The Ravens have completed an interview with Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Coordinator Matt Nagy
Here are five things to know about Nagy:
He's learned under the best of the best.
Nagy and Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid have been tied at the hip since Nagy started as a coaching intern in 2008.
The two have had two separate stints in Kansas City together and spent 2008-2012 together with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Nagy was with Reid for 10 years before leaving Kansas City to take the Chicago Bears head coaching job. After being let go by Chicago, Nagy returned to Kansas City, where he went from senior assistant/quarterbacks coach in 2022 to offensive coordinator for the last three seasons.
John Harbaugh was also a Reid disciple and that worked out well for Baltimore.
Reid believes Nagy is more than ready to take the helm of a team for the second time.
"He's experienced an organization," Reid said, per CBS Sports. "He's experienced how you work with an owner, he's experienced how you do the personnel side of it, how you have to work with a GM and how you have to be on the same page, together, with that. And he's had to deal with players and coaches, and everybody has issues. So, there's a human element to it. And he's done all of that and I think he's ready to roll, and get out there, and knock it out again."
He brought playoff football back to Chicago.
While Nagy's tenure with the Bears lasted only four years, it wasn't without success.
Nagy posted a 34-33 record in Chicago and had two playoff appearances. He was an instant hit in his first season in 2018 with a 12-4 record and the Bears' first playoff appearance since 2010.
If it wasn't for a double-doink 43-yard kick, he would've also given Chicago its first playoff win since 2010.
Nagy was named the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year for 2018.
He recently did an autopsy on his Bears tenure.
After receiving just one head coaching interview last year, Nagy did a deep dive this past summer into what exactly went wrong during his time with the Bears, according to CBS Sports.
Working with FOX Sports' Laura Okmin, who does "blind spot" reports for interested coaches, Nagy hopped on a Zoom call and heard unfiltered quotes from 40-some anonymous people whom he interacted with. Nagy was on the call for five hours and had several takeaways on his leadership style, play-calling, and emotional reactions.
Nagy called the sit-down "one of the most profound things in five hours I've ever done in my entire life," and said he feels like he's a better candidate because of it.
"I get emotional about that when I think about it over the years," Nagy said. "It hasn't been easy, but it's been really healthy and good for me. And so when you take the blame off of everybody else and you put the blame on yourself, you're able to be real … which I did on July 12th of this past summer."
His first draft pick as a head coach was Roquan Smith.
One of the Ravens' star players has close ties with Nagy.
Smith was Nagy's first draft selection in Chicago. The Bears selected Smith with the eighth-overall pick in the 2018 draft. Smith excelled in his first year with Nagy, racking up 122 tackles, a career-high five sacks, five passes defensed, and one interception.
"Coach Nagy was ready," Smith said after his rookie season. "He was given his opportunity to lead a team and I could not be more grateful to have him in charge."
Nagy was a quarterback in the Arena Football League.
Nagy was a standout quarterback at Delaware (just like former Raven Joe Flacco), receiving All-America honors as a senior after setting single-season records in attempts (379), yards (3,436), and touchdowns (29).
Nagy then made the jump to the Arena Football League, where he played six seasons for the New York Dragons (2002), Carolina Cobras (2004), Georgia Force (2005-2006), and Columbus Destroyers (2007-2008). Over those six seasons, the Lancaster, Pa., native completed 65.5% of his passes for 18,866 yards and 374 touchdowns.
