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 was hired in November by new school President Jon Levin to rebuild Stanford's struggling football program after four straight seasons with a 3-9 record, including the last two with Troy Taylor in charge.

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.

Reich was announced Monday as the one-year solution after the firing of Troy Taylor, who was dismissed by Luck last week in the midst of ESPN reporting that he had bullied and belittled female staffers during back to back 3-9 seasons after replacing David Shaw.

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.

On Tuesday, Luck made his most consequential move yet, firing head coach Troy Taylor. The decision, which he made in concert with University leadership but ultimately was his, came just days after ESPN reported Taylor was under investigation for employee abuse — a probe that had not been publicly known prior to the story's publication.

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.

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.

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.