Chiefs’ Andy Reid voted top coach in the NFL by a panel of football writers
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- A panel of eight AP writers voted Andy Reid the top NFL coach going into 2026.
- Reid received 55 points from the panel, including five first-place votes and one second.
- This marks the fourth consecutive season Reid was voted the top coach by the AP panel.
In his 13 seasons as the Chiefs head coach, Andy Reid has had just one losing season, and it came last year.
Despite the Chiefs’ 6-win season in 2025, Reid is still held in high regard by NFL reporters. A group of eight Associated Press pro football writers were asked to rank the top five coaches going into the 2026 season.
Scoring was 10 points for first, five for second, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth.
The Associated Press story said Reid had 55 points (five first-place votes and one second-place vote). He wasn’t on the ballot of two voters.
“The Chiefs had 12 straight winning seasons, made 11 playoff appearances, won nine consecutive AFC West titles and reached five Super Bowls in six years before going 6-11 in 2025,” the AP story said.
“Injuries slowed the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes ended up suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 15 last season. Reid won more games than any coach in the history of the Eagles before going to Kansas City and doing the same with the Chiefs, along with winning three Lombardis.”
The Rams’ Sean McVay was second with 50 points.
This was the fourth straight season that Reid was voted as the top coach in the NFL, the AP said.
