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Andy Heck enters his 33^rd year in the NFL in 2024, including a 12-year career as an offensive lineman. He begins his 21^st season as an NFL coach and 12^th leading the offensive line in Kansas City in 2024.

Andy Heck enters his 33^rd year in the NFL in 2024, including a 12-year career as an offensive lineman. He begins his 21^st season as an NFL coach and 12^th leading the offensive line in Kansas City in 2024. Heck has now led offensive line units for six-consecutive seasons that have allowed at least the top five fewest sacks through the regular season in the NFL (2018-23). Over the past five years (2019-23), Heck and his units have been to four Super Bowls, coming away with three rings (LIV, LVII and LVIII), including back-to-back wins (LVII and LVIII).

Heck's unit had some new faces in 2023 with LT Donovan Smith and RT Jawaan Taylor joining the Chiefs. The line had consistency with C Creed Humphrey, G Trey Smith and G Joe Thuney all returning to the lineup. With Heck's leadership, there were just 28.0 allowed sacks, the second-fewest in the league. In the postseason, the offensive line allowed no sacks in the Wild Card and Divisional Round Games and just five through the AFC Championship game and Super Bowl LVIII. The offensive front led the way for the team's rushing attack, clearing the way for RB Isiah Pacheco's 935 yards on 205 attempts for seven rushing touchdowns. Pacheco totaled three 100+ yard rushing games (Weeks 4, 13 and 17). Humphrey and Thuney were both selected to the Pro Bowl while Thuney was also selected to the PFW/PFWA All-NFL Team and the AP All-Pro Team (first-team). Heck also tutored rookie OL Wanya Morris to play meaningful minutes in 14 games, showing promise throughout his opportunities.

The 2022 season was a standout for Heck's line that culminated in the Chiefs third Super Bowl title. Behind Heck's front, the offense found rhythm leading the league in passing yards (5,250), yards per play (6.43), yards per game (413.6) and points per game (29.2). With Heck's assistance, the Chiefs offense was second in both third down percentage (48.7%) and red zone touchdown percentage (69.4%). Familiar faces returned in 2022 with C Creed Humphrey and G Trey Smith both back for their second seasons and T Orlando Brown and G Joe Thuney also returned to the squad. The chemistry was evident, as they allowed just 26.0 sacks through the regular season, the third fewest in the NFL, and allowed just 3.0 in the postseason. Heck's offensive front recorded six games with no sacks allowed, including Super Bowl LVII against an Eagles defense that led the league in sacks during the regular season. With help in the trenches, rookie RB Isiah Pacheco totaled the fifth most rushing yards in a Chiefs rookie campaign with 830 yards and five touchdowns. Humphrey, Brown and Thuney were all named to the 2022 Pro Bowl. Humphrey and Thuney were both selected to the AP All-Pro (second-team).

In 2021, Heck had an offensive line full of new faces, including T Orlando Brown, G Joe Thuney, G Kyle Long and C Austin Blythe, in addition to draft picks C Creed Humphrey and G Trey Smith. Rookies Humphrey and Smith started all 17 regular season games in 2021, becoming the 17th and 18th players in franchise history to start all regular season games in their rookie season. Humphrey and Smith are the third pair of teammates to both start all regular season games in their rookie campaign. The group ranked tied for third in the NFL allowing just 28.0 sacks all season. Following the season, Brown earned his third Pro Bowl selection.

In 2020, Heck led an offensive line that was marred by injuries, seeing 12 different starters at various positions along the line throughout the season while still ranking fifth in sacks allowed with 24.0. Chiefs T Eric Fisher was selected to his second-career Pro Bowl (2018), while enjoying one of the top seasons of his career. He was even able to get into the end zone, scoring on a two-yard pass from QB Patrick Mahomes, joining Mark Adickes and Joe Valerio as the only offensive linemen to catch touchdown passes in team history.

In 2019, Heck led an offensive line unit that finished third in the NFL in sacks allowed with 25.0 in the regular season. T Mitchell Schwartz started every game at RT, extending his streak of the most straight starts for an offensive tackle to 128. Schwartz was named second-team All-Pro at right tackle.

