Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy has agreed to a one-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. Bieniemy’s contract expired at the end of the 2021–22 season and he was viewed as a top candidate for a head coaching position, but instead will be back in Kansas City on another one-year contract.
The 52-year-old Bieniemy has interviewed with 14 NFL teams for their head coaching positions over the last four hiring cycles after each of his seasons as the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator. In Bieniemy’s four years as offensive coordinator, the Chiefs finished first, fifth, sixth and fourth in total points among NFL teams in those respective seasons, including four AFC Championship Game appearances, two Super Bowl appearances, and one Super Bowl victory.
Bieniemy has been with the Chiefs since the 2013 season, where he began as head coach Andy Reid’s first running backs coach in Kansas City. Bieniemy was promoted to offensive coordinator ahead of the 2018 season, coinciding with Patrick Mahomes’s first season as the Chiefs’ starting quarterback.
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