By Matthew Davis

Fresh off a Super Bowl win, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni has a new contract extension amid an unprecedented start to an NFL coaching career.

Sirianni is the first-ever coach to make the playoffs in all of his first four seasons and appear in two Super Bowls along the way. The Eagles announced Sirianni’s multi-year extension on Monday as he continues to build on the franchise’s second Super Bowl championship.

“As an organization, we have always strived to create a championship culture of sustained success,” Eagles Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement on Monday. “Nothing is more important to fostering such an environment than having tremendous leadership.

“Nick has embodied everything we were looking for in a head coach since we hired him four years ago,” Lurie added. “His authentic style of leadership, football intelligence, passion for the game, and growth mindset have helped to bring out the best in our team. I am excited for what the future holds for the Philadelphia Eagles.”

Sirianni has a 48–20 record overall in four years with the Eagles, which puts him in elite company. He has the second-best four-season start behind late San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert (52–12). Sirianni also has a .706 win percentage, which is fifth-best in NFL history after at least 50 games. Only late former head coaches Guy Chamberlin, George Allen, John Madden, and Vince Lombardi had better marks.

Sirianni became the third coach to reach two Super Bowls in his first four seasons. The others are Joe Gibbs and Mike Tomlin.

Besides the Super Bowls, Sirianni is the second-ever coach to tally six postseason wins in his first four years. Gibbs did that with the then-Washington Redskins in the 1980s.

A Jamestown, New York native, Sirianni took the Eagles job in 2021 after a long stint as an assistant coach since 2004. He first served as a defensive backs coach at NCAA Division III powerhouse Mount Union in Ohio before he began coaching in the NFL during the 2009 season as an offensive quality control coach for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Sirianni worked with the Chiefs until 2012 followed by five seasons with the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers until 2017. He then worked with the Indianapolis Colts between 2018 and 2020 as the offensive coordinator before he took the Eagles job.

When Sirianni joined the Eagles, the team was mired in mediocrity after a 4–11 season and back-to-back 9–7 seasons before that. He got the Eagles back to winning in 2021 with a 9–8 season and a Wild Card game appearance.

In 2022 he led the Eagles to a 14–3 record and the Super Bowl, but they fell short against the Chiefs. In 2023, Philadelphia looked poised to do it again with a 10–1 start, but the team cratered to an 11–6 finish followed by a Wild Card loss.

Sirianni had his doubters going into 2024, even with the addition of running back Saquon Barkley. The Eagles went 14–3 for the second time in three years and won it all with a dominant victory over the Chiefs, with Barkley dominating and quarterback Jalen Hurts winning the Super Bowl MVP.

Sirianni has also grown his own coaching tree as former coordinators have left for head coaching jobs during his time in Philadelphia. That includes former offensive coordinator Shane Steichen, who coaches the Colts, former defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, who leads the Arizona Cardinals, and recent offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, who signed with the New Orleans Saints after the Super Bowl.

Such changes haven’t slowed down the Eagles on the field under Sirianni. Philadelphia has enjoyed both a top-10 defense and a top-10 offense consistently throughout Sirianni’s tenure.