Frank Reich Biography
Frank Reich (Frank Michael Reich Jr.) is an American football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League “NFL”.
He played college football at the University of Maryland and was chosen by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 1985 NFL draft; he also played for the Carolina Panthers, New York Jets and Detroit Lions.
Frank and Bills starting quarterback Jim Kelly formed one of the longest-tenured backup-and-starter tandems, playing together for nine seasons from 1986 to 1994.
For a time, Reich had the distinction of having led his team to the biggest comeback victory ever in both the college and NFL ranks, including a 32-point comeback for the Bills in 1993.
Starting as an intern with the Colts in 2006, Reich has also coached with the Arizona Cardinals and San Diego Chargers. As the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2017, Reich won Super Bowl LII.
Frank Reich Age | How Old Is Frank Reich?
He was born on December 4. 1961 in Freeport, NY. Frank Reich is 61 years old as of 2022.
Frank Reich Height
Reich stands at a height of 6 feet 4 inches tall.
Frank Reich Family / Frank Reich Father
Frank was born in Freeport, New York to his father, Frank Reich Sr, and his mother Pat Reich. His father Frank Reich Sr played as a center and linebacker for Penn State from 1953 to 1955 and was later drafted in the 14th round of the 1956 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Unfortunately, he never got the chance to play in the NFL. As a result of this setback, he had to settle for a job as a football coach as well as a Technology Education Teacher at Lebanon High School before he retired in 1992.
Frank Reich Wife
He is married to Linda Reich who is also by her birth name Linda Ann Fick. She was born on March 15. 1962. The couple met while they were both attending Cedar Crest High where Frank played football and Linda was a cheerleader.
At that time, Linda was dating Frank’s best friend. After a while Linda was single again so when he was a sophomore in college, they started dating. They tied the knot in 1986.
The pair have three lovely daughters “Lia Milan was born in 1990, Aviry was born in 1992 and Hannah was born in 1996)”.
Frank Reich Daughters
Lia is married and is also the Vice-president of Marketing at Precision Hawk in Raleigh. Aviry stays in Greensboro with her husband Brett Williams while Hannah is currently studying recording arts at Indiana University.
Frank Reich Net Worth
After helping the Philadelphia Eagles win their first Super Bowl game in franchise history, offensive coordinator Reich rose to the position of head coach for one of the teams that gave him a big break in the field of coaching. Frank Reich has an estimated Net Worth of $15 million dollars.
Frank Reich Salary
Reich was to receive a sum total of approximately $9 million dollars this year 2022.
Frank Reich Contract
Reich has no recent contracts at the moment after he was fired from the Indianapolis Colts team as their head coach.
Frank Reich Education
As a kid, he studied at Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania where he played basketball, baseball, and football.
He was on the Big 33 Football Classic team where he played as a quarterback. Upon graduating from high school, he got an athletic scholarship to study and play football with the Maryland Terrapins for three seasons.
Frank Reich Playing Career
In 1985, he was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the NFL Draft of that year. He got the opportunity to start as a result of the shoulder injury sustained by his teammate, Jim Kelly, in the year 1989.
He performed incredibly well as he led the Bills to clinch two straight victories of which the most notable happened with the initially undefeated Los Angeles Rams after he threw two drives down the field for a 23–20 victory.
The following year, Reich was able to provide the Bills with two key wins, which clinched them the AFC East title and continuous home-field advantage all through the playoffs.
Frank Reich Coaching Career
From the year 2006- 2007, he became a coaching intern who served as the assistant coaching staff for the Colts team.
In 2008, Frank Reich was promoted to the position of quarterback’s coach and then later wide receiver’s coach after Jim Caldwell was appointed as the new head coach of the team after Tony Dungy retired from the post.
In 2011, however. himself and the entire coaching staff of the Colts were dismissed after a poor season and upon his dismissal, he sought an opportunity with the Arizona Cardinals to become a wide receiver coach he got it the chance in 2012 and served under then-head coach, Whisenhunt. He was again dismissed from the job “alongside other coaches” later that year.
Notwithstanding, in 2013, the San Diego Chargers engaged Frank and Whisenhunt as coaches on their team. After Whisenhunt got a higher offer to become the head coach for the Tennessee Titans, the post for an offensive coordinator was given to Frank.
