Edwards happy to be back in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Seventeen years after he was an intern with the Kansas City Chiefs, Herman Edwards is their head coach.
"I finally found my way back. You never plan on something like this until it happens," Edwards said Monday at a packed news conference. "Fate has me back here. It's good to be back home."
After his playing career in the NFL ended, Edwards was a scout and later an assistant coach in Kansas City. He signed a four-year contract with the Chiefs after getting released from the final two years of his deal with the New York Jets.
His hiring, expected for more than a week, concludes intense, behind-the-scenes wrangling between the Jets and Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson, who has been Edwards' friend and mentor since he tried to recruit him to UCLA more than 30 years ago.
The Chiefs will give the Jets a fourth-round draft pick as compensation.
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