In the quest to find the perfect fit for the Chicago Bears at head coach in 2018, Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy is another young, bright mind worth keeping an eye on.

Much like Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur, who sports a lot of interesting traits as an offensive mind, Nagy is a young coordinator who who has been overshadowed by his head coach.

Nagy is just 39 years old and played collegiately at Delaware. He went undrafted in 2002 and spent a few seasons in the Arena Football league. In 2005 he helped lead the Georgia Force to ArenaBowl XIX. He ended his Arena Football League career with 374 touchdowns to 55 interceptions and threw for 18,866 yards.

Nagy never had the ability to play in the NFL, despite believing he could, and is appreciative of the chances Andy Reid took on him nearly a decade ago.

"I wasn't given the opportunity to play Division I football, and in my opinion, I felt I could," Nagy said in an interview with Chiefs reporter BJ Kissel. "I wasn't given an opportunity to play in the NFL, and I felt I should have. I felt like a lot of that was lack of speed and lack of size. But with this deal with Coach Reid, when he offered that to me, I knew that the lack of speed and lack of size couldn't hold me back.

"I knew that with my heart, determination, loyalty and trust, that I could earn that from coach over time."

He did have a brief stint with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2009 as a player when Kevin Kolb went down with an injury. He had already been working as a coaching intern at the and signed a contract to play that was later turned down by the NFL a day later.

After working with Andy Reid in Philadelphia between 2009 and 2012 as both a coaches' assistant and later as the offensive quality control coach, Nagy followed Reid to Kansas City in 2013. He worked as the team's quarterbacks coach between 2013 and 2015 before being promoted to offensive coordinator in 2015 after Doug Pederson left to take the head-coaching job with the Eagles.

Nagy has spent his time behind Reid learning how to call plays and took over play-calling duties in Week 13 for the Chiefs after the offense hit a lull in the middle of the season. Prior to Nagy taking over against the New York Jets, the offense had mustered up just 36 points in its previous three losses combined. The team lost to the Jets but put 31 points up on the board.

Quarterback Alex Smith threw for 366 yards with four touchdowns, the team gained 112 yards rushing and Tyreek Hill electrified his way toward 185 yards on six catches with two touchdowns. Kansas City's offense took steps forward with Nagy calling plays down the stretch and rookie Pat Mahomes was impressive in his first start in Week 17. In his only appearance in his rookie year, Mahomes completed 22 of his 35 passing attempts for 284 yards with zero touchdowns and one interception.

Reid has received some criticism over the years as an NFL head coach, but his opinion is one that carries a lot of weight in the league. Last year he was nothing but complimentary of Nagy's rise up the ladder with him.

“Matt’s got a nice feel for the game," Reid said, via ESPN's Adam Teicher. “He was a player, obviously, in the Arena League. And then we brought him on board. Some guys have a knack for it and he’s one of those guys. I’ve noticed with his participation that he’s got a pretty good grasp of the offense and defenses in this league. I think that presents a nice addition to that position.”

Andy Reid has praised Matt Nagy's rise up the coaching ladder.

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One reason why he will be so intriguing for the Bears is because of the work he has done with Smith in Kansas City. He has helped transform the former No. 1 overall pick from simply a dink-and-dunk sort of passer to someone who is not afraid to stretch the field and take advantage of the weapons around him.

CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora also noted Nagy is someone the Bears have interest in.

The most important player in the entire Bears organization right now is Mitch Trubisky and Chicago needs to surround him with as many offensive-minded people as they can. Nagy still has a lot to prove, but few are rising up head-coaching big boards quite like the young coordinator this offseason.