Former Cincinnati Bengals player Eric Bieniemy - the Chiefs' offensive coordinator since 2018 who coached Kansas City's running backs the previous five seasons - is signing a one-year deal to remain the team's OC, according to a report Thursday via Twitter from NFL Network's Tom Pelissero.
Pelissero reported earlier this month that Bieniemy's contract with the Chiefs was expiring.
The New Orleans Saints interviewed Bieniemy for their head-coaching vacancy - one week after the Chiefs were eliminated from the playoffs by the Bengals in the AFC Championship. The Saints hired defensive coordinator Dennis Allen as their new head coach.
The Denver Broncos announced last month that they interviewed Bieniemy for their head-coaching vacancy. The Broncos hired Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett as their head coach days later.
Last September, Bieniemy answered questions about being a potential head-coaching candidate at University of Southern California. "Well you know me. ... I am where my feet are," Bieniemy told reporters. "I am focused on the task at hand. I'm not worried about anything where my name is being mentioned."
Bieniemy, a running back and kick returner for the Bengals from 1995 to 1998, was considered a candidate by several NFL teams with head-coaching vacancies last year.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said last year that it would be crazy for an NFL team with a head-coaching vacancy not to strongly consider hiring Bieniemy.
"(Bieniemy's) track record speaks for itself," Mahomes said. "The type of man he is, the way he can control and be a leader of the locker room and the way that he coaches and schemes he brings to us. If he doesn’t (get a position as a head coach), people are crazy."
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