Andy Reid has guided the Kansas City Chiefs to a golden run. The franchise will go head-to-head against the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans on Sunday, Feb. 9. Reid is one of the most successful and respected coaches in the NFL.
Let’s examine Reid’s contract with the Chiefs and where he ranks among the highest-paid head coaches in the NFL.
Is Andy Reid the Top-Paid Head Coach in the NFL?
The Chiefs signed Reid in 2013, and it was probably the best decision they ever made. The Chiefs HC has the best winning percentage of any coach in franchise history, and the team has won nine straight division titles while racking up six consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances through the 2024-25 season.
They will play in their fifth Super Bowl in the last six years, having won three of them heading into Super Bowl 59. With the Chiefs trying to make history as the first NFL team to complete a three-peat, owner Clark Hunt will do whatever it takes to keep Reid around.
Kansas City ultimately signed Reid to a five-year, $100 million contract extension in April 2024 that will keep him in town through the 2029 Super Bowl. The extension made Reid the highest-paid coach in the league, ahead of the likes of Sean Payton, Mike Tomlin, and Jim Harbaugh. Reid is widely regarded as the best head coach in the NFL, so it makes sense that he’s also the league’s highest-paid coach.
Kansas City has repeatedly tacked on several more years before Reid’s deal has run dry. This is the third consecutive five-year extension that Reid has signed with Kansas City. In 2017, he inked a five-year extension worth over $40 million, and he also agreed to a five-year deal in 2020.
Reid has an impressive résumé as a coach. He was hired as the quarterbacks coach by the Green Bay Packers in 1992. Brett Favre arrived there that year from the Atlanta Falcons. With Reid on the staff coaching up Favre, the Packers won Super Bowl 31 in 1996.
Then, Reid became the Eagles’ head coach in 1999, leading Philadelphia to five NFC Championship Games and one Super Bowl appearance. Philly also won four straight NFC East titles from 2001 through 2004.
Reid was credited with developing Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb. Despite his .609 winning percentage, the Eagles parted ways with Reid in 2012 after the team went 4-12.
Counting regular season and postseason success, Reid has the fourth-most wins of any head coach in NFL history, and there’s a huge gap between Reid and the next-winningest active head coach (Tomlin).
Reid has the second-most playoff wins of all time, behind only former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. The only head coach to win 100 games with two franchises, Reid will be a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame when he retires (although the 66-year-old has said that he’s open to coaching into his 70s, so he may not be retiring anytime soon).
The Chiefs head coach would look forward to strengthening his claim as the greatest coach in NFL history when Patrick Mahomes and Co. suit up against the Eagles at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
