Matt Nagy Wife, Family, Biography, NFL Career, Other Facts

Matt Nagy is the current head coach of the Chicago Bears. Before joining the Bears in January 2018, Nagy was an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Nagy was a former player. Before beginning a coaching career, he played American football in high school, college and professionally for the Columbus Destroyers, Georgia Force, Carolina Cobras and New York Dragons, all members of the Arena Football League (AFL) .

His biography

Matt was born in Dunellen, New Jersey on the 24th day of April 1978. He attended Manheim Central High School, Pennsylvania where he played high school football and was the team’s quarterback. During his high school career, the Barons went 26-2.

After high school, he played college football at Delaware, by the end of which he had recorded 8,214 passing yards. Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach was his teammate at Delaware.

At the end of his college career, Matt was signed by the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League, AFL, as a street free agent. He played with the team and, while not on the active roster, was the team’s color commentator for radio broadcasts.

After spending two seasons with the Dragons (2002, 2003), he moved to the Carolina Cobras. In early 2005, he rejoined Georgia Force to replace injured quarterback Jim Kubiak. He would then lead the team to ArenaBowl XIX. During the 2006 offseason, he was traded to the Columbus Destroyers. The following season, he led the team at ArenaBowl XXI, but they unfortunately lost to the San Jose SaberCats in the championship game.

Matt Nagy was in the team for two seasons before the AFL folded in 2009.

High school and NFL coaching career

Nagy started his coaching career with his high school team as an assistant coach. He then served as quarterbacks coach in Cedar Crest, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. at the CCHS, he introduced several game tactics from his college years in Delaware.

He was also the offensive head coach for Junior Varsity. Between 2008 and 2009, Matt served as the offensive coordinator for Palmyra Area High School’s football team – the Palmyra Cougars.

Matt Nagy began his NFL coaching career in 2009 as a trainee coach with the Philadelphia Eagles under coach Andy Reid. In August of that year, the franchise signed him to replace the injured Kevin Kolb, who was then serving as the team’s backup quarterback.

The NFL terminated his contract the following day after it was discovered that his contract with the AFL was still valid (even though the league had folded by then). The Eagles did not re-sign Nagy but allowed him to continue as a trainee. In 2010 he was promoted to coaching assistant and in 2011 he became the team’s offensive quality control coach.

In 2013, Matt Nagy became quarterback coach for the Kansas City Chiefs under coach Andy Reid, who signed a new contract with the Chiefs. After three seasons, he was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2016. In December 2017, Coach Reid waived the call for Matt. Under his team, his team ended the regular season 4–1 with an average of 28.6 points.

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In January 2018, the Chicago Bears hired Nagy as the team’s head coach, making him the 16th coach in team history. To form his coaching staff, Matt Nagy has hired the likes of Brad Childress as senior offensive consultant, Brock Olivo as assistant special teams coordinator, Brian Ginn (his teammate at Delaware) and Bill Shuey (his colleague at Eagles) as quality control coaches and finally, his ex-Dragons teammate Mike Furrey will serve as receivers coach.

Matt Nagy wife, family

Matt is happily married to his high school sweetheart Stacey with whom he has four children – all boys. Nagy told the Chiefs site that they tried to look for a girl but had twins instead. Their sons are Brayden, Tate, Jaxon and Jett.

other facts

1. Nagy is an only child and his parents separated when he was very young. He nevertheless has a very close relationship with both of his parents.

2. Football is life for him, he can’t imagine a life without football.

3. Although considered not an outdoors person, Matt would like to learn how to fish and hunt.

4. His favorite vacation spot is the Caribbean, where he could see the water and put his feet in the sand.

5. Matt’s favorite food is chicken quesadilla from The Cat’s Meow, a typical themed restaurant in Mannheim.

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