Kansas City's Andy Reid Joins Coaching Legends George Halas And Paul Brown

The ever-present red hat and red windbreaker "fit" - as the kids would say - of Kansas City Chiefs' head coach Andy Reid has become an almost iconic fashion statement in his 14 seasons of leading the franchise.

But maybe it's time to wonder what he might look like in a suit-and-tie ensemble topped off by a fedora.

That's because on Sunday, when the Chiefs finished off a 22-6 defeat of the Los Angeles Chargers for their fifth win of the season against zero defeats, Reid became the third coach in NFL history to have at least six of his teams start 5-0.

The other two? Legendary NFL head coaches George Halas and Paul Brown, who were famous for patrolling the sidelines while outfitted in a suit and hat.

This season's 5-0 start is Reid's fifth as head man in Kansas City, while his 2004 Philadelphia Eagles' team also fashioned a 5-0 beginning to the season.

For the record, Halas had 10 5-0 starts during his 40 seasons of coaching the Chicago Bears while Brown had a total of six 5-0 starts, same as Reid has now, in 25 years of coaching the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals.

Truth be told, Reid has a lot more in common with Halas and Brown than that somewhat esoteric record regarding 5-0 starts. In fact, he has every right to be described as a coaching legend himself. 

After Sunday's win, Reid now has 284 regular-season victories in what is his 28th season as an NFL head coach. That is fourth all-time behind Don Shula (328 regular-season wins), Halas (318) and Bill Belichick (302), and ahead of Brown, who stands seventh with 213 with Curly Lambeau (226) and Tom Landry (250) falling between him and Reid.

Reid also stands second in all-time playoff wins with 28, three behind Belichick's 31. Add all those "Ws" together and Reid's combined win total is 312, behind only Shula (347), Belichick (333) and Halas (324). That means continued regular-season success and a deep playoff run by the Chiefs could move Reid ahead of Halas in combined wins, and a Super Bowl LXI win could move him ahead of Belichick in playoff wins if the Chiefs have to play a wild-card game.

All of which has to be very satisfying for Reid, especially after 2025's uncharacteristic 6-11 finish that even had some people wondering if it might be time for him to consider retirement.

No such worries now as the Chiefs have raced to their undefeated start, though they do face tests in the next two weeks, Sunday night's trip to meet the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks (7:20 p.m. CT on NBC) that is followed by a Nov. 1 game at the Denver Broncos.