Former Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich is returning to the NFL with the New York Jets.<\/p>\n
The Jets have hired Reich to serve as Aaron Glenn’s offensive coordinator, the team announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Reich previously spent four seasons as an offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles, where he won a Super Bowl after the 2017 season.<\/p>\n
He served as head coach of the Colts from 2018 to 2022, then led the Panthers in 2023. Reich most recently worked as Stanford’s interim head coach in 2025.<\/p>\n
Reich managed top-ten NFL offenses during the Eagles’ championship season and in his first campaign with the Colts, although those units struggled later in his head coaching career.<\/p>\n
During his partial season as head coach in Carolina, the Panthers ranked 31st in points and 32nd in offensive yards during a 1-10 start to the season before Reich was fired in the middle of a season straight season.<\/p>\n
Reich most recently worked in the NCAA, where he was hired as Stanford’s interim head coach by his former Colts quarterback and current Cardinal general manager Andrew Luck.<\/p>\n
Stanford finished the 2025 season under Reich’s interim leadership with a 4-8 record, breaking a stretch of four consecutive 3-9 seasons for the Cardinal.<\/p>\n
Prior to his coaching career, Reich played 13 seasons as an NFL quarterback between 1985 and 1998. <\/p>\n
That included one season with the Jets as a teammate of Glenn’s during the 1996 season, during which he recorded a career-high 2,205 passing yards in 10 appearances and seven starts with the franchise.<\/p>\n
Reich will now replace Tanner Engstrand, who was fired<\/a> in late January after one season with the Jets.<\/p>\n ESPN’s Rich Cimini<\/a> reported that Engstrand’s firing, which took place a month after the Jets dismissed former defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, came as a surprise to the former OC. <\/p>\n Reich will now be charged with overhauling an offense that ranked 29th in both points and offensive yards last season.<\/p>\n Glenn said in a statement<\/a> that Reich “understands offense and how to utilize the strengths of players.”<\/p>\n