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Kansas City Chiefs Tickets, former coach finds new home

The former coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, Herm Edwards, was famous for his entertaining and varied comments reporters during the post-match press conferences. For fans who will miss that aspect of Edwards in Kansas City, there will now be a way to get their weekly dose Edwards' views. After losing his job with the Chiefs, Edwards has been hired by ESPN as a studio analyst for the NFL. The post you have on TV such as NFL Live, ESPNEWS, SportsCenter and more. For even more of what Edwards has to say, that will also appear on ESPN Radio. His position begins in mid-February. Edwards was fired after the addition of general manager Scott Pioli of the New England Patriots. Fans can see how the team does without Edwards with the Kansas City Chiefs tickets 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 returned to Cal for the 1975 season before finished his college career at San Diego State University in 1975 and 1976. At San Diego State, played with John Fox and Mike Solari, who also would become coaches NFL. He was not drafted in the 1977 draft, but was picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles in the season and made his way to a starting position at the start of season rookie, and had its point of departure for all his nine years with the Eagles. There were 135 consecutive regular-season career began during his tenure. Before leaving in 1986, also played for the Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons.

Edwards did not wait to start his coaching career, taking a position as a defensive coach at San Jose State in 1987, where he remained until 1989. He started his first season with the Chiefs in 1990 as a scout. After two season, was moved to defensive backs coach, replacing Tony Dungy. It was as defensive backs coach for three seasons before spending the season 1995, heads of professional scout. An old friend, Dungy, came calling in 1996. Dungy was now the coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and hired Edwards as his coach assistant head / coach defense.

In 2001, after five years with the Bucs, Edwards had his first chance at a head coaching job with New York Jets. While with the Jets, who led the team to an AFC East title in 2002 and wild card playoffs in 2001 and 2004. He became head coach the Kansas City Chiefs in 2006. He heads to the playoffs in his first year with the team, the Chiefs first head coach to do so in his first season. The next two seasons were not as successful for Edwards. The Chiefs ended the 2007 season with a 4-12 record after another career high hopes for the playoffs. In 2008, the Heads did worse with a 2-14 record.

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