Eric Bieniemy played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes and is their all-time leader in rushing yards and touchdowns.
32 Facts About Eric Bieniemy
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Eric Bieniemy was named a unanimous All-American and finished third in Heisman Trophy voting during their national championship season in 1990.
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Eric Bieniemy was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft, later playing for the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles primarily as a special teamer before returning to Colorado in the early 2000s to finish his degree.
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Eric Bieniemy was Colorado's OC for two seasons prior to joining the Kansas City Chiefs as running backs coach in 2013.
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Eric Bieniemy was promoted to OC under head coach Andy Reid in 2018, winning Super Bowl LIV and Super Bowl LVII with the Chiefs before joining the Commanders as their assistant head coach and OC in 2023.
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Eric Bieniemy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 15,1969.
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Eric Bieniemy later moved with his family to Hollywood, California, in 1979 before settling in West Covina, California, the following year.
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Eric Bieniemy later attended Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California, lettering in football and track and field.
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Eric Bieniemy played in the Fifth Down Game against Missouri as a senior in 1990, in which two consecutive rushes by him were counted as second down due to an officiating error.
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Eric Bieniemy is Colorado's all-time leader in rushing, rushing touchdowns, and all-purpose yards.
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Eric Bieniemy was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Eric Bieniemy was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft.
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Eric Bieniemy played with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1995 to 1998 before retiring after one season with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1999.
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Eric Bieniemy finished his career with 1,589 rushing yards, 1,223 receiving yards, 276 return yards, 1,621 yards on kickoff returns, and 12 touchdowns.
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Eric Bieniemy was an assistant coach at Denver's Thomas Jefferson High School in 2000.
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Eric Bieniemy re-enrolled at Colorado in 2001 to finish his degree in sociology and was the running backs coach for the Buffaloes from 2001 to 2002 and was UCLA running back coach from 2003 to 2005, as well as the team's recruiting coordinator in 2005.
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Eric Bieniemy was given the title of assistant head coach in 2010.
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On December 2,2010, Eric Bieniemy returned to Colorado as offensive coordinator under head coach Jon Embree.
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Eric Bieniemy was offered the head coach position in 2020 at Colorado but declined.
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In 2013, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid hired Eric Bieniemy to be the running backs coach.
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In 2023, Eric Bieniemy signed a two-year contract with the Washington Commanders to be their assistant head coach and offensive coordinator.
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Eric Bieniemy has full playcalling duties, something he shared under Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.
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Eric Bieniemy was arrested along with Colorado teammate Kanavis McGhee following a bar fight in February 1988.
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McGhee said the dispute arose after Eric Bieniemy alleged that he had been called a "nigger" by a bar patron.
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Eric Bieniemy pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to community service.
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In 1989, Eric Bieniemy was ticketed in Westminster, Colorado for driving a defective vehicle, and in Aurora, Colorado for speeding.
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On July 4,1990, Eric Bieniemy pleaded no contest to interfering with a firefighter who had been performing his duties to extinguish a fire in Eric Bieniemy's mother's garage.
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Eric Bieniemy received an eight-month suspended sentence and was suspended for one game.
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Eric Bieniemy was instructed to do 40 hours of community service and attend an eight-hour firefighting training session.
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An assistant city attorney said that Eric Bieniemy failed to attend the firefighting training session as stipulated in the plea agreement, but Eric Bieniemy asserted the session was optional.
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On September 27,1993, Eric Bieniemy was arrested in Boulder, Colorado, for allegedly harassing a female parking attendant.
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Eric Bieniemy was named in an outstanding warrant on a charge of driving with a suspended license.