Herman Lee "Herm" Edwards, Jr. (born April 27, 1954)
is the American football head coach of the National
Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. He played the
position of cornerback for eight seasons (1979-1986)
with the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams and
Atlanta Falcons. Prior to his coaching career,
Edwards was known best as the player who recovered a
fumble by Giants quarterback Joe Pisarcik on a play
that has been dubbed by some as "The Miracle at the
Meadowlands."
Before being hired as the tenth head coach in Kansas
City Chiefs history, Edwards was the head coach of
the New York Jets from 2001-2005. He is infamous for
his gameday terminology, known by fans as
"Hermisms," including the quote and sound bite, "You
play to win the game!", a message that Edwards gave
during a New York Jets press conference. It also
became the title of his book, a collection of
"leadership lessons" for the reader to use as
personal motivation.
Edwards is sometimes referred to as "The Preacher."
