Commanders Officially Announce Hire of Eric Bieniemy

The longtime Chiefs offensive coordinator is a two-time Super Bowl champion.

The Commanders are hiring Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy as their offensive coordinator and assistant head coach, the team announced Saturday morning in a release. The announcement followed Friday reports that Washington and Bieniemy were finalizing a deal.

Bieniemy, 53, has served as Kansas City’s offensive coordinator since 2018. With the Chiefs, Bieniemy won two Super Bowl championships in 2019 and ’22, and helped shape quarterback Patrick Mahomes into one of the best players in the NFL.

Despite his success with Kansas City, Bieniemy has been repeatedly passed over for head coaching jobs—NFL.com’s Eric Edholm wrote Tuesday that Bieniemy "is believed to have interviewed for 12 head coaching vacancies over the past five years since taking his current post."

Bieniemy will replace Scott Turner as the Commanders' offensive coordinator. In three years under Turner, Washington never finished higher than 23rd and 20th in scoring and total offense, respectively.