019, giving Reid his first Lombardi Trophy win as a head coach. They fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl the following year and to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship Game last season.

This season has arguably represented the best work of Reid’s career, as he led the Chiefs to a 14-3 record and another Super Bowl appearance despite Kansas City trading No. 1 wide receiver Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins during the offseason.

That loss did not slow down the Chiefs’ high-flying offense, as quarterback Patrick Mahomes was named NFL MVP for the second time in his career.

Reid has already cemented his status as a future Pro Football Hall of Famer thanks to his one Super Bowl victory and 247 career head coaching wins, which puts him fifth on the all-time NFL list.

If Reid and the Chiefs win Sunday’s Super Bowl, he will become only the 14th head coach in NFL history to win multiple Super Bowls.

Reid has little left to prove or accomplish, but by continuing to coach this season, he can continue to add to what is already a legendary resumé.

There also remains some incentive for Reid to stick around regardless of Sunday’s result, with the presence of Mahomes and others seemingly ensuring the Chiefs will be perennial contenders in the NFL for several years.