Travis Kelce praises offensive coordinator's reported Chiefs return

Travis Kelce has not revealed whether helium volition play adjacent season, but helium did uncover his excitement for the Kansas City Chiefs’ reported violative coordinator hire.

The Chiefs re-hired Eric Bieniemy arsenic their violative coordinator for his 2nd stint with the team, according to aggregate reports, and Kelce was fired up astir it. 

Bieniemy was the Chiefs’ moving backs manager from 2013-17, and the team’s violative coordinator from 2018-22. The 56-year-old manager spent past play with the Chicago Bears arsenic their moving backs coach.

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Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) warms up anterior to the crippled against the Dallas Cowboys astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, connected Nov. 27, 2025. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)

"I deliberation it's great, I deliberation it's a matrimony is going to prime up close wherever it near off. EB and who helium is arsenic a arsenic a coach, you tin spot benignant of his property and what helium brings to the array successful that Chicago team, I cognize Ben Johnson has his ain mentation of that, he's a precise pugnacious guy, and what helium did successful Detroit helium brought implicit arsenic well, and you tin spot those moving backs implicit Chicago and their assemblage of enactment was decidedly an Eric Bienemy benignant of football, man," Kelce said during a caller occurrence of "New Heights."

Bieniemy near the Chiefs aft 2022 and spent 1 play arsenic the Washington Commanders' adjunct caput manager and violative coordinator successful 2023. After 1 play with the Commanders, Bieniemy went to UCLA for a season, wherever helium was besides the adjunct caput manager and violative coordinator, earlier returning to the NFL with the Bears.

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Travis Kelce (87) of the Kansas City Chiefs greeted erstwhile Chiefs violative coordinator Eric Bieniemy, right, present the moving backs manager for the Chicago Bears, alongside Andy Reid, caput manager of the Kansas City Chiefs, left, anterior to the NFL preseason crippled betwixt the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City, Missouri, connected Aug. 22, 2025. (David Eulitt/Getty Images)

The Bears had a beardown rushing attack, led by D'Andre Swift and rookie Kyle Monangai. In 16 games, Swift had 1,087 rushing yards with 9 touchdowns portion Monangai had 783 rushing yards with 5 touchdowns successful 17 games.

Kelce, who had immoderate of the champion seasons of his vocation with Bieniemy arsenic violative coordinator, is excited to spot him backmost successful the building.

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Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce pauses earlier the commencement of an NFL shot crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders successful Las Vegas, connected Jan. 4, 2026. (David Becker/AP Photo)

"I can't hold to spot him backmost successful the building, man, he's 1 of he's 1 of my favourite coaches of each time, 1 of my favourite radical of each time," Kelce said. "I’ve had truthful galore unbelievable increasing moments nether him arsenic a player, arsenic a person, and I conscionable emotion the guy, and it's going to beryllium awesome to spot him backmost successful the gathering and spot him backmost wearing the Chiefs logo, baby."

Kelce said astatine the opening of the period aft the Chiefs' play ended that helium would instrumentality immoderate clip distant earlier deciding connected his playing future. If helium decides to instrumentality and stays with the Chiefs, helium volition person 1 of his favourite coaches backmost with him.

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