Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid had positive news Wednesday on the condition of offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s wife, Mia, who was shot last weekend — allegedly by one of their sons.
“She’s doing better,” Reid said, “and great from where she was.”
Reid said Mia Bieniemy is out of the intensive care unit, where she was being treated for multiple gunshot wounds. Her husband is with her as she recovers from the shooting Sunday at their home in Ashburn, Va.
“She’s making progress,” Reid said, “so we’re happy about that.”
Eric and Mia’s son, Elijah Zion Bieniemy, 27, was arrested Monday on charges of malicious wounding, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and discharge of a firearm inside a dwelling, according to the Loudon County (Va.) Sheriff’s Office. Elijah Bieniemy is being held without bond.
Reid said there is no timeline for Eric Bieniemy to return to the team, which had their first full-squad workout of training camp on Wednesday as Missouri Western in St. Joseph, Mo. Pass game coordinator Joe Bleymaier, who has been with the Chiefs since 2016, is serving as acting offensive coordinator.
“Right now, it’s important that he takes care of business. And everybody knows that,” Reid said of Eric Bieniemy. “So everybody’s game is picked up (among coaches), and they’re working hard. Eric will be back soon enough to jump in there and do his thing. But he’s got to take care of that first.”
Bieniemy, 56, is in contact with coaches and kept up to speed on the team, including “tape he can watch,” Reid said, “in whatever spare time he’s got there.”
Reid noted that Mia is the primary caretaker to Bieniemy’s other son, Eric III, who has cerebral palsy.
“I just want to make sure (Mia) is taken care of, and Eric Jr., too,” Reid said. “And he’s got the other part of that that he’s got to sort out.”
Bieniemy rejoined Reid’s staff in January after previous stints with Kansas City as the running backs coach (2013-17) and offensive coordinator (2018-22). He helped the Chiefs win Super Bowls LIV and LVII.
He coached the Chicago Bears’ running backs in 2025 and previously served as the OC for UCLA (2024), the Washington Commanders (2023) and his alma mater Colorado (2011-12). He also was an NFL running back from 1991-99.
–Field Level Media
