Herman Edwards

Head Coach, Kansas City Chiefs

Career Highlights:  Herman Edward starts his third season as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs this fall after finishing third in the AFC in 2007….In his first season in 2006, Edwards led to Chiefs to a 9-7 record and the playoffs for the first time in 3 years, edging out the Denver Broncos by divisional tiebreaker for second place in the AFC West….The Chiefs lost to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts… Before joining the Chiefs, Edwards spent  five seasons as head coach of the New York Jets…While with the Jets, he compiled a 41-44 record …Prior to his coaching career, he played defensive back in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons from 1977 to 1986…He was Involved in “Miracle at the Meadowlands,” a memorable NFL play where he scooped up a fumble by Giants quarterback Joe Pisarcik with no time remaining and ran 26 yards for a touchdown to give Philadelphia a 19-17 win over New York in 1978…He ended his playing career with 38 interceptions and was a leader on Philadelphia’s Super Bowl XV squad…Edwards began his coaching career by mentoring the defensive backs at San Jose State University before moving to the Chiefs, where he was a scout and defensive backs coach (1990-95) …He served under Tony Dungy in Tampa Bay as an assistant head coach/defensive backs before heading to the Jets in 2001 … Edwards played college football at Monterey Peninsula Junior College, the University of California and San Diego State University …He wrote a book titled after one of his famous sound bites, “You play to win the game!”…The book is a collection of leadership lessons for personal motivation…He founded the Herman Edwards Youth Foundation in 1985.

Updated: May, 2008
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