Ed Reed is back in coaching as the offensive coordinator at Chamblee High School in the Atlanta area, the program announced Monday.
A Pro and College Football Hall of Famer, Reed has made stops and starts at a coaching career since his 12-year NFL career concluded in 2013.
He was the Buffalo Bills assistant defensive backs coach in 2016, served as Manny Diaz's chief of staff at Miami in 2020-21, and remained on a a senior football advisor under Mario Cristobal in 2022.
He famously spend about a month as Bethune-Cookman's head coach in 2023, only to see that arrangement blow up before it ever really got started.
Hiring notable former NFL players has become en vogue at the FCS level, particularly HBCUs, since Deion Sanders splashed on the scene at Jackson State. Eddie George just took Tennessee State to the FCS playoffs in his fourth year on the job. Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson got jobs last month. Reed himself was in the mix for the Alabama A&M job that ultimately went to former Bengal and Redskin Sam Shade.
We are extremely excited to announce the addition of NFL Hall of Famer Ed Reed @TwentyER as our new Offensive Coordinator.
— Chamblee High School Football (@ChambleeFB) January 13, 2025
Go Dawgs! pic.twitter.com/anjK2F3xe7
Shade, it must be mentioned, paid his dues over 20 years as a coach, starting as a volunteer assistant at the high school level, taking multiple assistant jobs before landing his first head coaching job at Pinson Valley High School in Alabama. He won a conference championship at Division II Miles College this past season.
Perhaps taking this job is a way for Reed to kill time in retirement, or perhaps this is the first step toward Reed making a serious journey through the coaching profession.
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