This makes Fisch the next coach of the Kansas City Chiefs

Jedd Fisch: A Potential Star in the NFL?Jedd Fisch: A Potential Star in the NFL? When Jedd Fisch joined the University of Washington as head football coach, he downplayed questions about his long-term commitment to the program. However, recent speculation suggests that Fisch could soon be headed to the NFL as the successor to Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid. Steve Rivera’s Prediction Steve Rivera, a Tucson sportswriter, believes that Fisch will lead the Chiefs to their third consecutive Super Bowl victory next season and will then replace Reid. Rivera argues that Fisch has the credentials for the job, having worked as a coordinator and assistant coach for 14 seasons in the NFL with eight different franchises. Fisch’s Success with UW For this prediction to materialize, Fisch would need to have a successful first season with the Huskies. This includes beating Michigan and Penn State, reaching the College Football Playoff, and making a deep run in the tournament. Reid’s Future Plans Reid, now 66 years old, may not be ready to retire, especially after the Chiefs’ recent success. However, Rivera believes that an experienced and driven coach like Reid will not wait for a losing season to step down and would prefer to go out on top. Rivera’s Conclusion Rivera concludes that the Hunt family, which owns the Chiefs, will not hesitate to hire Fisch as their next coach if Reid retires. He believes that Fisch has the potential to be a successful head coach in the NFL, just as he was for 14 seasons in the college ranks. Disclaimer It is important to note that this is speculation, and there is no indication that a move to the NFL is imminent for Fisch. However, the speculation highlights the high regard in which he is held and the potential for his career to reach even greater heights.

When Jedd Fisch was hired as coach of the University of Washington football team, he was asked if he could guarantee a long-term stay in Montlake, especially since his predecessor, Kalen DeBoer, had only been on the job for two seasons.

Fisch himself had only spent three seasons with Arizona, after suggesting his time in Tucson would last longer.

The coach had learned his lesson about over-the-top exclamations in the desert, but deftly dodged the question during his press conference by saying he came to the UW to win.

While Fisch has been intentionally vague about his future prospects — with the obvious implication that he would listen to offers if, like DeBoer, he were to make a big breakthrough with the Huskies — Steve Rivera, a jovial Tucson sportswriter who works as a laptop-wielding football fortune-teller, recently offered an interesting glimpse into the coach’s near future.

Rivera’s football vision is this: He’ll let Andy Reid retire from the Kansas City Chiefs after they win their third consecutive Super Bowl next season and immediately hire Fisch as his replacement for the iconic NFL franchise in middle America.

Well now.

All good things must come to an end, and in Kansas City, that could happen sooner than you think.

Washington Huskies head coach Jedd Fisch has all the credentials to coach in the NFL.

Andy Reid has all the credentials for the HOF and retirement.

Fish is their man. https://t.co/5XwqSTYqdX

— Steve Rivera (@IAmSteveRivera) June 27, 2024

If that were to happen, Fisch would be the first Husky football coach to leave town after just one season on the job since Darrell Royal led the UW to a 5-5 record in 1956 after the program recovered from a slush fund scandal that tore apart the long-established Pacific Coast Conference.

Rivera believes Fisch is a worthy successor to Reid, having previously coached in the NFL for 14 seasons with eight different franchises, and he appears to have made the transition from coordinator and assistant coach to validated head coach smoothly.

Rivera writes in his recent football daydream for The Wright Way Network: “Fisch is a coach’s coach. He’s seen the highs and lows from California to New England in the college and NFL ranks. Andy Reid gets it. Jedd Fisch gets it.”

For all of this to happen, Reid (66) will have to come to the conclusion that he’s done more than enough in the NFL and that it’s time to relax. In reality, though, he may be far from satisfied with what he’s done with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Of course, Fisch would have to have a good season with the Huskies in their first season in the Big Ten Conference, possibly beating Michigan and Penn State, the two strongest teams on the schedule this fall. He would also have to put his guys in the first 12-team College Football Playoff, where they could beat Alabama and DeBoer before being eliminated.

OK, all of this stuff is our own making, rather than Rivera’s, but the point is that a major leap forward from Fisch as overseer of the UW football program won’t go unnoticed and likely unrewarded elsewhere.

Rivera concludes that an experienced and driven coach like Reid won’t wait for a losing season to put his feet up and wait to be invited to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but prefers to come out on top.

“Reid won’t wait. Neither will the Hunt family, and Washington Huskies coach Jedd Fisch will be their man.”

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