The 2010s brought incredible coaching stability to Kansas City professional sports teams and area college programs. Sporting Kansas City was certainly no exception, as Manager Peter Vermes became the longest-tenured head coach in MLS history while leading the club to eight consecutive playoff appearances and four major championships—the 2013 MLS Cup and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups in 2012, 2015 and 2017.
In the Kansas City Star’s decade-in-review, SportsBeat KC podcast host Blair Kerkhoff joined KC Star columnists Sam Mellinger and Vahe Gregorian to discuss Vermes’ legacy alongside the respective achievements of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, former Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self and former Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel.