The Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl champions for the first time in 50 years, and head coach Andy Reid plans on making a habit of hoisting Lombardi trophies.
At the Chiefs' championship parade on Wednesday, Reid said he would see the fans at the same place next year:
“Next year, we’re coming right back here,” Reid said, per Margaret Stafford and Heather Hollingsworth of The Associated Press. “One more time baby, one more time.”
For Reid, it was the first Super Bowl title in what has been a career full of disappointment.
The 61-year-old became an NFL head coach back in 1999 when he took over at the helm for the Philadelphia Eagles. While he experienced a great deal of regular-season success with the Eagles, going 130-93-1 and winning six NFC East division titles, he was never able to win the big game.
Reid's Eagles lost three straight NFC Championship Games in the early 2000s, and during the 2004-05 campaign, Philadelphia made it to the Super Bowl, but lost to the New England Patriots.
The Los Angeles native was then hired as head coach of Kansas City in 2013, but over the course of his first six seasons with the Chiefs, the trend continued, as the Chiefs made five playoff appearances but were unable to even get the opportunity to play for a championship.
But finally, this season, Reid broke through, leading Kansas City to a 12-4 record, an AFC West division crown and a first-round bye, leading to a Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
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