Andy Reid expected to make history — again — as NFL’s highest-paid coach
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is in line to become the NFL’s highest-paid coach after winning a historic third Super Bowl earlier this month.
NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero reported Monday that Reid and the Chiefs will likely begin contract extension talks in the near future, which “NFL sources believe should soon make Reid the highest-paid coach in football.”
Reid currently has two years remaining on the six-year contract extension he signed in 2019 after he won his first Super Bowl with the Chiefs.
Only Bill Belichick (six) and Chuck Noll (four) have more Super Bowl wins than Reid. If the Chiefs have it their way and become three-peat Super Bowl champs, Reid will only have Belichick ahead of him on the all-time list.
Who is the highest-paid coach in the NFL?
Unlike player contracts, coaches’ salaries are not released to the public, but Reid makes roughly $12 million a year, according to USA Today.
That is far from what Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton reportedly makes as the NFL’s highest-paid head coach, despite Payton having won only one Super Bowl and Reid having a better win-loss career coaching record. NBC Sports reported that Payton has an annual salary “in the neighborhood” of $18 million.
Reid’s current salary also pales in comparison to what new Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is reportedly making.
Harbaugh will earn an average of $16 million a year over the course of his five-year deal, NBC Sports reported. The former Michigan head coach is fresh off a College Football Playoff National Championship win but has yet to win a Super Bowl and has only one Super Bowl appearance as a head coach.
What did Andy Reid say about retirement rumors?
The extension news puts to bed any rumors that Reid is retiring — for now.
Rumors of Reid’s retirement began to swirl again before the Super Bowl, when Reid became the oldest active head coach in the NFL after the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots decided to part ways with Pete Carroll and Belichick, respectively.
Reid shut down those rumors prior to the team’s wild card weekend victory over the Miami Dolphins, the Deseret News previously reported.
“I haven’t even thought about that,” he said. “I’m thinking about one thing. I figured that would come up when you guys were asking these questions, because I’m old. But not that old.”
In his press conference the day after his Super Bowl win, Reid confirmed he was returning to coach the Chiefs and reiterated that retirement hadn’t crossed his mind yet.
