Make a good play, follow it up, and then if it's a bad play, if there's a mistake or there's something wrong, don't worry . Matthew Nagy (/ n i / NEH-ghee or / n i / NAG-ee; born April 24, 1978) is an American football coach and former quarterback, who is the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). [13], After redshirting his freshman year, Nagy served as Ginn's backup in 1997. Harbaugh may have interest in getting back into the NFL, but he would be leaving a top-tier college job. January 10, 2022 10:50 am CT. Bears coach Matt Nagy pats cornerback Jaylon Johnson on the helmet during warmups before the Week 18 game against the Vikings on Jan. 9, 2022, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. When Nagy envisioned his football career playing out, he likely didnt see a day when he would tweeting and hustling to secure musical acts for a parade. Bears news: Shocking details emerge on Matt Nagy, Mitchell Trubisky Mobile has been his home for 12 years, and this game is important to him. But Nagy isnt too concerned about where this job will lead. [45], On November 13, 2003, Nagy was traded to the Carolina Cobras in exchange for lineman Tim McGill. [69] In the regular season, he threw for 3,561 yards and 75 touchdowns. I knew it was a big job, but its a bigger job than I thought, Nagy said. Matt Nagy. To get there and to see that, the whole time Im thinking, Nashville looks like that and Mobile looks the way it looks. This isnt right. As a quarterback, he played college football for the University of Delaware from 1997 to 2000, where he set various school passing records. [126] Despite losing a Week 17 contest to the Packers where a win would have guaranteed them a playoff spot, the 88 Bears made the postseason for the second time in three years under Nagy due to winning a tiebreaker with the Arizona Cardinals. [44] In six seasons, he recorded over 18,000 passing yards, 374 touchdowns throws, 55 interceptions, and 22 rushing touchdowns. When Nagy was in Nashville for the NFL Draft last spring, he looked around at the 600,000 people flooding the streets and saw the record-breaking 47 million people who watched on TV. Nagy's failures as an offensive guru, his handling of rookie quarterback Justin Fields and his team's overall disappointing 2021 season have made it an easy decision for the Bears. By Matthew Fairburn. Thats not enough of a sell, though, so Nagy has worked on expanding the entertainment options. The Matt Nagy era of Chicago Bears football thankfully came to an end on Black Monday 2022. It doesnt hurt that Nagy is fun to work for. Nagy sits at his desk with a large computer screen for watching tape to his right. WR Michael Wilson would be a slam dunk second-rounder. He was the head coach of the Chicago Bears from 2018 to 2021. Every time an accepted invite comes through, they ring a bell in the office. He has four Super Bowl rings. [33][30][34], Talking about his efforts to make the NFL, Nagy said in 2018, "I was at a point where I'm out of college [and] I'm kind of figuring which direction I'm going to go. [167][168], Nagy married his high school sweetheart Stacey in 2002. [49], After Carolina dropped to 37, including winning only one of their last eight games, Gregory was replaced by defensive coordinator Ron Selesky,[50] while Rickey Foggie became the starting quarterback for the rest of the season. Nagys call sheet famously said BE YOU. and he truly followed that to the very end. Follow Matthew on Twitter @MatthewFairburn, Nagy and quarterback Tyree Jackson, named the South Teams Most Outstanding Player at the 2019 Senior Bowl. Even wide receiver Darnell Mooney, who eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards on the season in Sundays loss, let some frustration leak out while talking about the teams endless red zone struggles: "We just didn't score. [35] His father Bill is a former defensive line coach for New Jersey high schools, winning a state championship with Elizabeth High School in 1980. 51. Bears' Matt Nagy has been told he won't be retained as head coach [5] In June 2019, he returned to the university to speak at the school's commencement ceremony and received an honorary degree as a Doctor of Science. [38] He was later named the starter for the Buffalo Destroyers game, where he was 27-of-37 for 300 yards and seven touchdowns en route to a Dragons 6954 win. NFL fans question Chiefs staff hire of Matt Nagy - Sportskeeda Hes convinced the Senior Bowl could be huge and wants to be in on the ground floor. That due diligence is a habit Nagy built during his years working in Seattle under John Schneider. Matt Nagy. The others on the list are tight end Jimmy Graham and outside . He also credited Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, who had recently purchased the Force, for influencing his decision as the Force could "almost be like a minor-league team for the Falcons. Nagy has been the Southeast Area Scout for the Seattle Seahawks for the past five years and has been an NFL scout for nearly two decades. "[149] During his tenure as Bears coach, he has also called plays that are tributes to the team's history; examples include "Papa Bear Left", which uses the T formation made famous by team founder and longtime head coach George "Papa Bear" Halas during the 1930s and 1940s,[150] and "Freezer Left", in which a defensive tackle is given the football on a run up the middle in a manner similar to William "The Refrigerator" Perry, a defensive lineman who occasionally played fullback for the Bears in the 1980s.