Eric Bieniemy also has numerous arrests to his name and was involved in a major scandal as a college coach.

In 1988 as a player at Colorado, Bieniemy was charged with disorderly conduct and fighting in public. He pleaded no contest and received a suspended sentence.

In 1990 he was suspended for a game and charged with interfering with a firefighter, providing false information, and harassment. Most of those charges were dropped.

He was arrested again for failing to appear after being charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving with a suspended license.

In 1993, Bieniemy was arrested again in Boulder after grabbing a female parking attendant by the throat and threatening her. This incident caused him to be banned from the University of Colorado’s campus. He was a coach there a decade later.

By 2001, his license had been suspended a second time after a DUI conviction and multiple moving violations.

In 2004, he and other Colorado coaches were accused of using drugs and alcohol to entice high school recruits. The resulting scandal revealed at least four accusations of sexual assault by players. One of the victims was Colorado’s kicker, Katie Hnida. A Colorado staffer also hired prostitutes for recruits. Bieniemy was accused of helping to cover up the allegations. Bieniemy, and the rest of the staff, were fired for their roles in the scandal.

It’s just too much baggage for a person who’s never been a head coach before.

But the issue is not just his legal past. Vance Joseph was part of that same Colorado coaching staff and became a head coach. Matt Patricia has a very credible sexual assault allegation against him. According to insiders, Bieniemy believes the numerous violations he has committed are the result of a conspiracy against him and not due to his own misconduct. He reportedly had quite a meltdown in 2019 when he was passed over for the Colorado head coaching job,

They we make sure he’s in

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Assistant HC? Eric, my guy, they are setting you up for failure. How is not being seen a mile out?

As a Washingtonian, I like this move. However, I fell Eric Bienemiy’s cardiologist will not approve.

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Especially when Reid consistently praises him and publicly questions why he isn't getting hired.

I also read this as if EB works out there, he is potentially in line for the HC job there or have an additional bump to his resume. With Ron Rivera dealing with cancer, at the very least, he will likely be taking on some of the Head Coach duties to take some of the load off Rivera.

Yeah. I coulda been somebody.

I coulda been the champ.

But...

... Ok I just sucked.

Those 2 or more syllable words just killed me.

The fact that Andy Reid calls the plays on offense is why EB has been passed over. He’s an Offensive Coordinator who doesn’t actually coordinate the offense. Maybe he can this new gig will give him a chance to prove it or not.

These are great stats! Did you do learning in college? You could have gone pro.

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I am curious as to why. I know race plays a big role, especially with such limited jobs. However, DeMeco Ryan was just hired by Houston.

He has been passed over for head coaching jobs despite what appears to be all of the qualifications. The newest leading theory is that anything he does is overshadowed by having an all-time great head coach above him, and an all-time great QB running his offense. The old theory was that he doesn't interview well.

This, of course, doesn't apply to his notably white counterparts; Charlie Weiss, Bill O'Brien, and Josh McDaniels who got many head coaching opportunities after being OC under all-time great coach Bill Belichick with all-time great QB Tom Brady. Even his Eagles counterpart that he just defeated in the Super Bowl received a head coaching job.

To escape these "shadows" he is attempting to show his skill in a lesser opportunity in hopes of showing that he is legit.

On the outside looking in, the whole thing looks and smells fishy. NFL owners have a racist, bigoted, ugly, good old boys network and they are historically bad at picking new head coaches. Something is keeping Bieniemy from getting a head coaching opportunity, and it isn't his resumé.

golf is not a sport.

I was wondering the same thing… not sure how much of a pay bump adding Assistant Head Coach is, or what additional resume booster that adds, but unless you are getting a head coach job, why not stick to winning Super Bowls

Apparently because he’s not actually calling plays, Reid is.

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Pardon my stupidity, but why would he leave a good thing in KC for the shitstorm in DC?

Cant be any worse that they were before

They’ll probably pull some strings for him to get in.

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Underrated af comment.

Salty eagles fans feed my soul