The Bruins are moving on from Bieniemy, sources told Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger. The former Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator and NFL running back joined UCLA’s staff in 2024 as the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach following the hire of Deshaun Foster as the team’s head coach.
UCLA went 5-7 in 2024 and was 3-6 in the Big Ten. The Bruins averaged 5.4 yards a play and scored just 18.4 points per game. Only eight teams across the top level of college football averaged fewer points than the Bruins and UCLA scored more than 20 points just twice all season.
Bieniemy, 55, interviewed multiple times for NFL head coaching positions while he was the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator. He joined Andy Reid’s staff in 2013 when Reid became the Chiefs’ head coach and was the team’s running backs coach through the 2017 season. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2018 as Patrick Mahomes became the team’s starting quarterback.
However, Bieniemy never got a head coaching job in the NFL and moved on from the Chiefs after the 2022 season. Five NFL teams had job openings that offseason and he interviewed for just one.
Bieniemy became the offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders in 2023, but he spent just one season with the team as the organization went through wholesale changes following the season. Washington’s new ownership group changed the coaching staff and hired Dan Quinn as the team’s head coach with former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury serving as the offensive coordinator for No. 2 overall draft pick Jayden Daniels.
Before coaching for the Chiefs, Bieniemy was the offensive coordinator at his alma mater, Colorado, for two seasons and had served as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Vikings. It’s unclear just where Bieniemy’s next coaching stop will be and it’d have been hard to fathom four years ago that Bieniemy would be leaving his third job in three seasons at the end of 2024 instead of being the head coach of an NFL team. [Reply]
Mahomes says nice things to everyone. But keep in mind Andy brought EB to give a locker room pep talk before the ravens afc championship game. Why would they ask a guy your team captain detests to do that? [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
That's just the thing - Nagy may have been situationally bad in Chicago but that team has been to the playoffs 5 times over the last twenty years. 2 of those were under Nagy, with Mitch Trubisky at QB. He did what like 8 other coaches couldn't do in twenty years going to back to back playoff appearances. I'm not saying Nagy is great but what he did in Chicago dwarfs anything EB has ever done outside of KC.
As for Tyreek's comments about it, meh. The dude also said the Chiefs were dumb for not getting him more touches. That would be the OCs fault, would it not? It's a direct criticism of the offensive staff, to include Bienemy. Given all the shit Tyreek has said since he left, I don't think he's a trustworthy source for anything. To be honest, I'd give Bienemy the benefit of the doubt before I took Tyreek at his word.
Again, I think EB's resume speaks for itself. There's a reason he's never gotten a real shot and it's not because he's black.
Nagy inherited an elite defense in Chicago. His offense was terrible. Unlike Nagy, EB couldn't hide behind the defense. He inherited two horrible offenses and only had a year to turn it around, as if you're going to do that behind a lame duck HC and QB.
Most of us predicted EB is not HC or probably not even OC material. But sorry it doesn't make any sense whatsoever for guys like David Culley, judge, Gase and Patricia to get hired while EB can't even find a lateral role. It wasn't racism but he was done very dirty. I largely blame the good ole boy networks like the bellichick tree. I still don't think he'd make a great HC but it's a joke that any of those guys were hired above him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
Nagy inherited an elite defense in Chicago. His offense was terrible. Unlike Nagy, EB couldn't hide behind the defense. He inherited two horrible offenses and only had a year to turn it around, as if you're going to do that behind a lame duck HC and QB.
Most of us predicted EB is not HC or probably not even OC material. But sorry it doesn't make any sense whatsoever for guys like David Culley, judge, Gase and Patricia to get hired while EB can't even find a lateral role. It wasn't racism but he was done very dirty. I largely blame the good ole boy networks like the bellichick tree. I still don't think he'd make a great HC but it's a joke that any of those guys were hired above him.
Bienemy has essentially been blackballed. He had to have done something beyond the Xs and Os. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz:
We literally could not wait to run that guy out of town. We were BEGGING him to leave.
So, we suddenly love him because he was secretly the thing that made the offense work in 2022? The militant rules and details guy?
I don't think anyone here wants him anywhere near the playcalls. But coming back as an assistant is a different story. Especially if he can enforce toughness and consistency with our blocking. He would be terrific as a RBs coach and run game coordinator if he'll take it [Reply]