Frank was later relieved from the team on the 4th of January 2016, after the Chargers struggled on the offense and finished on the 31st in rushing.
He was later hired by the Philadelphia Eagles on January 20. 2016 as an offensive coordinator. Fortunately for Frank, the team won the Super Bowl LII.
Seeing his growth and expertise as a coach he was called back by the Indianapolis Colts, on the 11th of February 2018, to serve as the new head coach.
Frank Reich Indianapolis Colts
He was a coaching intern for the Indianapolis Colts from 2006 to 2007. In 2008, he served as an offensive coaching staff assistant for the Colts.
After Tony Dungy retired following the 2008 season, former Colts quarterback coach Jim Caldwell took over as head coach and Reich became the new quarterback’s coach.
Frank switched to wide receivers coach in 2011 but was dismissed when the entire coaching staff was released after a 2-14 season.
Frank Reich Bills
He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round “57th overall” in the 1985 NFL Draft. The Bills already had drafted future Hall of Famer Jim Kelly in 1983 and when Kelly signed with the Bills in 1986, Frank was relegated to the backup role.
Frank got his first start when Kelly went down with a shoulder injury in 1989. Reich led the Bills to two straight victories.
He rallied the Bills in the fourth quarter by throwing two drives down the field for a 23–20 victory over the previously unbeaten Los Angeles Rams. This first game for Reich occurred in front of a Rich Stadium crowd of 76,231 and a Monday Night Football audience.
He returned the following year, however, when Kelly was injured again late in the 1990 season. Reich provided the Bills with two key wins, clinching them the AFC East title and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
During the final game of the 1992 regular season, the Houston Oilers defeated Buffalo 27–3 in Houston, where Kelly suffered strained ligaments in his knee and yielded to Reich to finish the game in his place.
With Kelly out, Reich took the reins as the starter for the wild-card game the following week, on January 3, 1993. The wild card game was a rematch with the Oilers, hosted in Buffalo, where they led the Bills 35–3 early in the 3rd quarter, but he then led the Bills on a 38–3 run en route to a 41–38 overtime victory.
The rally from a 32-point deficit was the largest comeback in NFL history. Reich started his second consecutive playoff game, as the Bills defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 24–3 in the divisional round.
This made Reich one of a handful of quarterbacks who is undefeated as a starter in post-season play, as well as the only one with more than one start to his credit.
Kelly recovered and started the AFC Championship where the Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins 29–10. During Super Bowl XXVII, the Bills faced the Dallas Cowboys and Reich again replaced an injured Kelly in the first half of the Super Bowl.
Frank led the Bills to 10 points to make the score 31–17, with a possible comeback well within the Bills’ capability as the 3rd quarter, concluded. However, in the 4th quarter, the Cowboys scored 21 unanswered points to win 52–17, and Reich finished the game with two interceptions.
After giving the Bills one more comeback victory late in the 1993 NFL season, Reich signed with the expansion Carolina Panthers in March 1995 to start off their first year.
He threw the first touchdown pass in franchise history to former Bills player Pete Metzelaars in Memorial Stadium in Clemson, as Bank of America Stadium was still under construction.
The Panthers had drafted Kerry Collins as their intended franchise quarterback, but he was the starter for the first three games until Collins was deemed ready to take the starting job.
He was sacked 9 times on Sep 3 at Atlanta, a franchise record he shares with Cam Newton. Coincidentally, Reich and Collins hail from rival high schools in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, with Collins having started his high school career at Cedar Crest’s crosstown rival, Lebanon High School “although due to age differences, Reich did not play against Collins in high school”.
Frank was then signed by the New York Jets where he started for seven games in 1996. In 1997, Reich signed with the Detroit Lions, reuniting him with his coach at Maryland, Bobby Ross. Reich appeared in 6 games in 1997, all in relief, and 6 games in 1998, including 2 starts. Reich retired following the 1998 NFL season.
In 2014, NFL Hall of Fame Executive Bill Polian, who was general manager of the Bills when they drafted Reich, called him “the greatest backup quarterback in NFL history.”
Frank Reich Fired
Reich was recently fired from the Indianapolis Colt team after what he called an ‘offensive performance’. Indy had been struggling for a while with Reich as their coach, after the 3-5-1 start to the 2022 season after its third consecutive defeat on Sunday in a blowout loss to New England, the team decided it was best to let Reich go.