New on SI: Why the Andy Reid Coaching Tree Has Been So Successful

If you ask Andy Reid’s former assistants about why the Chiefs head coach is so good, they’ll say many of the same things: He’s a people person, he’s straightforward, he tells it like it is, he’s willing to explain things, he trusts his staff. Given that 10 of his former assistants have earned head coaching jobs (seven of the 10 are currently head coaches), he must be doing something right—and more than just giving them all the right reading material.