With a 40-22 blowout win in Super Bowl LIX, Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach Nick Sirianni capped off one of the best starts to a coaching career in league history. His 48 regular season wins are the second-most for a head coach through his first four seasons in NFL history. Only George Seifert(52) has more career regular season wins in his first four years at the helm.
Sirianni also made more pieces of history and became only the third head coach with a .700 career winning percentage and a Super Bowl championship. He joined John Madden and Vince Lombardi on that exclusive list.
The final piece of history the Philadelphia Eagles head coach made was becoming the first head coach in NFL history to beat a coach 20+ years older than him to win the championship. Head coaches had been 0-8 all-time when facing coaches 20+ years older in title games. Sirianni is 43 and Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid is 66. After a dominant Super Bowl, will Sirianni finally be regarded as one of the NFL’s best coaches?
Philadelphia Eagles Play a Nearly Perfect Game
The list of head coaches with a .700 career win pct and a Super Bowl Championship
▪️Vince Lombardi
▪️John Madden
▪️Nick Sirianni pic.twitter.com/2rHl2k36Md— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) February 10, 2025
Philadelphia entered Super Bowl LIX as slight underdogs even though they had the better roster and looked better during their run to the Super Bowl. Another advantage the Kansas City Chiefs were deemed to have is a sizable advantage at head coach and quarterback. Reid is one the best coaches in league history, and Quarterback Patrick Mahomes has seemingly endless talent. Even with Reid and Mahomes at the helm, the Philadelphia Eagles dominated the two-time defending champions.
The Eagles jumped on the Chiefs from the opening kickoff. That is due to Sirianni’s coaching. Reid is the best coach in league history coming off a bye, but his team looked totally ill-prepared. Sirianni had the Philadelphia Eagles better prepared in all three phases than Kansas City. Even though Kansas City lost by 18, that made that game appear much closer than it was.
Final Thoughts
Even with Sirianni’s tremendous success over his first four seasons, he has never been regarded as one of the NFL’s best coaches. A main reason for that is his behavior being unusual for an NFL head coach. He can be overly emotional on the sidelines and has yelled at fans multiple times during his coaching tenure. Sirianni makes reportedly $7 million per year and could be in line for a huge raise this offseason.
