The former Indianapolis Colts quarterback said Frank Reich is the "perfect steward" for the Cardinal in 2025 after his former NFL coach agreed to be the interim for the ACC program during the upcoming season, per Christopher Kamrani of The Athletic.

Luck is shouldering the load, while Reich’s only objective for the rest of 2025 is to coach football. Luck said his role as general manager at Stanford continues to prioritize fundraising for NIL and creating new revenue streams in order to keep up in this fast-paced era of college athletics.

Andrew Luck almost retired one year earlier. Entering the 2018 season -- his seventh with the Indianapolis Colts -- fresh off of a 2017 campaign spent on the sidelines due to a shoulder injury, Luck had serious questions about his future.

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, who lasted only 11 games as the Carolina Panthers’ head coach, has a new opportunity as Stanford’s interim head coach. But no matter how he does under Stanford general manager Andrew Luck,

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.

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

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.