Taylor Swift's connection to the Chiefs became ubiquitous during the 2023 NFL season after she started dating the team's star tight end, Travis Kelce.However, Swift actually holds a long-tenured connection to the team thanks to her connection toKansas City head coach Andy Reid Paul Molitor Jersey .No, it isn't a romantic relationship.As amusing as it might be to hear about Reid in one of Swift's breakup songs, their connection is of a different nature, as demonstrated by Reid pointing at Swift during the Chiefs' AFC championship celebration.Andy Reid finds Taylor Swift in the crowd and points her way. Fun moment between the two. Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) So, what is Reid's relationship with Swift? It dates back to when each Jeremy Jeffress Jersey was getting their first big break in their respective industries.IYER:Andy Reid's relationship with Taylor Swift, explainedReid's connection to Swift and her family dates back to his time in Philadelphia,as heexplained recently on ."I knew her before from Philadelphia. Her dad Scott Swift played at University of Delaware and was a big football fan and good guy," Reid explained. "I had met him there, and her."Reid began coaching the Eagles in 1999 while Swift's family was still living in Pennsylvania. They moved to Nashville in 2004 so that Taylor could pursue a music career, but they evidently connected with Reid during their five-year Brandon Woodruff Jersey overlap in the state.It shouldn't be a surprise that Swift's father, Scott, found a way to meet Reid. His daughter described him as a "social butterfly" in her MySpace blog back in 2009, per , so as a football fan, it's only natural that he would find a way to meet Reid.Still, the reveal surprised Kelce, as Reid noted in his conversation with Brady, Gray and Fitzgerald.That was the last thing Trav wanted to hear, that I knew her before him," Reid said, laughing. "She told him, 'I know your coach.' And he Travis Shaw Jersey went, 'Oh, God, come on!'"MORE:Reid expre sed that he was a fan of Swift and endorsed Kelce's relationship with her."Shes a good girl," Reid said of Swift. "And Im happy for Trav."The Chiefs coach also noted that Swift's fans have been "great" to the team and that the pop star's presence hasn't impacted the Chiefs as they compete for a second consecutive Super Bowl."There has been no distraction that way at all," Reid said. "And Travs handled it right, she's handled it right and we just move forward. So it hasn't been a problem at all."Perhaps Reid would have felt differently if Swift had been present at Super Bowl 57, when the Chiefs faced the Eagles, Swift's hometown team.But at present, it looks like Reid is embracing Swift coming along for the ride as Kansas City looks to win its third Burch Smith Jersey Super Bowl of the Patrick Mahomes era.