Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has taken his fair share of criticism throughout his 21 years as a coach in the NFL, but this weekend, he can achieve a feat that only six other head coaches in league history have ever done: take two teams to the Super Bowl, per Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk.
Reid's Chiefs will battle the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday as Reid looks to make it back to the Super Bowl for the first time since February 2005, when he was the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Coincidentally enough, Reid lost to the Patriots in that Super Bowl.
Kansas City will be hosting New England for this game, and due to the Chiefs' dominance at home and the Patriots' struggles on the road this season, Reid's club is favored to win this contest.
Should Kansas City top Bill Belichick's group, Reid will join Don Shula, Bill Parcells, Dan Reeves, Dick Vermeil, Mike Holmgren and John Fox in the annals of NFL history.
Reid earned his first head-coaching job with the Eagles back in 1999, beginning a 14-year stretch at the helm in Philadelphia. During that time, Reid was heavily criticized for his inability to put the Eagles over the top, as he lost in the NFC Championship Game three years in a row before finally making it to the big game during the 2014-15 campaign.
He took over as head coach of the Chiefs in 2013. This is Reid's fifth playoff appearance since taking the reigns in Kansas City.
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