Kansas City Chiefs (2019–present) Defensive coordinator
Career highlights and awards
4× Super Bowl champion (XLII, LIV, LVII, LVIII)
Head coaching record
Regular season:
11–41 (.212)
Coaching stats at PFR
Stephen Christopher Spagnuolo (/spæɡˈnoʊloʊ/; born December 21, 1959) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He rejoined Andy Reid in 2019 after being a defensive assistant with him from 1999 to 2006 with the Philadelphia Eagles. He has coached four top-ten defenses as a defensive coordinator in terms of yardage. He has won four Super Bowls as defensive coordinator, one with the New York Giants and three with the Kansas City Chiefs, making him the only coordinator (offense or defense) in NFL history to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises.[1] Some historic defenses that Spagnuolo has coached throughout his career include the 2007 New York Giants defense and the 2023 Kansas City Chiefs defense.
Following two seasons in New York, he became the head coach of the St. Louis Rams for three seasons, was an assistant with the Baltimore Ravens, had a one-season stint with the New Orleans Saints, and then returned to the Giants as defensive coordinator in 2015. He was named interim head coach after the firing of former head coach Ben McAdoo on December 4, 2017.
Spagnuolo has also worked as a college football assistant coach for the University of Connecticut, the University of Maine, Lafayette College, Rutgers University, Bowling Green University, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He also spent time in the original World League of American Football and its successor, NFL Europe.
^Schwartz, Paul (January 31, 2021). "Steve Spagnuolo has chance to be historic Tom Brady killer". New York Post. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
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2–10, both McAdoo and general manager Jerry Reese were fired, leaving SteveSpagnuolo as the interim head coach and Kevin Abrams as the interim general manager...
Ben McAdoo after they fell to a 2–10 record. Defensive coordinator SteveSpagnuolo was named the interim head coach for the last four games. In Week 14...
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against New England in the AFC Championship game. The Chiefs would hire SteveSpagnuolo as their defensive coordinator on January 24, 2019. Kansas City enjoyed...
period poor results under the leadership of head coaches Scott Linehan, SteveSpagnuolo, and Jeff Fisher, with the latter's tenure occurring during the team's...
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became a perennial playoff contender, featuring offensive players including Steve DeBerg, Christian Okoye, Stephone Paige and Barry Word, a strong defense...
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