Stanford is hiring veteran NFL coach Frank Reich as the school's interim football coach for the 2025 season, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Monday.
Both sides have agreed this will only be a one-season deal, sources told ESPN. At that point, Stanford will launch a national search to replace coach Troy Taylor.
Stanford also is promoting tight ends coach Nate Byham to offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Byham also will call plays for the Cardinal offense.
Reich was fired by the Carolina Panthers in November 2023 after a 1-10 start to his only season with the team, becoming the first NFL head coach since the 1970 merger to be fired in back-to-back seasons after his 2022 dismissal from the Indianapolis Colts.