Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy Downplays USC Head Coach Rumors: ‘I Am Where My Toes Are’
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Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy is sharp by his recent characteristic amid speculation about filling the head coaching emptiness at USC.
“I am where my ft are,” Bieniemy instructed journalists Thursday. “When it is all acknowledged and done, I am sharp by the assignment at hand. I’m now not shy about the relaxation, where my identify is being mentioned. My job lawful now is to make certain that we’re making ready for this weekend’s opponent.”
After USC fired head coach Clay Helton earlier this week, Bieniemy emerged as a candidate to replace him, per Adam Schefter of ESPN. Though Bieniemy has interviewed for NFL head coaching positions these days, Schefter licensed the Southern California native considers USC to be “one of the well-known ultimate college jobs that might presumably moreover simply ardour him.”
Bieniemy continued:
“If USC reached out to me lawful now, my resolution would be ‘I am making ready for this team to play in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens.’ That’s how I roll. … My job is to make certain that we’re ready to play a total, sound, 60-minute soccer game so that we can come out and take the game.”
The 52-yr-extinct is in his fourth season guiding the Chiefs offense has been one of the well-known crucial a success coordinators within the NFL on this stretch. Kansas City had the stop-scoring offense in 2018 and accomplished fifth within the category in 2019 on the fashion to a Extensive Bowl title.
The squad ranked first within the league in total yards final yr earlier than yet another Extensive Bowl look, though Kansas City misplaced to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Bieniemy helped procure the team off to a exact initiate in 2021 with a 33-29 take over the Cleveland Browns in Week 1.
Bieniemy’s resume contains 5 seasons on Andy Reid’s workers as a running backs coach, a characteristic he moreover held with the Minnesota Vikings and at the NCAA level with Colorado and UCLA. He modified into moreover the Buffaloes offensive coordinator for 2 seasons.
The Pac-12 journey might presumably allow him to plan a instant transition to USC if he gets the characteristic.