One day after the Bears’ former general manager found a new home, their ex-head coach has landed his next NFL job. The Chiefs have hired Matt Nagy as their new quarterbacks coach, adding the title of senior offensive assistant, per Tom Pelissero of NFL Network (Twitter link). 
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The move marks a reunion for Nagy and Chiefs head coach Andy Reid. The pair worked together with the Eagles, as Nagy began his coaching carer in Philadelphia immediately after his playing days were over. Reid brought Nagy onto his Chiefs staff as well, hiring him to be the team’s QBs coach in 2013, a position he held for three seasons.
Nagy then got promoted to OC, the role he had for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. The latter campaign saw the Chiefs transition from Alex Smith to Patrick Mahomes as their starting QB, so there will be a degree of familiarity on that front for Nagy.
The 43-year-old’s success in Kansas City got him his first HC gig with the Bears. After winning Coach of the Year in his first season, though, things started to go south. A 12-4, division-winning campaign was followed up by consecutive 8-8 seasons, as it became clear that Mitch Trubisky would not be the franchise signal caller he was drafted to be. The 2021 campaign, which saw the team go 6-11 and featured an underwhelming rookie season for Justin Fields, led to an increasing amount of blame for the offense’s struggles being shouldered by Nagy, who was fired at the end of the year.
Interestingly, Pro Football Network’s Aaron Wilson reports that Nagy “had several coaching opportunities with similar titles”. He adds that Nagy “was passionate about getting back into coaching” right away, leaving Kansas City as the most logical location for him to do so. He will replace Mike Kafka, who was hired to be the new OC for the Giants earlier this month.
Smart signing and makes a lot of sense.
Yeah… because he made a world of difference for Trubisky
Did good under Reid in the past which earnt him the HC job to begin with. Not like he’s going to need to teach Mahomes how to be good just how he could possibly improve
Yeah, Nagy was why Mahomes is a world beater…. Reid is throwing Nagy a bone here, it will be an empty office at least if Reid is smart….
Nagy: Hey Andy, can I please get my old job, but no play calling?
Reid: Sorry, best I could do is an assistant role. Maybe QB coach?
Nagy: I’ll take it!
Mahomes: You know this guy sucks at developing anything, right? I mean look at what he did to the Bears.
He’s a “yes” man. That’s why he was good with KC before — he listened to whatever Reid told him to do and it worked.
Mahomes to Andy…. umm u sure coach? Trubisky flamed out because of this guy.
we heard your opinion the first time you posted it.
Here’s a question
…if Nagy is to blame for Trubisky’s chicago days (despite not drafting him)
…who’s to blame for his performance in Buffalo so far?
he threw 8 passes there and completed 6 of them as a backup. What the hell did you expect?
LOL… It seems EVERY COACH does that to the Bears, eh ? It’s always “The Coach” but never the organization. riiiight…
Fans of the rest of the AFC teams are overjoyed to hear this news!
“Had several coaching opportunities” from who? This guy can’t coach or adjust to anything Mahomes/Reid will hide his flaws yet again, but he did make the smart decision return to your roots cause you will be the smallest person in the QB room
Being a position coach is nothing like being a head coach. When he can focus on one thing, maybe he excels at it. None of us really know.
Hahahahahahaha!!!!
Good position for him. He did a bang up job with Trubisky and he sure helped Fields this year. He and Pace about got him killed. Maybe Reid is losing it! That’s the only explanation I would have.
Andy Reid must feel sorry for him
How do anyone win with Trubisky at QB and a GM who should of been holding the yardage chains as his NFL job. Nobody is going to mistake him for Lombardi but he did win 12 games with a team that was to be under .500.
He “won” 12 games because of Fangio’s amazing defense that season.He bombed after Vic left.
I see somebody rattled the cages of the Chiefs haters.
What’s this idiot going to tell Patrick Mahomes? Look, This is how I taught Mitch to do it, I’m sure it’ll work for you? Wow
QB coach for Mahomes. Could this be the easiest job in the NFL?
Re-instating Josh Gordon after every suspension appears to be the easiest job in the NFL but coaching Mahomes isn’t a bad one to have either.