Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is focused on winning yet another Super Bowl on Sunday. But, sometime in the future, Spags would like to be a head coach again.
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“I’d like to get another crack at a head-coaching job,” Spagnuolo said (via Paul Schwartz of the New York Post) “But…listen, I don’t stay up nights thinking about it.”
Spagnuolo, 61, served as the Rams’ head coach from 2009-2011. Unfortunately, his St. Louis teams combined to go 10-38 across three seasons. After that, he bounced around and returned to the Giants during the Ben McAdoo administration before joining up with old pal Andy Reid. Things have gone pretty well in KC, but Spagnuolo is still looking for a shot at redemption.
“I’m a competitor like anybody else,” Spagnuolo said. “It didn’t go as great as we wanted to in St. Louis, except for that one year. It’s a proving ground, the NFL is the greatest proving ground of all sports. So that part of it, I’d like another shot.”
Spagnuolo didn’t pop up in this past cycle, but he could garner attention next time around — especially if he’s able to keep a lid on Tom Brady this Sunday.
Unfortunately, in the real world people are not always suited for the positions to which they aspire. Perhaps Spagnuolo has found his niche as the DC of a Super Bowl Champion organization and should be content with that accomplishment.
Spags is like Wade Phillips or Rex Ryan an okay coach but a great DC
Seems about right
Spagnuolo needs to be happy with where he is currently.
Some guys deserve a second chance due to team injuries, etc., but guys that go 1-15 and 2-14 have pretty much shown what they can do when they are sailing into the wind.
He said things didn’t go the way he liked except that one season. Was that his 2 win season? I hope he gets another job as a HC but in the NFCW for a team not named Seattle. Make the Div a little easier. Lol
Sometimes I still put AFCW down not sure why. Was a tough Div to play in back in the day. The NFCW is harder right now than before. Black and Blue Div was the toughest. When there was no defenseless player. You had to be all man and part crazy to go across the middle. Your QB would owe you big if he made you stretch out to catch a pass. You were going to be turned into a helicopter if you were lucky. They would drag you off the field and go through a couple packs of smelling salts and when you could stand up you went back out. Different times fun to watch but hell on the body and brain.