(WNY News Now) – Nick Sirianni, head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, will join his father and two brothers in the Chautauqua County Sports Hall of Fame, celebrating a legacy of excellence in coaching.
Four of a kind is an exceptional hand in a game of poker.
Four of a kind is also the story of an exceptional Chautauqua County coaching family as the youngest member joins his father and two older brothers as inductees of the Chautauqua County Sports Hall of Fame.
Nick Sirianni, the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, will be united with his father Fran (2018), and brothers Mike (2022) and Jay (2023), when he enters the Hall of Honor in 2025. Simply stated, the Sirianni’s were born to coach and have built outstanding careers: Fran and Jay at Southwestern Central School, Mike at Washington & Jefferson College, and Nick in the National Football League..
Nick, a 1999 graduate of Southwesten Central, was a three-sport athlete for the Trojans. He was a Post-Journal All-Star in basketball, All-League in football and a sectional qualifier in track.
He followed his older brothers to Mount Union College, 1999-2003, where he was a 1st Team All-Conference receiver. He played on 2 NCAA Division III National Champions and 1 runner-up team for the Purple Raiders under legendary coach Larry Kehres.
He also played one year in the Atlantic Indoor Football League for the Canton Legends in 2005.
Sirianni was hired by Kehres to be the defensive backs coach at Mount Union (2004-2005) and was a coach on the National Championship team of 2005. He next became the
wide receivers coach at Division II Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2008.
A chance meeting at the Lakewood YMCA resulted in newly hired Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd Haley offering a job for Nick to be the Chiefs’ offensive control coach in 2009. After Haley was fired in 2011, new coach Romeo Crennel named Sirianni as wide receivers coach, the only coach from the Haley regime to receive a promotion.
He moved on to the San Diego Chargers in 2013 when head coach Mike McCoy hired him, first as an offensive quality control coach, and then as the quarterbacks coach. McCoy was replaced by Anthony Lynn in in 2016 who put Nick in charge of the wide receivers.
When Chargers offensive coordinator Frank Reich was selected as the head coach in Indianapolis in 2018, he brought Nick to the Colts as his offensive coordinator.
Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeff Lurie and General Manager Howie Roseman tapped Sirianni to be their head coach in 2021. Nick has a winning record in each season since taking over in Philly and his team has made the playoffs each year. In the 2022 season, he led the Birds to a 14-3 record, the National Football Conference Championship and a close loss in Super Bowl LVII.
Sirianni has again led the Eagles to another Super Bowl in 2025.
Nick and his family live in suburban Philadelphia.
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