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Usually, college coaches and assistant coaches move on to the National Football League.
This time, it’ll be the other way around.
Following a great run as the Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator, Eric Bieniemy got a small promotion by joining the Washington Commanders as their offensive coordinator and assistant head coach.
Things went south in his lone season in Maryland, and he’s now taking his talents back to college to serve in those same capacities for the UCLA Bruins.
With that in mind, Pete Thamel and Adam Schefter of ESPN reached out to him for commentary, asking about the fact that he keeps getting snubbed for head coaching opportunities.
Notably, Bieniemy talked about him never being willing to compromise his values, stating that he has had nothing to do with teams going in a different direction.
“I have had countless conversations and interviews with many teams, and I have been applauded and lauded,” Bieniemy said. “I can’t say why certain decisions were or were not made but it had nothing to [do] with a lack of anything on my end.”
Our @espn story on Eric Bieniemy to UCLA as OC and associate head coach. He tells @AdamSchefter: “This is a great opportunity for me to help support DeShaun (Foster) as a head coach, to work with him and to work for him as well.” https://t.co/Xfi8iyBfSx
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) February 25, 2024
Truth be told, it’s hard to understand why Bieniemy continues to get overlooked when we see younger or lesser-known or lesser-accomplished assistant coaches getting the nod.
Granted that his first year in the nation’s capital didn’t exactly help his cause, but still.
Bieniemy has often been credited for the Kansas City Chiefs’ offensive success in the Patrick Mahomes era, and they clearly missed him this season.
While this was obviously a tremendous hire for the Bruins, one cannot help but feel like he’s way overqualified for the job, with all due respect to college football.
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