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Woeful Chiefs ax Edwards as coach
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January 25, 2009, Sunday
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HERM Edwards, the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs during the worst two-year span in team history, was fired on Friday.
Edwards goes out with a three-year regular-season record of 15-33 and with one year remaining on a four-year, US$12 million contract. As head coach of the New York Jets in 2001-05, he had a regular-season mark of 39-41 and was 2-3 in the playoffs.
Edwards had been waiting to learn his fate since President and General Manager Carl Peterson abruptly resigned on December 15. When Scott Pioli was introduced as Peterson's successor on January 13, he was noncommittal and said only that he intended to speak with Edwards.
"This was not an easy decision. Herm is an outstanding football coach and a man of integrity. We appreciate his leadership over the past three seasons, and we wish him all the best in the future," Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said in a written statement.
Pioli said he has had several conversations with Edwards over the last week.
"After careful consideration, Clark and I felt that it was best to make a change," Pioli said.
Under contract
Bob Moore, a spokesman for the team, said the Chiefs didn't have a timeline for replacing Edwards. He said all the assistant coaches still with Kansas City are under contract.
Edwards expressed his gratitude to the Hunt family and said he respected "the tough decision that was made to move in a new direction."
"There is not a more gracious family in all of professional sports than the Hunts," Edwards said in a statement released by the team. "To the players and coaches who worked so hard for our team, I appreciate their efforts."
With Hunt's blessing, Edwards launched a team rebuilding in 2008 and opened the season at New England with the youngest squad in the league.
Following a 10-year career as a National Football League cornerback, Edwards' first experience with Kansas City came as a training camp assistant in 1989. Seventeen years later, he had the distinction of being the first man to become head coach of the team that brought him into the NFL through the league's minority coaching fellowship program.
Edwards goes out with a three-year regular-season record of 15-33 and with one year remaining on a four-year, US$12 million contract. As head coach of the New York Jets in 2001-05, he had a regular-season mark of 39-41 and was 2-3 in the playoffs.
Edwards had been waiting to learn his fate since President and General Manager Carl Peterson abruptly resigned on December 15. When Scott Pioli was introduced as Peterson's successor on January 13, he was noncommittal and said only that he intended to speak with Edwards.
"This was not an easy decision. Herm is an outstanding football coach and a man of integrity. We appreciate his leadership over the past three seasons, and we wish him all the best in the future," Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said in a written statement.
Pioli said he has had several conversations with Edwards over the last week.
"After careful consideration, Clark and I felt that it was best to make a change," Pioli said.
Under contract
Bob Moore, a spokesman for the team, said the Chiefs didn't have a timeline for replacing Edwards. He said all the assistant coaches still with Kansas City are under contract.
Edwards expressed his gratitude to the Hunt family and said he respected "the tough decision that was made to move in a new direction."
"There is not a more gracious family in all of professional sports than the Hunts," Edwards said in a statement released by the team. "To the players and coaches who worked so hard for our team, I appreciate their efforts."
With Hunt's blessing, Edwards launched a team rebuilding in 2008 and opened the season at New England with the youngest squad in the league.
Following a 10-year career as a National Football League cornerback, Edwards' first experience with Kansas City came as a training camp assistant in 1989. Seventeen years later, he had the distinction of being the first man to become head coach of the team that brought him into the NFL through the league's minority coaching fellowship program.
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