Former Colts head coach reunites with Indy’s old AFC East foe

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, former Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich will be joining the New York Jets as their new offensive coordinator under 2nd-year head coach Aaron Glenn:

It’s interesting because Reich and Glenn were former Jets teammates 30 years to the day back in 1996.

The 64-year-old Reich served as Stanford football’s interim head coach last year, going 4-8, under their new general manager Andrew Luck.

Prior to joining Luck, Reich served as the Carolina Panthers head coach in 2023, before being dismissed in season after having a 1-10 record and with that year’s #1 overall pick Bryce Young clearly struggling at quarterback.

Of course, Colts fans know Reich most from when he served as the franchise’s head coach from 2018-2022, where he compiled a 40-33-1 overall record, with 2 playoff appearances (and a wild card playoff win back in 2018).

Unfortunately, the Colts got off to a slow start in 2022 again (at 3-5-1), and late team owner Jim Irsay, arguably still fuming over the failed Carson Wentz acquisition, shockingly fired Reich midseason in favor of ESPN analyst (and former Colts All-Pro center) Jeff Saturday—which expectedly didn’t bring about better results that season.

Under Reich, the Colts offenses ranked league wide: 5th (2018), 16th (2019), 9th (2020), and 9th (2021) respectively over a full season of coaching work.

Reich’s biggest task will be developing and ensuring the success of whoever takes over for the Jets at starting quarterback next year—as 2025 starter Justin Fields appears unlikely to return.