The Chiefs are bringing back a familiar face to the coaching staff in the 2026 season. Eric Bieniemy was hired as Kansas City’s offensive coordinator on Wednesday, a role he held with the team from 2018 to ’22. The Chiefs won two of their four Super Bowl titles in that span with Bieniemy.
Notably, quarterback Patrick Mahomes took over as Kansas City’s starting quarterback in 2018, the same season in which Bieniemy was promoted to OC (he previously worked as the team’s running backs coach from 2013 to ’17). Mahomes is coming off of arguably the worst season in his career, which ended prematurely with a torn ACL. The Chiefs didn’t make the playoffs for the first time since ‘14.
