Editing Herm Edwards (section)

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name           = Herm Edwards
| image          = Herm Edwards by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Edwards in 2022
| number         = 46
| position       = [[Cornerback]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1954|04|27}}
| birth_place    = [[Fort Monmouth|Fort Monmouth, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height_ft      = 6
| height_in      = 0
| weight_lb      = 194
| high_school    = [[Monterey High School (Monterey, California)|Monterey]] {{nowrap|([[Monterey, California]])}}
| college        = [[California Golden Bears football|California]] (1972, 1974)
[[Monterey Peninsula College]] (1973)
[[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State]] (1975)
| undraftedyear  = 1977
| pastteams      =
* [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ({{NFL Year|1977}}–{{NFL Year|1985}})
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1986}})
* [[Los Angeles Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1986}})
| pastcoaching   =
* [[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]] (1987–1989) <br> Defensive backs coach
* [[Kansas City Chiefs]] ({{NFL Year|1992}}–{{NFL Year|1995}}) <br> Defensive backs coach
* [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|1996}}–{{NFL Year|2000}}) <br> Assistant head coach & defensive backs coach
* [[New York Jets]] ({{NFL Year|2001}}–{{NFL Year|2005}}) <br> Head coach
* Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2008}}) <br> Head coach
* [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]] (2018–2022) <br> Head coach
| pastadmin      =
* [[Kansas City Chiefs]] ({{NFL Year|1990}}–{{NFL Year|1991}}) <br> Scout
| highlights     =
* Second-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-8]] ([[1974 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team|1974]])
| statlabel1     = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue1     = 33
| statlabel2     = Forced fumbles
| statvalue2     = 2
| statlabel3     = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue3     = 6
| statlabel4     = [[Touchdown|Defensive touchdowns]]
| statvalue4     = 2
| statvalue8     = 
| pfr            = EdwaHe20
| regular_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|54|74|record=y}}
| playoff_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|2|4|record=y}}
| overall_record = {{plainlist|
* NFL: {{Winning percentage|56|78|record=y}}
* NCAA: {{Winning percentage|18|20|record=y}}{{#tag:ref|All wins during the 2021 season were vacated due to NCAA violations regarding recruiting.|group=lower-alpha|name=vacated}}
}}
| pfrcoach       = EdwaHe0 
}}
'''Herman Lee Edwards'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/EdwaHe20.htm|title=Herm Edwards Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=April 27, 2025}}</ref> (born April 27, 1954) is an [[American football]] coach and former player. He played [[cornerback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for ten seasons, primarily with the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]. Edwards was also a head coach in the NFL from 2001 to 2008 with the [[New York Jets]] and [[Kansas City Chiefs]]. Following the conclusion of his NFL coaching career, Edwards was a football analyst at [[ESPN]] from 2009 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mortensen |first=Chris |date=January 24, 2009 |title=Chiefs fire Edwards; is Shanahan next in line? |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3855917 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202070438/http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3855917 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> He later served as the head coach of the [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State Sun Devils]] from 2018 to 2022.

As a player, Edwards is known for scoring the game-winning [[touchdown]] off a fumble recovery in 1978's [[Miracle at the Meadowlands]]. During his NFL coaching tenure, he reached the playoffs four times, three times with the Jets and once with the Chiefs. His most successful season was in 2002 when he led the Jets to a division title, which is the franchise's most recent. Edwards became popular as a coach and broadcaster for short, punchy declarations dubbed "Hermisms" by fans. The message "You play to win the game!", which he delivered during a Jets press conference, would become the title of his self-help book.