Herm Edwards has had a decent amount of success in his first two seasons as the head coach at Arizona State, leading some to believe he could make the move back to the NFL. Contrary to belief, Edwards seems to be content with ending his coaching career where he's currently at.

“No, this is it,” Edwards said to Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports Radio. “This is my last stand right here. I’m going to build a program and hopefully, we can win the Pac-12, win a Rose Bowl and then hand it over to somebody else. That’s my goal.”

In his first season at Arizona State, Edwards was able to lead the Sun Devils to a 7-6 record. Then, just this past season, Edwards helped Arizona State compile an 8-5 record. Most impressively, the Sun Devils went on to defeat Florida State in the Sun Bowl.

Prior to accepting the job at Arizona State, Herm Edwards spent some time at ESPN as an NFL analyst. Of course, that was after Edwards finished his coaching career in the NFL.

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While in the NFL, Edwards spent five seasons as the head coach of the New York Jets and three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. Altogether, Edwards recorded a 54-74 record, winning two playoff games during his coaching stints.

When a college coach begins to have success turning a program around, they begin to draw interest in the NFL. Most recently, guys like Kliff Kingsbury and Matt Rhule currently hold head coaching positions after tenures in college.

Even though Edwards could likely draw interest from NFL teams, he's planning on retiring once Arizona State is in a better place than what he found them in.