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Frank Reich
Frank Reich went 4–8 as a head coach, 2025, at Stanford. Share
- Record
- 4–8 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Dec 4, 1961
- Alma mater
- Maryland
- Best season
- 2025 4–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Stanford | 4–8 | 12th |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Conference games | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| At home | 6 | 4–2 | 67% |
| On the road | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 4–8 | 33% |
His own 12 games on file, 2025, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| San José Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Californiaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Florida Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Hawai’iseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Notre Dameseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| North Carolinaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Pittsburghseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Also a player: Frank Reich’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Arizona Cardinals NFL | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2016–17 | Philadelphia Eagles NFL | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2018–22 | Indianapolis Colts NFL | Head coach | |
| 2023 | Carolina Panthers NFL | Head coach | |
| 2025 | Stanford | Interim head coach | |
| 2026–present | New York Jets NFL | Offensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Matt EberflusChicago Bears
- Scottie MontgomeryEast Carolina
- John FoxCarolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Chicago Bears
- Jim CaldwellWake Forest, Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions
- Andy ThompsonSacramento State
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Eberflus | Indianapolis Colts, 2018–21: defensive coordinator | Chicago Bears | |
| Scottie Montgomery | Indianapolis Colts, 2021–22: running backs coach | East Carolina | |
| John Fox | Indianapolis Colts, 2022: senior defensive assistant | Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Chicago Bears | |
| Jim Caldwell | Carolina Panthers, 2023: senior assistant | Wake Forest, Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions | |
| Andy Thompson | Stanford, 2025: assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | Sacramento State |
Other assistants under him (9)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Manning | Indianapolis Colts, 2018: tight ends coach | |
| Brian Baker | Indianapolis Colts, 2020–21: defensive line coach | |
| Mike Groh | Indianapolis Colts, 2020–21: wide receivers coach | |
| Peter Hansen | Carolina Panthers, 2023: linebackers coach | |
| Tem Lukabu | Carolina Panthers, 2023: outside linebackers coach | |
| Thomas Brown | Carolina Panthers, 2023: offensive coordinator | |
| Bobby April III | Stanford, 2025: defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Ken Flajole | Stanford, 2025: senior defensive analyst | |
| Nate Byham | Stanford, 2025: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Reich’s teams went for it on 24% of fourth downs and on 57% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 56% of plays and took 26.5 seconds a play, in 2025.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 12 g | 24 of 99 24% | 57% | 56% | 26.5 | −0.06 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.