“I see him less now in retirement than I did when he was playing football,” Kylie Kelce said in December 2024. She wasn’t complaining about Jason Kelce being a bad husband or dad. She was just talking about how busy his life had become after football. Now it seems like Kelce is making a decision that could help him be more present as a dad and a more supportive husband, even if it means putting his coaching dreams on the back burner.

“I think coaching would be something that’d be a lot of fun, and I’d get a lot of enjoyment out of that,” Jason Kelce said on The SZN with Nick Foles & Evan Moore. “But the thing that really steered me away from that is just the time commitment and being away from the family. And I went into media thinking I’d have more time with the family. Like, those guys are still there more frequently, but I am not busy. I am definitely keeping my schedule full. I think that’s honestly helping in retirement.

When Jason Kelce retired from the NFL in March 2024, he and his wife, Kylie, were already parents to three daughters, Wyatt, Elliotte, and Bennett. Then they welcomed their fourth, Finnley, a year later in March 2025. Since then, Kelce has had his hands full with his post-retirement work.

From New Heights to ESPN and his regular media appearances, Jason Kelce has had his hands full. Kylie, in fact, gave a pretty good picture of just how hectic her husband’s life really was.

When she launched her Not Gonna Lie podcast in December 2024, she mentioned that even if Jason told her 72 times that he would be home when she needed to leave, she would still book childcare.

“My husband could tell me 72 times that he is going to be in the house during the time when I have to leave it, [and] I will still schedule childcare,” Kylie explained. “My husband is busier than he has ever been. We had a set schedule then; now it is an absolute free-for-all.”

Kylie’s reality check simply shows that if the current media obligations themselves keep Kelce with less free time than his playing days, then being a coach full-time would defeat the whole purpose of retirement. Whatever may be Kelce’s decision now, he did really want to coach before.

At Rowan University, he said, “I would love to coach. I love staying connected to the game in a competitive way, involved in the Xs and Os.

“It would feel wrong to have all this experience and knowledge that I’ve gained and disconnect completely.”

Anyways, Jason has certainly not disconnected from the game.

Kelce has pitched in at times to help out his team even in retirement. He worked with Willie Lampkin on his technique before the Eagles’ preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens. This year, he dropped by camp and was seen working with rookie Hollin Pierce.

“He just won’t go home, man,” Landon Dickerson joked in 2024, before lauding Kelce’s presence. “Having him around as a resource to ask questions to as a guy who’s done it for so long at such levels successfully, he’s always a great resource to have because I think he’s the best to ever do it.”

The football itch is clearly still there. Jason just seems to have figured out that he doesn’t need to become a coach to scratch it.

The media has somehow given him a way to stay close to the game, whilst having more control over his schedule, and his second career is only getting bigger.

Jason Kelce will now take on a new role as an analyst with play-by-play announcer Dave Pasch and Hall of Famer Kurt Warner. Together, they will call four games during the 2026 season, including the Eagles’ Week 5 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London on October 11.

He is also returning for a third season as a studio analyst on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown, which will now see Pat McAfee in the crew as well.