RJ Young
FOX Sports National College Football Analyst
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the best QB of his generation. Of all the coaches Mahomes has had throughout his football career, he credits Eric Bieniemy – who served as the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator from 2018-2022 and is in the process of finalizing a deal to become UCLA’s offensive coordinator – with much of his success.
“EB is going to be harsh on you,” Mahomes said last August. “He’s going to really try and get the best out of you every single day. He’s going to hold you accountable when you don’t want to hold yourself accountable.[His coaching] made me a better player.
“There’s a reason why he’s coaching you the way he’s coaching you – he loves you,” insisted Mahomes. “He loves every guy that he coaches. You can see that [from] all the guys that have come out and said stuff about him: Jamaal Charles, Adrian Peterson, Tyreek [Hill] — they understand that he loves you, and he’s going to try to get the best out of you every single day.”
That — right there, just above — is where I prefer to start any conversation around Bieniemy, especially surrounding his decision to leave the NFL, return close to home and lead DeShaun Foster’s Bruins into battle in the Big Ten. And while the conversation around the 54-year-old Bieniemy this fall will almost exclusively be result-driven, it’s important to note that he’s in rare air, having won both a national championship as a player and multiple Super Bowls as a coordinator.
Bieniemy was a standout running back during his four-year collegiate career at the University of Colorado. He was a first-team All-American selection in 1990, helping guide the Buffaloes to a national championship. He went on to enjoy a nine-year NFL career, where he played for the Chargers, Bengals and Eagles. So, it’s fitting that one of the best running backs in UCLA history, Foster, hired the 1990 Big 8 Offensive…
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