When Andrew Luck decided Stanford needed to change its head football coach at an unusual time in late March, he turned to a familiar face.

Frank Reich has no illusions about a long-term future as the 36th head coach of the Stanford football program. Next year, general manager Andrew Luck will hire a 37th head coach and everybody knows it.

Andrew Luck almost retired one year earlier. Entering the 2018 season -- his seventh with the Indianapolis Colts -- fresh off of a 2017 campaign spent on the sidelines due to a shoulder injury, Luck had serious questions about his future.