Andy Reid spent three years under LaVell Edwards as an offensive lineman for BYU football, lacing up cleats from 1978-1980.
The next year, in 1981 Reid traded pads for a clipboard, becoming an assistant in the massive and impressive LaVell Edwards coaching tree.
According to a 2005 story from the Deseret News, Reid never considered coaching until Edwards asked him about it.
“Have you thought about being a coach? You’d be a good one,” Edwards told Reid.
Fast forward nearly 40 years, and Reid is one of the more successful coaches in the NFL.