When Oregon State transfer Ben Gulbranson was named the starting QB to begin the year, you could point to his experience being a huge positive on his ledger, especially with interim coach Frank Reich's new offense. Having someone with a number of reps under center to begin the season made sense.

Andrew Luck took over the Stanford football program as its general manager at the end of last year, and he put his stamp on the program in March when he fired head coach Troy Taylor and replaced him with Frank Reich,

Former NFL head coach Frank Reich is serving as Stanford's interim football coach for the 2025 season. Here's a closer look at how it came to be: