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Eric Bieniemy
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- Associate Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator
Eric Bieniemy completed his first year as associate head coach and offensive coordinator in his return to UCLA in 2024. Bieniemy previously served as the Bruins’ running backs coach for three years from 2003-05, adding the title of recruiting coordinator in 2005 before embarking on a successful professional coaching career.
Bieniemy captained a UCLA offense that produced solid play from its quarterbacks in 2024. Starter Ethan Garbers threw for 2,727 yards and 16 touchdowns while taking home UCLA's first-ever Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year honor following his 383-yard, five-TD performance at Rutgers on Oct. 19. Backup Justyn Martin also stood out with a 22-for-30, 167-yard outing on the road at nationally-ranked Penn State when called into duty due to an injury to Garbers. At the end of the season, Garbers ranked top-five in the Big Ten Conference in completions per game (21.3, fourth), passing yards per game (247.9, fifth), and total offense per game (260.3, fourth). Overall, UCLA ranked No. 48 nationally, and No. 8 in the Big Ten, in passing offense at 242.2 yards per game.
Seven different UCLA receivers topped 200 yards in 2024, led by tight end Moliki Matavao who took a team-high 41 receptions for 506 yards. Wide receiver Kwazi Gilmer also had a breakout debut campaign, totaling 345 yards and 31 catches, both leading his position group. Gilmer received the Bruins’ first Big Ten Freshman of the Week award after recording a team-high 88 receiving yards on three catches and a touchdown in a win at Nebraska on Nov. 2. The Bruins utilized its backfield heavily in the passing game as running backs T.J. Harden and Keegan Jones recorded 368 receiving yards (second on the team) and 201 yards, respectively.
Bieniemy, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019 and 2022, has 24 years of coaching experience on the collegiate and professional levels, including 16 of the past 19 in the NFL. Bieniemy has reached the pinnacle on both levels, winning two Super Bowls and appearing in three total as a coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, playing in another as a member of the San Diego Chargers and starring for the University of Colorado in its run to a national championship.
Bieniemy most recently served as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders in 2023. Across the five previous seasons, he guided some of the most prolific offenses in league history while a member of the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City captured the Super Bowl LVII and LIV championships and reached Super Bowl LV during his tenure.
The 2022 Chiefs led the NFL in total yards per game (413.6), passing yards (5,062), scrimmage touchdowns (59) and points per game (29.2) en route to their franchise's third Super Bowl title and second in four years. For the 2021 and 2020 campaigns, Kansas City ranked third or better in first downs (first both years), total yards per game (first in 2020) and yards after catch (first both years) while averaging 28.2 and 29.6 points per game, respectively. The Chiefs finished atop the AFC West each year Bieniemy sat in the offensive coordinator's chair.
The 2019 Super Bowl champions logged top-10 finishes in total yards per game (379.2, sixth), passing yards per game (281.1, fifth), yards per play (6.22, second) and points per game (28.2, fifth). That came on the heels of a 2018 season in which Kansas City scored the third-most points ever, with 565. Patrick Mahomes became just the second quarterback in league history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns, joining Peyton Manning.
The five years prior saw Bieniemy coach the Chiefs running backs. He held the same position for the Minnesota Vikings from 2006-2010. Among his star pupils were Kareem Hunt, Jamaal Charles, Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor. Hunt totaled an NFL-high 1,327 rushing yards in 2017, while Charles scored a league-leading 19 total touchdowns in 2013. Taylor piled up 1,216 yards on the ground in 2006, while Peterson eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark each of the next four years. Peterson paced NFL ball carriers with 1,760 rushing yards in 2008. He was presented the Bert Bell Award as the league's best player.
Bieniemy coached Maurice Jones-Drew who registered one of the finest three-year stretches by a Bruin running back, posting 1,007 rushing yards on 6.3 yards per carry in 2004 and receiving All-America acclaim as a kick returner in 2005. Jones-Drew set the single-game school record with 322 rushing yards at Washington in 2004.
Bieniemy got his start in college coaching at his alma mater, Colorado, as running backs coach in 2001. He had a two-year stint in that role, with the Buffaloes registering a top-10 finish in rushing each year, and later returned to CU for two more years (2011, 2012) as offensive coordinator. Bieniemy was an assistant coach at Denver's Thomas Jefferson High School in 2000.
A 2010 inductee into the CU Athletic Hall of Fame, Bieniemy completed his collegiate career as the program's all-time leader in rushing yards (3,940), carries (699), all-purpose yards (4,351) and scoring (254 points). In 1990, he was tabbed a unanimous All-America pick and Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year while finishing third in Heisman Trophy voting for the Buffaloes, who earned the AP national championship with a record of 11-1-1. Bieniemy went on to be selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers. His nine-year professional career also included stops in Cincinnati (1995-98) and Philadelphia (1999). Over the course of his 142-game NFL career, Bieniemy rushed for 1.589 yards and 11 touchdowns while catching 146 passes for 1,223 yards. He appeared in Super Bowl XXIX with San Diego.
At Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, Calif., the former Los Angeles-area standout Bieniemy rushed for 2,002 yards and 30 touchdowns as a senior, collecting All-America recognition.
Bieniemy and his wife, Mia, have two sons, Eric III and Elijah.
