{"id":41743,"date":"2026-01-15T23:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=41743"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:45:51","slug":"breaking-patrick-mahomes-breaks-silence-on-chiefs-replacing-matt-nagy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=41743","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Patrick Mahomes Breaks Silence on Chiefs Replacing Matt Nagy"},"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-2248435466-e1768520094727.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-2248435466-e1768520094727.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2248435466-e1768520094727.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2248435466-e1768520094727.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Patrick Mahomes Breaks Silence on Chiefs Replacing Matt Nagy\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs coaching staff has already undergone several changes following its first losing season in more than a decade, but moving on from offensive coordinator Matt Nagy isn\u2019t part of the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City may have to do so, nonetheless, as Nagy is a candidate for multiple jobs during this head coaching cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Quarterback Patrick Mahomes spoke with media members on Thursday, January 15 amid the early stages of his rehabilitation process from an ACL and LCL injury he sustained in Week 15. During that session, a reporter asked Mahomes about what he\u2019s looking for in a new OC if Nagy departs for a job elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know coach [Andy] Reid, if coach [Nagy] is able to get another job \u2014 a head coaching job \u2014 he\u2019ll have a good plan of who he wants to bring in,\u201d Mahomes said. \u201cFor me, I just want someone that loves football, that cares about football, that wants to give everything they can to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo hold people accountable, and then to bring new ideas every single day \u2014 I think that is something we have to continue to do if you want to continue to be great in this league,\u201d Mahomes added. \u201cYou have to continue to evolve and get better and better. That is something we\u2019ll try to do here.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Matt Nagy Predicted to Land Head Coaching Job With Tennessee Titans<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5577833\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?resize=425,239 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Josh-Simmons-Matt-Nagy.jpg?resize=267,150 267w\" alt=\"Patrick Mahomes Breaks Silence on Chiefs Replacing Matt Nagy\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5577833\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5577833\">GettyOffensive coordinator Matt Nagy of the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nagy has interviewed with the Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Las Vegas Raiders and Tennessee Titans.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Graziano of ESPN predicted earlier this week that Nagy will ultimately end up landing the Tennessee job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the first name that got floated as a possibility when Callahan was fired, likely because of Titans GM Mike Borgonzi\u2019s connections to Nagy from his time in the Kansas City front office,\u201d Graziano wrote. \u201cNagy is a former [Chicago] Bears head coach who\u2019s on his second stint with the Chiefs and helped develop Patrick Mahomes\u00a0during his first one. Tennessee will be looking for a good offensive head coach to steward the next stage of\u00a0Cam Ward\u2019s development.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Several Prominent OCs Contending for Head Coaching Jobs Around NFL<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5616565\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2237567125_b29f0d-e1763571231957.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Patrick Mahomes Breaks Silence on Chiefs Replacing Matt Nagy\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5616565\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5616565\">GettyOffensive coordinator Klint Kubiak of the Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among the top offensive coordinators who are candidates for HC jobs around the league other than Nagy are Klint Kubiak of the Seattle Seahawks, Cincinnati Bengals OC Dan Pitcher,\u00a0Grant Udinski of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills coordinator Joe Brady.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if any of them would be willing to leave their current jobs for the same role with a new team, though the opportunity to work with Mahomes could be enticing enough for one, or more, to consider making the leap.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Rams\u00a0pass game coordinator\u00a0Nate Scheelhaase is another name to keep an eye on if Nagy departs, as he has drawn interest from multiple teams as a head coach as well.<\/p>\n<p>Sam McDowell of the Kansas City Star outlined how the Chiefs\u2019 staff already looks different in multiple ways just a couple of weeks into the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are four changes to the Chiefs coaching staff so far, per sources: They have fired RBs coach Todd Pinkston and WRs coach Connor Embree,\u201d McDowell wrote. \u201cLouie Addazio chose to move on for the OL job at UNLV. Alex Whittingham has joined the Michigan staff. Could be more after the carousel settles, but there\u2019s where it stands for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes spoke at length about what he wants in a new offensive coordinator if Matt Nagy is not back in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41743","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>BREAKING : Patrick Mahomes Breaks Silence on Chiefs Replacing Matt Nagy - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=41743\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING : Patrick Mahomes Breaks Silence on Chiefs Replacing Matt Nagy - 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