Stanford football has endured what might be their worst three-year stretch since the early days of Jim Harbaugh. Not only have they suffered from a lack of resu

Luck moved quickly in his new role as general manager of the football program, hiring Reich less than a week after making the decision to fire Taylor following a report that became public saying Taylor had been investigated twice for allegedly mistreating staffers.

Frank Reich was shopping at Costco in Greensboro, N.C., when his onetime Indianapolis Colts quarterback, Andrew Luck, called. Their conversation led to more conversations, and ultimately to an uncommon coaching offer.

Stanford football GM Andrew Luck said he wasn't sure "how little external pressure or constituent " he felt in the wake of ESPN's report about Troy Taylor but did have "some clarity after some time" that the program needed a reset.

Under Reich's guidance, Luck was named the 2018 NFL Comeback Player of the Year while posting a career-high 98.7 passer rating. The Colts made it to the NFL Playoffs after a 1-5 start to the regular season. Luck's delayed decision to step away from playing football finally came in August 2019.

The Cardinal is set to hire former Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers coach Frank Reich as their interim coach for the year. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel and confirmed by this news organization’s Wilner Hotline before Stanford announced the hire at 8 a.m. Monday.

Stanford football GM Andrew Luck is hiring former Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich as its interim head coach for the 2025 season.

Andrew Luck quoted Ernest Hemingway, rattled off Latin phrases and talked about how his new job as general manager of Stanford’s football program compared to facing a Bill Belichick-coached defense in the NFL.

Andrew Luck and Stanford hired Frank Reich to serve as its interim head coach for the 2025 college football season.