The 2018 season featured Heck's offensive line protecting NFL MVP QB Mahomes who threw for 5,097 yards and 50 touchdowns, which is only the second time in NFL history that a QB threw for 4,000+ yards and 25+ passing touchdowns. On the way to an AFC Championship berth, the offensive line only gave up 34.0 sacks (regular and post season), which ranked tied for sixth in the league. First-year OL Andrew Wylie was awarded the Mack Lee Hill Award, which is annually presented to the Chiefs' top rookie or first-year player in remembrance of the late Mack Lee Hill.

During the 2017 season, Heck coached seven different starting offensive linemen with six different combinations, paving the way for the running backs group to record a combined 1,903 yards. With Heck's leadership, rookie RB Kareem Hunt led the league with 1,327 rushing yards. QB Alex Smith threw for a career-high 4,042 and both Smith and Hunt made the Pro Bowl in 2017.

In 2016, the offensive line proved its versatility once again as eight different linemen filled a starting role throughout the season. Behind a Heck-coached offensive line, RB Spencer Ware had 921 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns while RB Charcandrick West rushed for 293 yards and one touchdown.

In 2015, nine different offensive line combinations including eight different offensive linemen made up the starting lineup. Rookie Mitch Morse started all but one game at center, and Fisher solidified the left tackle spot during the club's 11-game winning streak.

During the 2014 season, the line helped RBs Jamaal Charles and Knile Davis carry the scoring load for the Chiefs. The two scored 22 of the Chiefs 40 total touchdowns, which ranked first among a pair of teammates across the NFL. Charles' 1,033 rushing yards in 2014 was his third consecutive year over 1,000 yards and second consecutive behind Heck's line.

In 2013, Heck led Kansas City's offensive line to help Rb Jamaal Charles reach 1,287 rushing yards, enough for third-most in the NFL. T Branden Albert made his first appearance in the Pro Bowl under Heck's guidance.

Prior to joining the Chiefs staff, Heck served nine years on the Jacksonville Jaguars coaching staff as the assistant offensive line coach (2005) and offensive assistant/assistant offensive line coach (2004) before being promoted to offensive line coach (2006-12).

In 2011, Jacksonville's offensive line paved the way for RB Maurice Jones-Drew to rush for 1,606 yards to earn the NFL rushing title. In 2010, the Jaguars boasted the third-ranked rushing offense in the NFL, averaging 149.7 yards per game, including 4.7 yards per carry to rank fifth in the league.

In 2006 and 2007, the offensive line led the offense to the two highest single-season rushing totals in franchise history to date and two of the three lowest sack totals. The Jaguars set the single-season franchise record for rushing yards (2,541) in 2006 and allowed only 30.0 sacks, the second-fewest in team history.

Prior to Jacksonville, Heck served three seasons on the University of Virginia coaching staff, the first two seasons as a graduate assistant and the final year as tight ends coach. He tutored All-American tight end Heath Miller, who set numerous Atlantic Coast Conference tight end records for receiving and scoring. Miller was a first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2005.

Heck played in the NFL for 12 seasons (1989-2000) as an offensive lineman. He finished his playing career with Washington, where he played for two seasons (1999-00). As the starting left tackle in 1999, he blocked for an offense that ranked second in the NFL. From 1994 to 1998, Heck was a five-year starter for the Chicago Bears. In 1995, he gave up no sacks as part of an offensive line that yielded the fewest sacks in the NFL (15.0). Heck was drafted in the first round (15th overall) by the Seattle Seahawks, where he was a unanimous All-Rookie selection in 1989. A starter for all five years with the Seahawks, he played three seasons without missing a snap.

A 1989 graduate of Notre Dame, Heck was a first-team All-American and a tri-captain of the 1988 national championship team that finished 12-0. He was a tight end for his first three seasons at Notre Dame before moving to tackle in spring drills in his senior season. Heck's son, Charlie, is a tackle in the NFL drafted in the fourth round (126^th overall) in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Education: ­Notre Dame (B.A. 1989). Born: Fargo, N.D. Family: Wife - Jennifer; Children - Jonathan, Charlie, Molly and Evelyn.