The Chiefs are the first to fill their head-coaching vacancy, and they have done so with the league’s former longest-tenured coach. 

As first reported by ESPN, the Chiefs agreed to terms with Andy Reid to be the team’s head coach.

Reid was fired by the Eagles after 14 seasons. He had a 130-93-1 record in the regular season in those 14 years and a 10-9 mark in the playoffs, taking the Eagles to the Super Bowl following the 2004 season. In 2012, the Eagles were 4-12, Reid’s worst record in Philadelphia.

Earlier on Friday, the Chiefs parted ways with GM Scott Pioli, as Reid is expected to bring in his own GM. Packers director of football operations John Dorsey and former Browns GM Tom Heckert are candidates for the post.

The Chiefs went 2-14 in 2012 and fired Romeo Crennel on Monday. They will have the No. 1 pick in the 2013 draft. 

The way we see it

Chiefs fans might have been nervous with the delayed announcement that Reid had indeed signed on, but now that it’s official the team can turn the page on what was a miserable season — the worst, record-wise, in the franchise’s 53 years and one stained by tragedy in the murder-suicide of LB Jovan Belcher.

Reid has some pieces to work with, including a defensive framework (although figuring out whether to run a 3-4 or 4-3 will be interesting), a solid offensive line and a strong run game. But everyone knows he’ll have to handpick his next franchise quarterback, just like he did in 1999 with Donovan McNabb.

We’re still months away from that, but the speculation of who Reid will target will be the story of the Chiefs’ offseason. Not far behind that in the short term will be the makeup of Reid’s staff. He will not work with Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg, who is expected to look for another coordinator job elsewhere.