Eagles Planning To Extend HC Nick Sirianni

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie is planning to sign Nick Sirianni to a contract extension following the team’s victory in Super Bowl LIX, their second championship appearance in Sirianni’s four years as head coach.

“Nick is going to be our coach,” said Lurie at league meetings in Florida this week (via ESPN’s Tim McManus). “We don’t talk publicly [about contracts], we never have, but you guys I’m sure will find out soon enough that Nick will be our coach going forward. He has done an outstanding job.”

Before coming to Philadelphia, Sirianni was the offensive coordinator in Indianapolis, where the Colts cycled through three quarterbacks in three years and weathered a series of injuries. He was hired in 2021 to succeed Doug Pederson, who led the Eagles to a championship in 2017 before back-to-back first-round exits in the playoffs and a 4-11-1 record in 2020.

Sirianni’s hire led to broad changes to the Eagles’ roster and coaching staff. He hired Shane Steichen and Jonathan Gannon to run the offense and defense, respectively, and quarterback Carson Wentz was shipped off to Indianapolis in favor of Jalen Hurts. Those two coaches, along with Hurts, were major factors in Philadelphia’s Super Bowl run in 2022, which also featured Sirianni’s ‘tush push’ quarterback sneak and an award for Coach of the Year.

Sirianni lost both of Steichen and Gannon to head coaching jobs during the 2023 offseason, leading to regression on both sides of the ball during the season under new coordinators Brian Johnson and Sean Desai. The Eagles lost five of their last six regular season games before a first-round playoff loss to the Buccaneers, and Sirianni replaced Johnson and Desai with Kellen Moore and Vic Fangio for the 2024 season.

After a 2-2 start, Sirianni’s Eagles ripped off 10 straight wins and continued their momentum throughout the playoffs. Philadelphia won three of their four postseason matchups by at least two possessions, including a 40-22 Super Bowl rout to deny the Chiefs’ bid for a three-peat. He is now entering the final year of his contract and will likely be one of the league’s highest-paid head coaches on his next deal.