Pretty much every successful NFL team starts with a good coach. It should come as no surprise that Bill Belichick has won about a million Super Bowls (6 as a head coach, to be exact), Andy Reid has won 2 of the last 4 and Bruce Arians secured his first in February of 2021.
Interestingly, Reid has earned NFL Coach of the Year honors only once – and none in the last 20 years. However, he has been named the best coach by the Sporting News on 3 occasions. The last 5 AP Coach of the Year winners are Matt Nagy (2018, when Reid was tapped by the Sporting News), John Harbaugh, Kevin Stefanski, Mike Vrabel and Brian Daboll.
Keep in mind that this particular market especially is not easy to nail. You never know how the voters are going to make their selections. Case in point: in our 2022 Coach of the Year predictions we had Nick Sirianni at +2000 and Andy Reid at +4000. Sirianni took Philadelphia to the Super Bowl and Reid won the Super Bowl with Kansas City despite missing one his top wide receivers…and only one of them was even nominated!
Alas, here'are the odds and my best bets for 2023 NFL Coach of the Year -'and also check out my picks for Defensive Player of the Year.