Andy Reid won another Super Bowl his way, and he's not going anywhere

SALT LAKE CITY — Andy Reid didn't waste any time after winning his second Vince Lombardi trophy with the Kansas City Chiefs to refute a report from earlier in the day about his future in the NFL.

Reid closed out his postgame press conference following the Chiefs' 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles with as close to a declaration of fact about his future with the franchise as any other the good-natured, lovable head coach has made.

"If they'll have me, I'll stick around," he said, walking off the podium amid a room filled with laughter and cheers from the back of the area.

Reid belongs to Kansas City for the foreseeable future, and what's not to love about the 64-year-old BYU graduate presiding over what may become the NFL's next great dynasty after winning its second Super Bowl title in four seasons?

Sure, the life of an NFL coach isn't always easy, with the long hours, the coast-to-coast travel, and the offseason that sometimes feels more loaded than the regular season. But Reid sees no reason to quit now.

"It never gets old standing right here," Reid said the morning after celebrating his third championship as a coach (including one as an assistant in Green Bay) at State Farm Stadium during a press conference honoring the winning team and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes in downtown Phoenix.

Reid and Mahomes have been a dynamic duo for Kansas City since the No. 10 overall pick in 2017. A year after sitting behind veteran starter Alex Smith, Mahomes was promptly promoted to the No. 1 signal caller job in the Chiefs' kingdom.

The rest, as they say, is history, as he's helped Kansas City to an NFL-record five consecutive AFC championship games, three Super Bowl appearances in four years, and a pair of victories that helped Mahomes join Hall of Famer Joe Montana and future Hall of Famer Tom Brady as the only players to win multiple MVP awards in the regular season and the Super Bowl.

But behind every good quarterback is a great coach, and Mahomes' offensive mastermind is "one of the greatest coaches of all time."

"I think everybody knew that, but these last two Super Bowls kind of cemented that," Mahomes said. "To have someone who is such a great person get the best out of players to become great men and players, you wanted to win those Super Bowls for him. It's great that we did that, but we're not done. We're going to have him around here for a little bit longer, at least."

As long as "Big Red" keeps donning Kansas City red, the Chiefs will have a chance, Mahomes later added. The former protege of college football Hall of Fame coach LaVell Edwards and offensive coordinator Doug Scovil has won 247 games, the fifth-most in NFL history; 22 playoff victories, second-most all-time; 10 conference title game appearances; and four Super Bowl appearances in his career as a head coach with the Chiefs and Philadelphia.

"I'll keep the big guy around a couple more years, at least, and we'll try to be back at this game as many times as possible," Mahomes said before jetting off with his family to celebrate another Super Bowl win at Disneyland.

The feeling is mutual for Reid, who was recruited to BYU because Edwards wanted one of his close friends Randy Tidwell and went on to help BYU win the 1980 Holiday Bowl on a team that also featured Jim McMahon and current athletic director Tom Holmoe.

After one season as a graduate assistant in Provo in 1982, Reid bounced around at San Francisco State, Northern Arizona, UTEP and MIssouri before accepting his first job as an assistant offensive line coach with the Green Bay Packers from 1992-96. The Packers promoted him to quarterbacks coach and assistant head coach in 1997, and he accepted his first head coaching job with the Eagles two years later — a title he would hold until his dismissal in 2012.

It seems unlikely that the Chiefs would move on from Reid, with Mahomes entering the prime of his career at 27 and Reid seemingly entered his own renewed prime at 64.

After trading away last year's top receiver, Tyreek Hill, Kansas City also has draft capital — cap space, 12 total draft picks, and a young core to follow behind the 33-year-old tight end Travis Kelce.

So no, Reid does not plan on retiring any time soon, not so long as the Chiefs will continue to have him.

"I'm enjoying what I'm doing," he said, before pointing to Mahomes, "I have this guy over here who is a pretty good player, so I'm doing OK."

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