Former Eagles OC Headed To College Ranks

According to Thamel, both sides have agreed this will be a one-season agreement, and Stanford will then launch a national search, presumably for a longer-term answer.

Stanford later confirmed the deal.

Reich parlayed a highly successful stint as Doug Pederson’s OC in 2016-2017, which culminated with a Super Bowl LII championship, into a pair of head-coaching opportunities with Indianapolis and Carolina.

With the Colts, Reich hired current Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni as his OC, a position that springboarded Sirianni to Philadelphia for the 2021 season.

Sirianni, who has piloted his Eagles team sto four consecutive playoff berths, two Super Bowl appearances, and a Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LIX in February, still considers Reich as his top professional mentor. 

Reich was a third-round pick by Buffalo in 1985 after starring as a quarterback at Maryland, and spent 14 seasons in the league as a player and his entire coaching career in the NFL.

Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian called Reich “the greatest backup quarterback in NFL history” with a playing career highlighted by what was the largest comeback in history for ears dunearly years during the 1993 Wild Card Round. The then-Houston Oilers led the Bills 35–3 early in the third quarter before Reich led a comeback resulting in a 41–38 overtime victory. 

The rally from a 32-point deficit remained the largest comeback in NFL history for almost three decades until the Minnesota Vikings had a 33-point comeback against the Indianapolis Colts on December 17, 2022, ironically just over a month after Reich was fired as the Colts' head coach. 

Reich has spent his entire 18-year coaching career in the NFL.

Stanford was in the market for a new head coach after firing Troy Taylor due to troubling allegations over his workplace behavior of bullying female athletic staffers.