Eric Bieniemy's name comes up every year for a head coaching gig during the NFL coaching carousels, and yet he has not been named a head Cordarrelle Patterson Jersey coach in the league. Former Chiefs running back LeSean McCoy says there's a reason for that.McCoy told "I Am Athlete Tonight" that Bieniemy's coaching style, not his race, is what has held him back in getting named to a head in the NFL. McCoy elaborated, saying that Bieniemy talks to some players "a certain way," and that while some players responded to it positively, he was not one of them. The running back said Bieniemy was the reason he left the Chiefs."It's not because he's a Black coach. That's not the reason," McCoy said.There's a reason why every year you hype him up to get a job and then when the time comes, nobody hires him because they know what type of coach he really is.Straight from !!: on I AM ATHLETE (@IAMATHLETEpod) MORE:Chiefs coach Andy Reid defended Bieniemy, telling the reporters at the pre s conference that "you've seen how he Mitchell Trubisky Jersey does.""You see the love that the players have for him; he's got all these guys standing up for him and saying positive things," Reid said, .Reid also mentioned how much respect he has for McCoy and what he has done in his career."I'm a big LeSean fan," Reid said. "In my eyes, he's a future Hall-of-Fame running back. If you look at him statistically, he's tremendous. But he wasn't the youngest pup in the kennel here. He was on the back side of his career and sometimes that's hard to take.McCoy only briefly played under Bieniemy, joining the Chiefs on a one-year deal for the 2019 season. He had 465 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns on 101 carries during the regular season, and was on the field for just one snap Adam Shaheen Jersey in the postseason as the Chiefs went on to win the Super Bowl.During the interview, McCoy said that the reason he didn't have more of an impact was because he and Bieniemy had their differences.At one point during the 2019 season with the Chiefs, McCoy was a healthy scratch, prompting head coach Andy Reid to say McCoy is "not getting any younger" and needed to take a day off for load management, .The next season, McCoy joined the Buccaneers on a one-year deal and carried the ball 10 times for 31 yards, adding another ring to his finger after Tampa Bay defeated the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.MORE:Reid has expre sed optimism that Bieniemy could get hired to be a head coach, and dismay Devin Hester Jersey when he has been pa sed over for the positions. He told reporters before the Chiefs' 2022 playoff run that he thought this coaching cycle would be the one in which Bieniemy was hired.It disappoints me that somebody hasn't hired him, Reid said, . Because he's so good.This past offseason, he was interviewed by the and Broncos.There was some speculation after Bieniemy came away from the 2022 coaching cycle that the Chiefs with his contract expiring, but , where he has been the offensive coordinator for the past four seasons.MORE:Under Bieniemy, Kansas City's offense has been consistently one of the league's best. It ranked first in yards in both 2018 and 2020 and first in points in 2018.YearOffensive yards (rank)Total points Roquan Smith Jersey (rank)20186,810 (1)565 (1)20196,067 (6)451 (5)20206,653 (1)473 (6)20216,746 (3)480 (4)