BIENIEMY’S COACHING EXPERIENCE
2001-02 – Running Backs Coach, Colorado
2003-05 – Running Backs Coach, UCLA
2005 – Recruiting Coordinator, UCLA
2006-10 – Running Backs Coach, Minnesota Vikings
2011-12 – Offensive Coordinator, Colorado
2013-17 – Running Backs Coach, Kansas City Chiefs
2018-22 – Offensive Coordinator, Kansas City Chiefs
2023 – Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator, Washington Commanders
2024 – Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator, UCLA
Bieniemy captained a UCLA offense that produced solid play from its quarterbacks in 2024. Starter Ethan Garbers threw for 2,727 yards and 16 touchdowns while taking home UCLA's first-ever Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year honor following his 383-yard, five-TD performance at Rutgers on Oct. 19. Backup Justyn Martin also stood out with a 22-for-30, 167-yard outing on the road at nationally-ranked Penn State when called into duty due to an injury to Garbers. At the end of the season, Garbers ranked top-five in the Big Ten Conference in completions per game (21.3, fourth), passing yards per game (247.9, fifth), and total offense per game (260.3, fourth). Overall, UCLA ranked No. 48 nationally, and No. 8 in the Big Ten, in passing offense at 242.2 yards per game.
Seven different UCLA receivers topped 200 yards in 2024, led by tight end Moliki Matavao who took a team-high 41 receptions for 506 yards. Wide receiver Kwazi Gilmer also had a breakout debut campaign, totaling 345 yards and 31 catches, both leading his position group. Gilmer received the Bruins’ first Big Ten Freshman of the Week award after recording a team-high 88 receiving yards on three catches and a touchdown in a win at Nebraska on Nov. 2. The Bruins utilized its backfield heavily in the passing game as running backs T.J. Harden and Keegan Jones recorded 368 receiving yards (second on the team) and 201 yards, respectively.
Bieniemy, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019 and 2022, has 24 years of coaching experience on the collegiate and professional levels, including 16 of the past 19 in the NFL. Bieniemy has reached the pinnacle on both levels, winning two Super Bowls and appearing in three total as a coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, playing in another as a member of the San Diego Chargers and starring for the University of Colorado in its run to a national championship.
Bieniemy most recently served as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders in 2023. Across the five previous seasons, he guided some of the most prolific offenses in league history while a member of the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City captured the Super Bowl LVII and LIV championships and reached Super Bowl LV during his tenure.
The 2022 Chiefs led the NFL in total yards per game (413.6), passing yards (5,062), scrimmage touchdowns (59) and points per game (29.2) en route to their franchise's third Super Bowl title and second in four years. For the 2021 and 2020 campaigns, Kansas City ranked third or better in first downs (first both years), total yards per game (first in 2020) and yards after catch (first both years) while averaging 28.2 and 29.6 points per game, respectively. The Chiefs finished atop the AFC West each year Bieniemy sat in the offensive coordinator's chair.
The 2019 Super Bowl champions logged top-10 finishes in total yards per game (379.2, sixth), passing yards per game (281.1, fifth), yards per play (6.22, second) and points per game (28.2, fifth). That came on the heels of a 2018 season in which Kansas City scored the third-most points ever, with 565. Patrick Mahomes became just the second quarterback in league history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns, joining Peyton Manning.
The five years prior saw Bieniemy coach the Chiefs running backs. He held the same position for the Minnesota Vikings from 2006-2010. Among his star pupils were Kareem Hunt, Jamaal Charles, Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor. Hunt totaled an NFL-high 1,327 rushing yards in 2017, while Charles scored a league-leading 19 total touchdowns in 2013. Taylor piled up 1,216 yards on the ground in 2006, while Peterson eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark each of the next four years. Peterson paced NFL ball carriers with 1,760 rushing yards in 2008. He was presented the Bert Bell Award as the league's best player.
Bieniemy coached Maurice Jones-Drew who registered one of the finest three-year stretches by a Bruin running back, posting 1,007 rushing yards on 6.3 yards per carry in 2004 and receiving All-America acclaim as a kick returner in 2005. Jones-Drew set the single-game school record with 322 rushing yards at Washington in 2004.
Bieniemy got his start in college coaching at his alma mater, Colorado, as running backs coach in 2001. He had a two-year stint in that role, with the Buffaloes registering a top-10 finish in rushing each year, and later returned to CU for two more years (2011, 2012) as offensive coordinator. Bieniemy was an assistant coach at Denver's Thomas Jefferson High School in 2000.
A 2010 inductee into the CU Athletic Hall of Fame, Bieniemy completed his collegiate career as the program's all-time leader in rushing yards (3,940), carries (699), all-purpose yards (4,351) and scoring (254 points). In 1990, he was tabbed a unanimous All-America pick and Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year while finishing third in Heisman Trophy voting for the Buffaloes, who earned the AP national championship with a record of 11-1-1. Bieniemy went on to be selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers. His nine-year professional career also included stops in Cincinnati (1995-98) and Philadelphia (1999). Over the course of his 142-game NFL career, Bieniemy rushed for 1.589 yards and 11 touchdowns while catching 146 passes for 1,223 yards. He appeared in Super Bowl XXIX with San Diego.
At Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, Calif., the former Los Angeles-area standout Bieniemy rushed for 2,002 yards and 30 touchdowns as a senior, collecting All-America recognition.
Bieniemy and his wife, Mia, have two sons, Eric III and Elijah.
BIENIEMY’S COACHING EXPERIENCE
2001-02 – Running Backs Coach, Colorado
2003-05 – Running Backs Coach, UCLA
2005 – Recruiting Coordinator, UCLA
2006-10 – Running Backs Coach, Minnesota Vikings
2011-12 – Offensive Coordinator, Colorado
2013-17 – Running Backs Coach, Kansas City Chiefs
2018-22 – Offensive Coordinator, Kansas City Chiefs
2023 – Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator, Washington Commanders
2024 – Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator, UCLA
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