PHILADELPHIA — Eagles coach Nick Sirianni was let go by Andy Reid when Reid took over as head coach of the Chiefs after the 2012 season. And though Sirianni — Kansas Metropolis’s large receivers coach on the time — stated he was appreciative of how Reid dealt with the state of affairs, he acknowledged that not being retained as part of Reid’s employees was a motivating drive for him.
“Do you all the time have this little chip in your shoulder? Certain, yeah, you do,” he stated. “However that is who I’m as a coach and as an individual — I wish to be certain that I am working my butt off to get pretty much as good as I presumably can. And certain, you maintain on to a few of these issues.”
That makes for an attention-grabbing subplot as Sirianni’s Eagles and Reid’s Chiefs face off Sunday in Super Bowl LVII (6:30 p.m. ET, Fox).
Sirianni’s first NFL teaching job was with the Chiefs, and he met his future spouse, Brett, throughout his time in Kansas Metropolis. He began as an offensive high quality management coach in 2009 and labored his means as much as a job as receivers coach. However when Reid took over as head coach, changing Romeo Crennel after a 2-14 season, he introduced longtime trusted assistant David Culley with him from Philadelphia to fill that put up.
“Andy got here in as a result of we weren’t adequate in Kansas Metropolis. And he stepped in and did an unbelievable job,” Sirianni stated. “What I appreciated is that he introduced everybody in and talked to them.
“I did not coach with Andy, however he gave me a superb instance of what to do with a tough a part of the job of: ‘Hey, I acquired a man right here.’ He was complimentary. He knew I’d be down, so he gave me power once I was down. I appreciated that, and it feels like that is who he’s as an individual and a coach.”
Sirianni landed a job as a high quality management coach with the San Diego Chargers in 2013. He acquired slightly little bit of payback that season because the Chargers beat the Chiefs 41-38 Week 12, prompting a now-familiar demonstrative response from Sirianni.
“I used to be within the press field standing on the [table] like this [waves arms and pumps fist]. I used to be simply so emotional about it,” he stated. “However as time goes on and also you mature and you concentrate on it, ‘Hey, I wanted to undergo that, I wanted to be on this state of affairs.’ In a way, you thank God for the stuff you needed to undergo as a result of it makes you who you might be in the present day.”
Sirianni spent 5 years in San Diego, the place he was mentored by Frank Reich. He was employed because the Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator when Reich grew to become the top coach there in 2018, which led to him getting the Eagles’ head-coaching gig in 2021.
“Did I wish to go away Kansas Metropolis? No. My future spouse was from there, we had been engaged on the time, she had a pleasant instructing job there, she had all her buddies there, her mother and pop had been a half-hour down the street. After all I did not wish to go away there,” Sirianni stated. “However once I have a look at it, God’s all the time put me in nice positions and guided my paths. I do know I do not say stuff like that on a regular basis, however I do know he has.
“And so, I wanted to go to San Diego to study, to be at a unique spot, to be out of a consolation zone probably, to satisfy Frank Reich. To separate there after which go be his coordinator in Indianapolis. All the things occurs for a cause.”
There are not any scarcity of Reid ties on this matchup. Reid was the top coach of the Eagles from 1999 to 2012, guiding Philadelphia to 5 NFC title sport appearances and a visit to the Tremendous Bowl within the 2004 season. Eagles common supervisor Howie Roseman, not too long ago named government of the 12 months by Professional Soccer Writers of America, acquired his begin below Reid.
“I’d not be on this place if it wasn’t for Coach Reid,” Roseman stated. “I take into consideration the truth that I used to be this 34-year-old man and untraditional, and he was prepared to have me because the GM and take the time to speak to me and educate me and be affected person with this passionate, persistent particular person. It simply means the world. I all the time root for him.”