Nick Sirianni is in his fourth season as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles with a combined 34-17 (.667) record, marking the most victories by a head coach in their first three years with the team as well as the highest winning percentage by a head coach in franchise history.
The product of a family of football coaches and educators, Sirianni developed a curriculum for building a winning culture that is grounded in five core values – connect, compete, accountability, football IQ, and fundamentals. Through these principles, he has led Philadelphia to three consecutive postseason berths, including a record-breaking 2022 campaign that resulted in a Super Bowl LVII appearance. One of four head coaches in Eagles history to advance to a Super Bowl, Sirianni is the team's only head coach to make the playoffs in each of their first three seasons.
Sirianni has guided Philadelphia to the fifth-best winning percentage in the league since he was hired during the 2021 offseason. In that span, the Eagles are first in red zone offense (46.6 pct.), third in rushing offense (145.4 ypg) and third-down offense (46.6 pct.), fourth in scoring offense (26.6 ppg), and fifth in total offense (367.8 ypg). In addition, Philadelphia's defense has registered the third-most sacks (142) over the last three years. During Sirianni's Eagles tenure, 12 players have earned a combined 21 Pro Bowl nods, along with seven players collecting 12 All-Pro honors.
In 2023, Sirianni directed the Eagles to an 11-6 record and a playoff bid, signaling the first time the team captured 11-plus wins in back-to-back seasons since 2003-04. Philadelphia ranked among the top 10 in scoring (seventh, 25.5 ppg), total yards (eighth, 354.4 ypg), rushing yards (eighth, 128.8 ypg), third-down conversions (third, team-record 48.0 pct.), and red zone touchdown efficiency (ninth, 60.0 pct.). Jalen Hurts established franchise records in both total yards (4,463) and total touchdowns (38) while also tying for the most rushing scores (15) by a quarterback in NFL history. A.J. Brown finished with the most catches (106) ever by an Eagles wide receiver and set an NFL record with six straight games of at least 125 receiving yards.
In navigating Philadelphia to its fourth all-time trip to the Super Bowl in 2022, Sirianni became the youngest Eagles head coach to reach the game's biggest stage. He also became the fourth NFL head coach to produce a 14-win campaign within their first two years at the helm. Furthermore, only two head coaches in NFL history have added five-or-more wins to their team's record in consecutive seasons – Sirianni and Bill Walsh (1983-84).
Under Sirianni's guidance in 2022, Philadelphia cemented a number of other single-season team records, including points (477), total touchdowns (59), scrimmage touchdowns (57), rushing touchdowns (32, tied for fourth in NFL history), first downs (385), red zone touchdown efficiency (67.8 pct.), as well as defensive sacks (70, tied for third in NFL history). The Eagles also finished among the top three teams in both total offense (third, 389.1 ypg) and defense (second, 301.5 ypg) for the first time since the 1970 merger.
Sirianni helped many players accomplish prominent showings in 2022, including Hurts, who finished as the Associated Press NFL MVP runner-up after tying a then-team record with 35 total touchdowns and logging a career-high 101.5 passer rating, and Brown, who broke a 38-year franchise record with 1,496 receiving yards. Philadelphia also became the first club to feature four different players with 10-plus sacks in the same year.
Following the 2022 season, two of Sirianni's top lieutenants were hired to head coaching positions – defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon (Cardinals) and offensive coordinator Shane Steichen (Colts), who was voted a finalist for the AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year award.
In 2021, Sirianni's debut season as a head coach elicited a 9-8 record and postseason appearance, with the Eagles capturing seven of the last 10 regular-season games to clinch a spot in the playoffs. In total, Philadelphia rushed for a team-record 2,715 yards and allowed only 16 giveaways, which marked the franchise's fewest in a season in over 30 years. The Eagles had the second-most defensive touchdowns (five) in the league as well.
Prior to arriving in Philadelphia, Sirianni spent three years (2018-20) as the Indianapolis Colts' offensive coordinator. In that span, the Colts ranked sixth in third-down conversion rate (43.4 pct.), seventh in red zone touchdown efficiency (63.9 pct.), and eighth in points per game (25.9). Indianapolis also surrendered the second-fewest sacks (71) in the league.
Five offensive players received Pro Bowl recognition during Sirianni's time with the Colts, including Quenton Nelson (2019-21), Ryan Kelly (2020-21), Jack Doyle (2019), Eric Ebron (2018), and Andrew Luck (2018), who was named AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year after finishing second in touchdown passes (39) in 2018. Moreover, Nelson was first-team All-Pro all three seasons, while Kelly was a second-team All-Pro selection in 2020.
Before he joined Indianapolis, Sirianni was a member of the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers' staff for five years (2013-17), including two seasons as the wide receivers coach (2016-17). In 2017, he assisted the top-ranked passing offense (276.9 ypg), which featured a career year from Keenan Allen, who was selected as the AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year after ranking third in receiving yards (career-high 1,393) that season.
From 2014-15, Sirianni coached the Chargers' quarterbacks and helped Philip Rivers earn consecutive Pro Bowls while averaging 30 passing touchdowns per season. In 2015, Rivers led the league with a team-record 437 completions for a career-high 4,792 yards (second in the NFL and 10 yards shy of the club record). In 2013, when Sirianni originally joined the Chargers as an offensive quality control coach, Rivers threw for 4,478 yards and 32 touchdowns and recorded a career-high 69.5 completion percentage (378-of-544) en route to AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year honors.
Sirianni began his NFL coaching career with the Kansas City Chiefs, serving as the wide receivers coach (2012) and offensive quality control coach (2009-11). He also worked with the Chiefs' quarterbacks in 2010 and helped Matt Cassel earn his first career Pro Bowl after totaling 3,116 passing yards, 27 touchdowns and a career-high 93.0 passer rating.
Before the NFL, Sirianni spent five years at the collegiate level as the wide receivers coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2006-08) and defensive backs coach at Mount Union (2004-05), his alma mater, helping the Purple Raiders capture a national title during the 2005 season.
A native of Jamestown, NY, Sirianni was a three-year starter at wide receiver at Mount Union, winning three NCAA Division III National Championships (2000-02) and earning All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors as a senior after catching a career-high 13 touchdowns. He also played one year in the Atlantic Indoor Football League with the Canton Legends in 2005.
Sirianni's brother, Mike, is the head coach at Washington & Jefferson College. His winning percentage of .808 (185-44) is the best in school history and currently ranks fourth-best among all NCAA football coaches with at least 10 years of experience. His brother, Jay, is a former head coach at their alma mater, Southwestern Central High School (Jamestown, NY), where their father, Fran, also spent nine years in the same position and served as the school's head track coach for 46 seasons. Under Jay, Southwestern Central won New York state titles in 2008 and 2009.
Sirianni and his wife, Brett, have two sons, Jacob and Miles, and one daughter, Taylor.
