Eric Bieniemy and Colorado have ‘preliminary mutual interest’ per report

Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and Colorado officials have “preliminary mutual interest” for head coach opening.

In the wake of Mel Tucker’s decision to leave the University of Colorado as the football team’s head coach, the spotlight has shifted to a few potential candidates to replace him, and one of the biggest rumors has centered on Eric Bieniemy, currently the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Bieniemy is one of the most famous football alumni from Colorado, so it makes sense that he would be mentioned in conjunction with the opening. He’s the school’s all time leading rusher and even got his coaching start there as running backs coach. He also earned his first coordinator gig with the school as their offensive coordinator before he was hired away by Andy Reid back in 2013 to make the leap to the pro level.

Would Bieniemy want to return to college for a chance to run his own team? It seems rare that a coach so primed for a pro football head coaching spot would want to jump back into college. Then again, Bieniemy has no way of knowing if things will ever actually work out for him or whether he’ll sit another year. Perhaps that’s why the latest report says there is mutual interest.

Bieniemy has been a hot head coaching candidate on the highest levels for each of the last two seasons. This year, he secured four interviews with teams and another four teams were reportedly interested in 2018, although it’s uncertain whether or not that led to official interviews with each. Suffice it to say, he’s been passed over for every opportunity so far and will enter his eighth season coaching under Andy Reid in 2020.