Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy is considered a “serious candidate” for the Titans head coaching job, per The Athletic’s Dianna Russini.
Ironically, Chiefs are playing in Tennessee on Sunday. The Titans cannot discuss their head coaching vacancy with Nagy, but he will get an up-close look at the roster he would inherit if he gets the job.
Nagy, 47, has been the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator for the last three seasons. He has worked under Andy Reid for virtually all of his NFL coaching career, starting in Philadelphia in 2008. Nagy followed Reid to Kansas City in 2013 as the team’s quarterbacks coach and was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2016. He took over play-calling at the end of the 2017 season and was hired by the Bears as their head coach in the subsequent offseason.
In his debut season in Chicago, Nagy led the Bears to a 12-4 record and a first-place finish in the NFC North. Those are still the team’s best results since 2006, though the 2025 Bears could reach 13 wins this season.
Nagy’s Bears regressed in his next three years with two seasons at 8-8, and a 6-11 finish in 2021 was enough to get him fired. He returned to Kansas City as a senior offensive assistant and took over as offensive coordinator after Eric Bienemy’s departure.
The Chiefs offense statistically got worse under Nagy. After six straight years with top-six finishes in both points score and total offense, they have not been able to reach the same heights in either category since. Instead, Kansas City’s runs to the Super Bowl in 2023 and 2024 were largely powered by their top-10 defense.
Nag’s top priority in Tennessee would be developing No. 1 pick Cam Ward, but he does not have a strong history with young quarterbacks. Mitch Trubisky put up a career-best season under Nagy in 2018, but could not replicate those results in the next two seasons. Justin Fields looked lost as a rookie in Nagy’s final year in Chicago, and upon returning to Kansas City, he immediately got to work with a veteran Patrick Mahomes.
The Titans are also expected to reach out to several defensive coordinators, per Russini, including Lou Anarumo (Colts), Jeff Hafley (Packers), Anthony Campanile (Jaguars), Chris Shula (Rams), Matt Burke (Texans), and Jesse Minter (Chargers). However, hiring a defensive head coach with the intention to bring in a young offensive coordinator to work with Ward runs the risk of that OC being poached by another team as their head coach.
Lmao
I wouldn’t be laughing cause we may start getting Falcons rumors for Nagy lol
They must know no one really wants that job. Shouldn’t have fired Vrabel and let him have a bit more control.
“Be you” Lol
Doesn’t strike me as a good fit for Ward at all. It’s like he tries to turn every quarterback who plays under him into Alex Smith.
If I’m Cam Ward I’m immediately requesting a trade you know they aren’t serious if they are talking about Matt Nagy lmao
ITS A TRAP
Mike McCarthy would be a better choice
My pet cat would be a better choice.
I’m listening…….
If bill bellicheks dog can make draft picks think it’s time we had a cat head coach
As a Texans fan, I 100% agree with this move. Do it Nashville.
I’d be rooting for the same if I was a Texans, Jags, or Colts fan. As an Eagles fan though hopefully it’s the Giants who hire him haha.
The Titans are a serious candidate to remain a dumpster fire of a franchise if they give him a second chance.
Nagy will get considered because of Borganzi. The Chiefs look disinterested today. Despite a terrible year, Jeffrey Simmons for TN, is playing like an All-Pro