K.C. expected to announce Edwards hiring today

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs’ one-week search is expected to end today with the announcement of Herman Edwards as the franchise’s 10th head coach.

Details on Edwards’ deal were still being made final Sunday, and his agent, Gary O’Hagan, said Edwards had yet to sign a contract.

Various reports over the weekend had Edwards’ deal ranging from a five-year package worth $20 million to ESPN’s report Sunday of a four-year agreement worth $12 million. A source close to the situation said Sunday that the $20 million figure was “too high.”

In New York, an afternoon news conference is scheduled for today to discuss Edwards’ departure and the Jets’ plans for a replacement.

Edwards joined the Chiefs in 1989 as a recipient of an NFL minority coaching fellowship, worked as a scout and then became the defensive-backs coach in 1992.

Edwards and Chiefs president/general manager Carl Peterson, according to a source close to the situation, met in Philadelphia on Saturday. On Sunday, O’Hagan and the Chiefs were scurrying to finish the deal.

Edwards, who’s been out of sight since he cleaned out his office in New York on Thursday, was unavailable for comment Sunday. Barring any traveling or administrative problems, he will sign his contract sometime today and a news conference will follow in the afternoon.