Matt Nagy

Matt Nagy

Kansas City Chiefs
Position:	Quarterback Quarterbacks Coach
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1978-04-24) April 24, 1978
Place of birth:	Piscataway, New Jersey
Height:
Weight:
Career information
College:	Delaware
Undrafted:	2002
Career history
As player:
New York Dragons (2002) Carolina Cobras (2004) Georgia Force (2005–2006) Columbus Destroyers (2007–2008) Philadelphia Eagles (2009)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
Philadelphia Eagles (2008-2009) (coaching intern) Philadelphia Eagles (2010) (coaches assistant) Philadelphia Eagles (2011−2013) (offensive quality control coach) Kansas City Chiefs (2013-present) (quarterbacks coach)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-ECAC (2001) First-team All-A-10 (2001) Third-team I-AA All-American (2001) Second Team All-Arena (2005)
Career Arena statistics
TD-INT: 374-55 Passing yards: 18,866 QB Rating: 115.11
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Matt Nagy (born April 24, 1978) is a former gridiron football quarterback in the Arena Football League. He played for the New York Dragons, Carolina Cobras, Georgia Force and Columbus Destroyers in his six season career. He was signed by the Dragons as a street free agent in 2002. He played college football at Delaware. He is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs under Andy Reid.

Playing career

Early years

Nagy played high school football for Pennsylvania powerhouse Manheim Central.

College

Nagy played college football for the University of Delaware.

Professional career

New York Dragons

Nagy played for the New York Dragons in 2002.

Carolina Cobras

Nagy played for the Carolina Cobras in 2004.

Georgia Force

Nagy replacing injured quarterback Jim Kubiak early in the 2005 season and led the Georgia Force to ArenaBowl XIX.

Columbus Destroyers

Nagy was traded to Columbus during the 2006 offseason, and played in two seasons with the team before the AFL folded in 2009. In 2007, Nagy led the Destroyers to ArenaBowl XXI, but lost in the championship game to the San Jose SaberCats.

Career statistics

Year	Comp	Att	Comp%	Yds	TD	INT	Rating
2002	105	178	59	1242	27	5	106.5
2004	237	348	68.1	2371	47	6	113.8
2005	260	378	68.8	3003	66	10	121
2006	372	527	70.6	4265	85	11	125.5
2007	339	545	62.2	3545	75	15	103.9
2008	358	576	62.2	4440	74	8	112.33
Career Statistics	1671	2552	65.5	18866	374	55	115.11

Coaching career

High school

During the 2002 and 2003 high school football seasons, Nagy spent time at Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania as the quarterbacks coach, as well as serving as the Junior Varsity Offensive Head Coach. While at CCHS, Nagy introduced many plays from his college days at Delaware. Former Juniata College All-American Ray "Shady" Shelley served as the wide receiver coach. Shelley is currently the wide receiver coach for the Warwick (PA) Pop Warner B-Team.

Nagy was also an assistant coach at Manheim Central High School.

From 2008–2009, Nagy was the offensive coordinator for the Palmyra Cougars of Palmyra Area High School in Palmyra, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia Eagles

Nagy was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles on August 10, 2009 after an injury to backup quarterback Kevin Kolb. Nagy had been working for the Eagles as a coaching intern prior to his signing. The NFL disapproved his contract the following day. Philadelphia disclosed at a press conference that they would not pursue a re-signing of Nagy, but that he would continue to be a coaching intern for the team. He was promoted to coaches assistant on February 9, 2010. He was promoted to offensive quality control coach on March 2, 2011.

Kansas City Chiefs

On January 11, 2013, Nagy became the quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. He has served under head coach Andy Reid, under whom he previously worked as the quality control coach for the Philadelphia Eagles.

External links

• Arena Football bio
• Philadelphia Eagles bio