Matt Nagy enters his eighth season with the Chiefs in 2024 and fourth as the team's offensive coordinator. Nagy was promoted to offensive coordinator after rejoining the club in 2022 as senior offensive assistant/quarterbacks coach after four years as head coach for the Chicago Bears (2018-21). During Nagy's first stint in KC, he led the offense in QB Patrick Mahomes' rookie season (2017) after serving as co-offensive coordinator alongside Brad Childress in 2016. He spent his first three seasons with the Chiefs as the quarterbacks coach (2013-15).
Nagy marked his first season back at offensive coordinator with a Super Bowl LVIII victory, notching back-to-back Super Bowl victories for Nagy. Nagy led QB Patrick Mahomes to produce another strong season with 401 completions on 597 attempts, marking his sixth-consecutive season with 4,000+ (4,183) passing yards and 25+ touchdown passes (27). Mahomes tacked on his third career Super Bowl MVP to his career. The 2023 offense was highlighted by the playing of TE Travis Kelce, RB Isiah Pacheco and rookie WR Rashee Rice. Kelce, in his 11th season, was the team's leading receiver with 984 yards with five touchdowns and had a historic postseason run with 355 receiving yards with 32 receptions and three touchdowns. Nagy helped guide Rice to a standout rookie year, rewriting many of the team's rookie records including receptions (79) and receiving touchdowns (seven) and was second on the team in receiving yards (938). Pacheco bested his rookie performance with 205 rushes for 935 yards and seven touchdowns in his second season. He added 244 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Nagy returned to Kansas City in 2022, reuniting with sixth-year MVP QB Mahomes. Under Nagy's tutelage, Mahomes completed 435 of his 638 passes en route to his second Super Bowl championship. His 67.1 completion percentage was the highest of his career. The sixth-year quarterback set franchise records for passing yards (5,250) and 300-yard games with 16 300-yard performances in 2022. He tacked on 358 rushing yards, the fifth most rushing yards by a Chiefs quarterback in a season, with four trips to the end zone. Mahomes led the league in many categories: passing yards (5,250), passing touchdowns (41), passing touchdown percentage (6.3%), passing first downs (272) and pass plays of 25+ yards (49). Following the season, Mahomes was named NFL MVP for the second time in his career. Mahomes added a second Super Bowl MVP title to his resume, along with a second AP All-Pro first-team selection. He was also selected to his fifth Pro Bowl and awarded AFC Offensive Player of the Year. Nagy also helped keep backup QB Chad Henne ready for the field and it paid off. When Mahomes was injured in the divisional matchup versus Jacksonville, Henne took the field and drove 98-yards for an eventual touchdown pass to TE Travis Kelce to send the Chiefs to their fifth-straight AFC Championship Game.
Nagy, the 2018 Associated Press and PFWA Coach of the Year, compiled a 34-31 record with one division championship and two playoff appearances in four seasons (2018-21) as the head coach of the Chicago Bears.
The 2017 Chiefs ranked first in the division for the second-straight season. QB Alex Smith had 341 completions on 505 attempts for 4,042 passing yards and 26 touchdowns. As a rookie, Mahomes saw his first NFL action in the Week 17 game at Denver as the starters were resting for the playoffs. Mahomes recorded 22 passes for 284 yards in the game.
In 2016, he tutored Smith to a 12-4 regular-season record, the club's first AFC West title since 2010, the No. 2 overall seed in the AFC and a first-round bye. In 2015, the Chiefs won their first playoff game in 22 years, led by Smith. In his first four seasons, all under Nagy, Smith had a combined 41 wins, marking the most wins by a Chiefs quarterback in their first four seasons with the club, at the time.
In his first year with the Chiefs, Nagy worked with Smith in a season that brought him five 100.0 plus quarterback ratings, one of which was a perfect rating of 158.3 at Oakland (12/15/13). Focusing on ball protection, he coached Smith to a league-low seven interceptions with a minimum of 300 attempts and a 1.4 interception percentage, also the lowest in the NFL. Smith also earned his first Pro Bowl selection following his first season with the Chiefs in 2013.
Before joining the Chiefs coaching staff, Nagy spent three years on the offensive staff of the Philadelphia Eagles, spending two seasons as the franchise's offensive quality control coach (2011-12). He was promoted to that role after he served as a coaches assistant during the 2010 campaign. His initial experience with the Eagles came in 2008 and 2009 when he served as a coaching intern during Eagles training camp.
A former quarterback for the Arena Football League, Nagy played six seasons for the New York Dragons (2002), Carolina Cobras (2004), Georgia Force (2005-06) and Columbus Destroyers (2007-08). During his career, Nagy completed 65.5 percent of his passes for 18,866 yards, 374 touchdowns and a quarterback rating of 115.1.
He played collegiately at Delaware, setting more than 20 career passing records at the time, including career marks for passing yards (8,214) and touchdowns (58). He ranked second for most career attempts (895) and most career completions (502) behind former Delaware star and NFL QB Joe Flacco. Nagy earned All-America honors as a senior for the Blue Hens after setting single-season records in attempts (379), yards (3,436) and touchdowns (29).
After graduating from Delaware with a degree in health and physical education, Nagy gained coaching experience at several local high schools, as he served as an assistant coach at Manheim Central (2001), the quarterbacks coach at Cedar Crest (2002-03) and the offensive coordinator at Palmyra Area High School (2008-09).
Born on April 24, 1978, in Plainfield, N.J., the Lancaster, Pa., native attended Manheim Central High School, earning all-state honors as a senior.
Education: ÂUniversity of Delaware (B.S. 2001). Born: Plainfield, N.J. Family: Wife - Stacey; Sons - Brayden, Tate, Jaxon and Jett.
