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Eric Bieniemy enters his 11th season with the Kansas City Chiefs and sixth as offensive coordinator in 2026 after holding the position for five years (2018-22) during a previous 10-year stint in Kansas City. Bieniemy has also served as the club's running backs coach (2013-17).

Eric Bieniemy enters his 11th season with the Kansas City Chiefs and sixth as offensive coordinator in 2026 after holding the position for five years (2018-22) during a previous 10-year stint in Kansas City. Bieniemy has also served as the club's running backs coach (2013-17).

In 2025, Bieniemy joined the Chicago Bears overseeing the running backs and helping to lead the team to an NFC North Division title and advancing to the NFC Divisional Round Game. Under Bieniemy's guidance, RB D'Andre Swift had a career year with 1,087 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns. He also helped to develop Rookie RB Kyle Monangai who had a strong season with 783 rushing yards and five touchdowns and added 18 receptions for 164 yards. Under Bieniemy, the Bears ranked first

in rushes of 4+ yards (267), third in rushing yards per game (144.5) and third in rushing plays of 10+ yards (67).

For the 2024 season, Bieniemy joined UCLA as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator after spending one season (2023) with the Washington Commanders as the team's offensive coordinator.

As assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the Chiefs in 2022, Bieniemy led the team's offense to 14 wins, the team's seventh-straight AFC West title and a Super Bowl LVII victory, marking Bieniemy's second Super Bowl victory. The Chiefs offense led the league in points per game (29.2), and QB Patrick Mahomes led the league in several categories including passing yards (5,250), touchdowns (41) and 25+ yard passes (49) en route to earning his second AP NFL Most Valuable Player award.

In 2021, Bieniemy continued to lead the Kansas City Chiefs offense to finish in the top five in multiple NFL categories including, third down conversion percentage (1st; 52.2), fourth down conversion percentage (T-1st; 66.7), first downs (1st; 419), yards per game (3rd; 396.8), yards after catch (1st; 2,691), offensive touchdowns (5th; 53) and points per game (4th; 28.2) en route to the team's sixth-straight AFC West title. QB Patrick Mahomes continued to add to his NFL resume, adding 4,839 passing yards on 436 completions and 37 touchdowns. Mahomes had 31 career games with 300+ passing yards, which is the most such games by a player in his first five seasons in NFL history. WR Tyreek Hill (111) and TE Travis Kelce (92) each finished the season with more than 90 receptions, marking the first time in franchise history that a pair of teammates each recorded 90+ receptions in the same season.

The 2020 Kansas City Chiefs offense led the NFL in multiple categories including, net passing yards per game (303.4), yards per game (415.8), first downs (397), yards after the catch (2,456) and plays of at least 20 yards (79) en route to the club's fifth-straight AFC West title and second-straight Super Bowl appearance. QB Patrick Mahomes continued to leave his mark in the NFL record book tying Pro Football Hall of Fame QB Kurt Warner's NFL record of 26 games of at least 300 passing yards in a players first four seasons. Mahomes also became the fastest QB to record 100 career passing touchdowns, doing so in just 40 games. TE Travis Kelce set an NFL record for a tight end with 1,416 receiving yards, extending his NFL record to five-straight seasons with at least 1,000 yards receiving. WR Tyreek Hill had 1,276 receiving yards and 15 touchdown receptions, tying the franchise record. RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire recorded 803 rushing yards his rookie season and earned the Mack Lee Hill award, an honor voted on by his teammates and given to the top rookie or first year player.

Under Bieniemy, the 2019 Super Bowl Champion Chiefs offense finished in the top 10 in total yards per game (379.2), pass yards per game (281.1), yards per play (6.22) and total points scored (28.2). In his second year as the starter, Mahomes became the fastest QB in NFL history to reach 9,000 passing yards and 75 touchdowns, doing so in only 30 games. Kelce became the fastest TE to reach 500 career receptions in NFL history and became the first TE in NFL history to record back-to-back 1,200 receiving yards seasons. Hill became the fastest wide receiver in Chiefs history to record 4,000 career receiving yards, tallying 4,054 receiving yards in 58 games.

In his first year as offensive coordinator, Bieniemy oversaw one of the most prolific offenses in Chiefs history as the club finished 12-4, earned its third-consecutive AFC West Championship and a No.1 seed in the playoffs en route to hosting the first AFC Championship Game in team history. Mahomes was named the NFL MVP as he passed for 5,097 yards and 50 touchdowns in just his first season as a starting quarterback. Kelce ranked second among NFL tight ends with 1,336 receiving yards, and Hill's 1,479 single-season receiving yards ranked first in Chiefs history.

Under Bieniemy's tutelage in 2017, rookie RB Kareem Hunt logged 1,327 yards rushing, with the group logging a combined 1,903 yards on the season. From 2013-15, he mentored RB Jamaal Charles. In 2014, Charles recorded 1,000 yards for the fifth time in his career. Charles became the all-time leading rusher in franchise history and finished his Chiefs career with 7,260 career rushing yards. His 5.5 yards per carry average is also the best in Chiefs history. In 2013 under Bieniemy, Charles led the NFL in touchdowns (19) and first downs (104) and ranked second in yards from scrimmage (1,980 yards). He recorded the most receiving yards by a running back in Chiefs history and led the AFC in rushing (1,287 yards).

Prior to returning to the NFL coaching ranks, Bieniemy spent two seasons (2011-12) at his alma mater Colorado after coaching

the running backs for five seasons with the Minnesota Vikings (2006-10). In those five seasons, the Vikings produced a 1,000-yard rusher each year while his stable of running backs broke the 100-yard mark 31 times in 80 regular season games.

In 2006, he coached RB Chester Taylor, who rushed for 1,216 yards; the next season, Taylor and RB Adrian Peterson combined for 2,185 yards (1,341 by Peterson, who was All-Pro as a rookie). Peterson set a then-Vikings record with 1,760 yards in 2008, earning the Bert Bell Award as the Pro Football Player of the Year. Overall, Peterson totaled 5,782 rushing yards and 52 touchdowns in four seasons under Bieniemy's guidance.

Bieniemy made the move to the professional ranks after three seasons as the running backs coach at UCLA (2003-05). While at UCLA, Bieniemy tutored former NFL RB Maurice Jones-Drew for three seasons. Jones-Drew earned Freshman All-America honors in 2003, rushed for 1,007 yards in 2004 and was a consensus All-America selection as a kick returner in 2005.

Following his nine-year NFL career, Bieniemy served as an assistant at Thomas Jefferson High in Denver prior to securing his first job as running backs coach with Colorado. In his first two seasons coaching the position, CU ranked in the top-10 in rushing.

He was a second-round draft pick (39th overall) by the San Diego Chargers in the 1991 NFL Draft. He enjoyed a nine-year pro career with three teams: San Diego (1991-94), Cincinnati (1995-98) and Philadelphia (1999), where he played for Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid. In 142 career NFL games, he rushed for 1,589 yards and 11 touchdowns while catching 146 passes for 1,223 yards. His final year with the Chargers, he played in Super Bowl XXIX.

A letterwinner from Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, Calif., Bieniemy earned second-team All-America honors in football as a senior when he rushed for 2,002 yards and 30 touchdowns.

Education: Colorado (B.A. 2001). Born: New Orleans. Family: Wife - Mia; Sons - Eric III and Elijah.