{"id":41302,"date":"2026-01-08T23:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=41302"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:28:13","slug":"chiefs-could-bring-fired-nfl-coach-to-kansas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=41302","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Could Bring Fired NFL Coach to Kansas City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2253427730-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2253427730-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2253427730-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2253427730-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Could Bring Fired NFL Coach to Kansas City\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are slightly in rebuild mode, after a disappointing 2025-26 season that saw the team falling out of playoff contention for the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era. Following the team\u2019s 14-12 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, the team\u2019s management is regrouping, and they\u2019re looking at all the options when it comes to their coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>Having head coach Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs seeing their 10-year playoff run finally run dry at the end of the 2025-26 season was unexpected, especially since the team was at the big game just one year ago. But, the team\u2019s season ended with a 6-11 record and a six-game losing streak. It marked their first losing season since the 2012-13 run.<\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s a team to do? Make changes, and some of those changes are already happening. The Kanas City Chiefs\u2019 offensive coordinator Matt Nagy is doing the interview rounds, and most think he\u2019ll be gone in the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Just-Fired Head Coach Could Be a Fit With the Kansas City Chiefs<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, Nagy\u2019s contract is expiring, and he\u2019s openly interviewing for head coaching jobs, especially with the Tennessee Titans. Even if he doesn\u2019t get a head coaching job somewhere else this year, it seems like he\u2019ll be leaving the Chiefs for some kind of heightened role.<\/p>\n<p>Who will replace Nagy? A candidate for offensive coordinator just popped up, and it has the NFL world buzzing.<\/p>\n<p>The newest NFL coach that split with his team during the offseason is Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel. The team was already looking at other coach options while McDaniel was under contract, so the move was expected, but it\u2019s always a jolt.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel\u2019s time in Miami wasn\u2019t stellar, but he\u2019s known to be a very offensive-minded coach.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Conner of Arrowhead Addict has a feature out on Thursday, January 8, discussing the possibility of McDaniel going to Kansas City. In it, he says, \u201cif McDaniel has to take a step back, the Chiefs might offer an ideal place to land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatrick Mahomes is injured but could very well be ready to play in Week 1 after a torn ACL halted his season with three games to play,\u201d he adds. \u201cThe chance to work with the best quarterback in the game should be enough to woo any potential hire, but the Chiefs\u2019 dynastic success\u2014at least before the \u201925 campaign\u2014also works in their favor.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>An \u2018Immediate Upgrade\u2019 for the Kansas City Chiefs<\/h2>\n<p>In another piece, Jovan Alford of KC Kingdom\u00a0also praises the idea of McDaniel in Kansas City, even saying that he\u2019s an \u201cimmediate upgrade over Matt Nagy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s one thing we know the Chiefs have on offense? It\u2019s speed at the skill positions,\u201d he notes in the feature, out on Thursday, January 8. \u201cNow, would McDaniel have to freshen up his offense, as some teams figured it out? Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds, \u201cThat said, Kansas City would be the perfect spot to try different things on offense and bring back some creativity to an offense that desperately needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, yet another possible offensive coordinator is on the beach, and the Kansas City Chiefs are on the hunt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs may be looking at a just-fired NFL coach to come to Kansas City and help the team&#8217;s comeback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs Could Bring Fired NFL Coach to Kansas City - 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