Stanford fired football coach Troy Taylor on Tuesday, less than a week after an ESPN report revealed that Taylor had twice been the subject of third-party investigations into complaints from athletic department employees over hostile behavior.

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.

Following the first investigation, in 2023, Taylor was warned that he could be fired if the conduct continued, according to an ESPN report. It did continue, with a second investigation a year later. But Taylor remained employed and coached the Cardinal to a second consecutive 3-9 season.

Andrew Luck played for Reich in 2018, passing for 4,593 yards, 39 touchdowns and 15 interceptions as the Colts went 10-6 and made the AFC playoffs.

Stanford hired former Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich to replace Troy Taylor, the team announced Monday. “I could not be more excited for our coaches, staff and players to have Frank as our head football coach for the 2025 season.

It turns out that Frank Reich isn’t done yet. The former Panthers coach, who was fired before his first season in Carolina was completed in 2023, is being hired as the Stanford football program’s interim head coach for the 2025 season,

Reich told his wife, Linda, that to even consider getting back into coaching, the checklist had to be top heavy: it simply had to be the right person and the right place. So, after the Reichs watched the Philadelphia Eagles win Super Bowl LIX in February,

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Stanford is planning to take their time finding a new full-time head coach after they fired Troy Taylor, but they will have a former NFL head coach