Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy now tied to 3 head coaching positions
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- Matt Nagy schedules interviews with Titans, Raiders on Thursday and Cardinals on Friday.
- Nagy joins search that now spans seven openings, including Ravens, Browns and Giants.
- Nagy did not sign Chiefs extension, signaling desire to lead offense and call plays.
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy is in for a busy week, as first reported by NFL Media.
Nagy has long been connected to the Tennessee Titans, and he’s scheduled to interview with them on Thursday. But the 47-year-old will also interview with the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday before meeting with the Arizona Cardinals on Friday.
If Nagy is offered (and accepts) one of the positions, it will mark his second tenure as an NFL head coach. Nagy won NFL Coach of the Year after guiding the Chicago Bears to 12 wins in 2018, but over the next three seasons, the Bears went 22-27.
He returned to Kansas City in 2022, eventually reclaiming the coordinator role.
“Everything that I went through in Chicago, it all happened for a reason,” Nagy said in the lead-up to KC’s Week 18 game against the Raiders. “To be able to come back here in Kansas City and be here with Coach (Andy) Reid and all these players is special. We’ll just continue to work through all that and see whatever happens, but it’s fun. It’s just that time of the year, so be ready for it.”
Where will Matt Nagy land?
Because of Nagy’s connection to former Chiefs assistant general manager (and current Titans general manager) Mike Borgonzi, Tennessee projects as the most likely landing spot.
If the Titans pass on Nagy, he could interview his way into jobs with the Raiders or Cardinals, though it gets more complicated now that John Harbaugh (Baltimore), Kevin Stefanski (Cleveland) and Kliff Kingsbury are suddenly available.
In addition to Tennessee, Las Vegas and Arizona, jobs with the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons are also open.
Regardless of whether Nagy lands a head coaching position, there is still a good chance his Chiefs tenure is over, considering he chose not to sign a contract extension.
That decision suggests he wants to be with a team that would allow him to run the offense and call plays — something that can’t currently happen with Andy Reid in Kansas City.
“I think he deserves to be a head football coach in this league,” Reid said in late December. “That’s exciting for him.”
