Former Kansas City Chiefs coach Herm Edwards was famed for his entertaining and varied comments to reporters during post-game press conferences. For fans who will miss that aspect of Edwards in Kansas City, there will now be a way to get your weekly dose of Edwards' opinions. After losing his job with the Chiefs, Edwards has been hired by ESPN as an NFL studio analyst. The position will have him on television programs like NFL Live, ESPNEWS, SportsCenter and more. For even more of what Edwards has to say, he will also be featured on ESPN Radio. His position starts in mid-February. Edwards was fired after the addition of general manager Scott Pioli from the New England Patriots. Fans can see how the team does without Edwards with Kansas City Chiefs tickets from http://www.stubhub.com/kansas-city-chiefs-tickets.
Edwards was born in New Jersey but raised in California. He spent one year at the University of California in 1972 as a corner back before spending a year at Monterey Peninsula Junior College. He went back to Cal for the 1975 season before finishing his college career at San Diego State University in 1975 and 1976. At San Diego State, he played with John Fox and Mike Solari, who would also go on to be NFL coaches. He wasn't drafted in the 1977 draft, but was picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles for that season and fought his way to a starting position by the start of his rookie season, and kept his starting spot for his entire nine years with the Eagles. He had 135 consecutive regular season career starts during his tenure. Before retiring in 1986, he also played for the Los Angeles Rams and the Atlanta Falcons.
Edwards didn't wait to start his coaching career, taking a position as the defensive backs coach at San Jose State in 1987, where he stayed until 1989. He started his first stint with the Chiefs in 1990 as a scout. After two season, he was moved to defensive backs coach, replacing Tony Dungy. He stayed as the defensive backs coach for three seasons before spending the 1995 season as the Chiefs pro personnel scout. An old friend, Dungy, came calling in 1996. Dungy was now the head coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and recruited Edwards as his assistant head coach/defensive backs coach.
In 2001, after five years with the Bucs, Edwards got his first chance at a head coaching position with the New York Jets. While with the Jets, he led the team to an AFC East title in 2002 and wild card playoff berths in 2001 and 2004. He became the head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2006. He took the Chiefs to the playoffs in his first year with the team, the first Chiefs head coach to do so in their first season. The next two seasons weren't as successful for Edwards. The Chiefs finished the 2007 season with a 4-12 record after high hopes for another playoff run. In 2008, the Chiefs did even worse with a record of 2-14.
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