Carl Peterson

Carl D. Peterson is he is best known as the former president, general manager, and chief executive officer of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He served in those roles from 1989-2008. Peterson hired four coaches for the Chiefs during his tenure: Marty Schottenheimer, Gunther Cunningham, Dick Vermeil, and Herman Edwards.

 During his 20 years at the helm in Kansas City, the Chiefs amassed a 176-141-1 record, won the AFC West four times and reached the AFC Championship Game in 1993.

Peterson had been praised for hiring quality coaches, and re-establishing a winning tradition for a franchise that was moribund by the late 1980s. Prior to Peterson’s arrival, Kansas City had only made one playoff appearance in the previous 18 years. The Kansas City Chiefs were the winningest team in the NFL for the decade of the 1990s by percentage, qualified the playoffs in six of seven seasons from 1990 to 1997, and reached the AFC Championship game following the 1993 season.

After leaving Kansas City, Peterson became the Chairman of USA Football.