Herman Edwards Jr. is an American football coach and former cornerback who was, most recently, the head football coach at Arizona State. He played 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. He returned to coaching in 2018 when he was named the head coach of Arizona State’s football team. During his NFL coaching tenure, he reached the playoffs four times, three 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.
Herm Edwards’ Net Worth
The American head coach for Arizona State Football has an estimated net worth of $10 million. As of 2020, he earns an annual salary of $3.5 million from his profession. The Arizona Board of Regents recently renewed his contract recently in January 2020 and agreed to pay $3.5 million annually as his salary.
As per the deal that will run until 2024, he will get a pay rise of $200,000 per year from 2021 and will also get a bonus from the wins. Earlier, he used to earn a base salary of $2.25 million until 2019. Herm lives in a beautiful and luxurious house in Kansas City.