The reigning Super Bowl champions, the Kansas City Chiefsthey secured their head coach Andy Reid for the next five NFL seasons in exchange for an impressive contract that will bring him $100 million dollars, making him the highest-paid coach in the history of professional sports in the United States.
Andy Ried, 66, has been the fundamental pillar on which the Kansas City Chiefs project was built in recent years, leading the team to win three Vince Lombardi awards, the most recent last February thanks to an exciting victory against the San Francisco 49ers (25-22) in Super Bowl LVIII disputed in Los Angeles.
When no one expected it, a play resulting from the genius of Andy Reid in the final seconds of the match ended up giving victory to the Chiefs, who had previously emerged champions in the 2019 and 2023 editions against the San Francisco 49ers (31 -20) and the Philadelphia Eagles (38-35), respectively.
According to the portal specialized in sports business, Sportico The Business of Sports, the $100 million contract signed by Andy Reid made him the highest paid coach in the entire United States with an annual salary of $20 million dollars for each of the seasons that include its renewal.
This agreement left behind the one Sean Payton reached last year with the Denver Broncos for $90 million. However, this new agreement is not superior to the one that the legendary Bill Belichick had at the time during his time with the New England Patriots for 23 years in which at times he earned the sum of $25 million dollars per season.
Bill Belichick was responsible, along with Tom Brady, for the spectacular dominance that the Patriots had in the NFL for many years, winning the Super Bowl up to six times. The coach, who already has a secure place in the Hall of Fame, is the coach with the most awards in the American league.
Andy Reid is the only NFL coach to win 100 or more games with two different franchises. He had already achieved it with the Philadelphia Eagles, whom he directed between 1999 and 2012, and now with the Kansas City Chiefs, a team he joined in 2013, where he remains today and with which he is expected to retire after 2029. .
The California-born coach is one of three coaches who have won the Super Bowl three times. The other two are Joe Gibbs and Bill Walsh. But Andy Reid will now look to join Chuck Noll who has four titles under his belt. Much further away is Bill Belichick with Vince Lombardi’s six trophies.
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