Kansas City Chiefs’ Offensive line coach, Bill Muir retires – NFL News Update
Offensive line coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, Bill Muir has decided to retire this season.
News about Bill’s retirement was circulating in the National Football League (NFL) and they have now been officially confirmed by the Chiefs team.
Bill joined the Chiefs in 2009 and served as an assistant coach under the staff of the then head coach Todd Haley.
Following the Chiefs losses this season that increased the chances of Chiefs elimination from the playoffs, Haley was fired and Romeo Crennel was hurled in as the new interim coach.
Though Crennel failed to lead the Chiefs to the playoffs, yet a 2-1 performance saw him inducted as the new head coach.
There are reports that Bill would not have stayed on in the team even if he wanted to, however the 69-year-old coach said that the team still wanted to retain him but he decided to leave because he wanted to do other things.
Bill said that it was a personal decision to retire and was not influenced by what was going on in the team.
Bill said according to the statement released by the Chiefs:
"It has been an honour to be a part of this great league for so long. Over the years I've made a lot of great friends and worked with many talented players and coaches. This was a personal decision for me, the timing was right.
The Chiefs are in great hands with Romeo and Scott and I wish them nothing but the best."
The former Chiefs coach had been undergoing a lot of criticism recently for a failing performance by the team on the offensive front.
However, the Chiefs' general manager, Scott Pioli did not indicate any disapproval in this regard, saying that he had “tremendous” amount of respect for the coach who had developed some very good football players in the team.
Pioli said that Bill’s contributions to the team were appreciative and he would be missed.
Coach Crennel was no different, saying that he knew the coach for a very long time and was one of the “finest” coaches he had known and added that it was a “privilege” working with him.
The former NFL coach started his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1978 and stayed them for three seasons in his first stint with the team. He returned to the team more than 20 years later and helped them win the Super Bowl.
He also worked as a defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions and the New England Patriots. He served the New York Jets as the offensive line coach for seven seasons.
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