Future Hall of Fame coach Andy Reid is back in the biggest game of the NFL season, with his Kansas City Chiefs set to face the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11.
Now in his 11th season with Kansas City, Reid has a long history of postseason success in the NFL, having reached the Super Bowl a handful of times with the Chiefs, in addition to appearances as a head coach at Philadelphia and an assistant with Green Bay.
Below YouBet explores Reid’s NFL career further with a look at his past Super Bowl matchups, including victories, past opponents, and more.
In what years has Andy Reid coached in the Super Bowl?
Andy Reid reached the big game for the first time as a head coach for the Eagles following the 2004 season. He would not return to the Super Bowl again until the 2019 season, his seventh at the helm of Kansas City. Reid made it back to the Super Bowl at the end of the 2020 season and again in 2022.
He also appeared in two Super Bowls as an assistant for Green Bay in 1996 and 1997.
He is 2-2 in the Super Bowl as a head coach and 3-3 in the ultimate postseason game, if you count his time as an NFL assistant.
Which teams did Andy Reid defeat in the Super Bowl?
Reid won his first Super Bowl on Feb. 2, 2020 in his first appearance with Kansas City and second as a head coach. The Chiefs rallied to defeat the 49ers, 31-20, inside Hard Rock Stadium after trailing by 10 with nearly six minutes remaining in regulation.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was named Super Bowl MVP, and the Chiefs collected the franchise’s second Super Bowl title exactly 50 years after Kansas City won Super Bowl IV against the Minnesota Vikings on Jan. 11, 1970.
Kansas City celebrated the franchise’s third Super Bowl title on Feb. 12, 2023, when Reid defeated his former team, Philadelphia, 38-35, inside State Farm Stadium in Arizona.
Mahomes earned his second Super Bowl MVP, and Reid became the 14th head coach to attain multiple Super Bowl titles. If the Chiefs win Super Bowl LVIII, Reid will move into a three-way tie for the third most Super Bowl victories by a head coach (three), along with Bill Walsh and Joe Gibbs.
Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is the current all-time leader in Super Bowl wins by a head coach, with six, followed by Chuck Noll, who won four with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
As a tight ends/assistant offensive line coach at Green Bay, Reid won a ring when the Packers defeated Bill Parcell’s Patriots 35-21 in Super Bowl XXXI on Jan. 26, 1997.
Which teams did Andy Reid lose to in the Super Bowl?
Reid narrowly lost to Belichick and the Patriots in Reid’s first Super Bowl appearance as a head coach on Feb. 6, 2005.
In the season leading up to the Super Bowl, Reid led the Eagles to a then-franchise record 13-3 season before falling 24-21 to New England in Super Bowl XXXIX.
His only other loss as a head coach in the Super Bowl thus far was on Feb. 7, 2021 in Super Bowl LV. Reid faced Tom Brady for the second time in the Super Bowl, though this time the former Patriot was the quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Inside Raymond James Stadium, the Buccaneers prevailed on their home field in a 31-9 beatdown.
A year later, Kansas City was knocked out of the AFC Championship Game but would return to the Super Bowl the following season.
As the quarterbacks coach for Green Bay in 1997, Reid was a part of the Packers’ run to Super Bowl XXXII, where the Denver Broncos handed Brett Favre and Co. a 31-24 loss.
What is Andy Reid’s overall playoff record?
As a head coach, Reid is 25-16 (.610) in the postseason. As of the 2023 season, he owns a 258-144-1 regular-season record.
He’s also the first NFL coach to reach five consecutive conference championship games.
The Chiefs have made it to the postseason in all but Reid's first year with the team. At Philadelphia, Reid compiled a 10-9 postseason record during his 14-year tenure. Only the Indianapolis Colts (12) and New England (10) had more postseason appearances than Philadelphia's nine during that span. As an assistant with the Packers, Reid reached the postseason six times.