American football coach (born 1981)

American football player

Nick Sirianni (born June 15, 1981) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts from 2018 to 2020 and also served as an *istant coach for the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Coaching career
  • 2.1 College coaching
  • 2.2 Kansas City Chiefs
  • 2.3 San Diego Chargers
  • 2.4 Indianapolis Colts
  • 2.5 Philadelphia Eagles
• 3 Head coaching record
• 4 Personal life
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life

Sirianni is the son of Fran and Amy Sirianni. He is Italian-American. His father was the head coach at Southwestern Central High School, where Nick graduated in 1999.

Sirianni played wide receiver at Division III Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio. A calf injury and compartment syndrome nearly ended his playing career as a sop*re. As a senior, he had 998 yards and 13 touchdowns and graduated with a degree in education.

He played one season for the Canton Legends of the American Indoor Football League.

Coaching career

College coaching

Sirianni began coaching as the defensive backs coach at his alma mater, Mount Union.

From there, he progressed to Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he coached wide receivers.

Kansas City Chiefs

His leap to the NFL came in 2009 after getting an interview through a friend with new Chiefs head coach Todd Haley. Sirianni had gotten to know Haley from attending the same YMCA when Sirianni was in college and Haley was a wide receivers coach with the Chicago Bears. Haley hired Sirianni as the offensive quality control coach. Sirianni was retained under new coach Romeo Crennel and was promoted to wide receivers coach in Crennel's only season as the Chiefs head coach. Sirianni was not retained under new head coach Andy Reid.

San Diego Chargers

Sirianni joined the San Diego Chargers when Mike McCoy was hired as the team's head coach in 2013. In 2014 he would become the team's quarterbacks coach and in 2016 their wide receivers coach also spending two years in that position.

Indianapolis Colts

Sirianni joined the Indianapolis Colts to become the team's offensive coordinator in 2018 as a part of Frank Reich's staff. He had previously worked with Reich in San Diego.

Philadelphia Eagles

On January 24, 2021, Sirianni was hired to become the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles after the firing of Doug Pederson.

On September 12, 2021, Sirianni made his regular-season head coaching debut against the Atlanta Falcons and led the Eagles to a 32–6 win. He was placed into COVID protocols on December 22 after feeling symptomatic and was cleared from them on December 25. Sirianni concluded his first season as head coach with a 9-8 record and a wild card berth, in which the Eagles lost to the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15-31. Sirianni also became the first Eagles head coach (and only the 2nd in franchise history) since Ray Rhodes in 1995 to make the playoffs in their first year as head coach.

Head coaching record

Personal life

He is married to Brett Sirianni, they met when he was working for the Kansas City Chiefs. His father, Fran, and his brother Jay are both former head coaches of Southwestern Central High School, and his brother Mike Sirianni is the coach at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, PA. During an interview with Rich Eisen, Sirianni stated that he grew up a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

References

External links

• Philadelphia Eagles bio