Chiefs’ Andy Reid Says His Coaching Style Is ‘Treat People The Way I’d Want To Be Treated’
Feb 3, 2021, 4:08 PM | Updated: 6:43 pm
Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates with head coach Andy Reid after scoring a fourth quarter touchdown during the AFC Championship game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 24, 2021 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
(Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said that his coaching style is to “treat people the way I’d want to be treated.”
Reid’s comments came when he was asked about his coaching style during a Super Bowl LV media session on February 2.
“I think we all want to be treated a certain way,” Reid said, “I know how I like to be treated… you don’t necessarily have to yell and scream at me to get me to do something better. I mean I don’t think that’s the best approach. And then I think after a little while, I know myself, I just would turn that person off and probably not listen to anything they said. So I kind of go about it that way.”
“I try to treat people the way I’d want to be treated,” Reid continued. “I think, whether it’s through what I’ve learned in church or family, I think we’re here as teachers, and that’s what I do. So that’s how I look at myself as a teacher and in my case men, young men. And whether it’s on the field or off the field, if I can give them any experience to help them… become better players or husbands… fathers, I try to do that.”
Andy Reid says yelling and screaming isn’t necessarily the best way to coach players. “I treat people the way I want to be treated whether it’s what I learned through church or family. I’m a teacher. … I want to help them become better men, husbands.” pic.twitter.com/AacvIrwBGm
— Rob Maaddi (@RobMaaddi) February 2, 2021
About Andy Reid
Reid played college football at BYU from 1978-80 and returned to Provo as a graduate assistant on BYU head coach LaVell Edwards’ staff.
After a few years of coaching college football, Reid accepted a position with the Green Bay Packers in 1992.
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He received his first NFL head coach position with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1999. Reid led the Eagles to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIX where they fell to the New England Patriots 24-21. After the 2012 season, Reid’s contract with the Eagles wasn’t renewed.
In 2013, he became the Chiefs’ head coach.
Last season, Reid led Kansas City to a 31-20 over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV.
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— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 25, 2021
Reid and the Chiefs will look to become the first NFL team in nearly two decades to repeat as Super Bowl champs when they played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV on Sunday, January 24.
The game will take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, and will broadcast on CBS. Kick-off is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. (MDT).
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