Scott Pioli, one of the architects of the New England Patriots' run as the NFL's best franchise of the decade, will be named the Kansas City Chiefs' new general manager today.
He's been Bill Belichick's right-hand man since they took over the Patriots in 2000. He's also Bill Parcells' son-in-law. He's also a former assistant coach at ... of all places, Murray State.
Pioli was with the Racers in 1990 and 1991, working on Mike Mahoney's staff as an offensive and defensive line coach. He left Murray to join the Cleveland Browns as a scout, thanks to a connection he already had with Belichick. Pioli told Mahoney that the move could put him on a career path that could make him the GM of an NFL team.
Mahoney felt Pioli was squandering a promising coaching career.
Pioli made the move, and the rest, as they say, is history.
“I tried my best to talk him out of it,” Mahoney told the Kansas City Star. “His mind was pretty much made up. That was the path he wanted to go. But there was no doubt: He was starting at the bottom.”
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