Steve Spagnuolo is a four-time Super Bowl winner as a defensive coordinator, with three of his titles coming during his run with the Chiefs.
He will remain in Kansas City moving forward, but he still has head-coaching aspirations.
Spagnuolo spent the 2023 campaign in a contract year, but his unit delivered the best performance of his tenure en route to a second straight title.
Kansas City allowed under 25 points in 20 of the team’s 21 games this year, marking a record in that regard.
To no surprise, Spagnuolo was rewarded with an extension shortly after the Super Bowl. When asked about a hypothetical return to a head-coaching position, though, he confirmed it is still on his radar.
“I’ve been asked this question a lot, I’ll answer it the same way,” Spagnuolo said during an appearance on Mad Dog Sports Radio. “Absolutely would want to. We’re prideful guys in this business. It wasn’t a success when I was in St. Louis, although I think what gets lost in this is… in that second year in 2010, had we won the last game of the season we’re in the playoffs and hosting a playoff game against the New Orleans Saints. It didn’t happen, then we hit the lockout and things didn’t go well and we were gone."
“The answer to the question is yes, but I always follow up with this. If it never happens and it’s God’s will that I continue to do what I’m doing, I’m a blessed man.”
Spagnuolo went 10-38 with the Rams, and his only other NFL head-coaching position came on an interim basis with the Giants after Ben McAdoo was fired in 2017.
The 64-year-old has said in the past that he would welcome another HC opportunity, but his latest Chiefs contract will delay his chance to take charge of a roster at a minimum.
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid‘s future has been a matter of speculation for multiple years, but he will remain in place for at least one more season.
Being promoted as Reid’s replacement could provide Spagnuolo with a path to another head-coaching gig, but no firm timeline exists on when that could take place.
For now, he and the Chiefs will set out on an offseason aimed at keeping the franchise poised for another title run.
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