{"id":704960,"date":"2026-01-25T22:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/704960\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T22:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:58:12","slug":"former-panthers-hc-frank-reich-linked-to-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/704960\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Panthers HC Frank Reich linked to Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 25, 2026, 3:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/carolina-panthers\/364\" data-autotag=\"8afac4d1-41b4-4302-b154-b45f5b48a0d2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Carolina Panthers<\/a> head coach might soon find himself back in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to Connor Hughes of SNY, Frank Reich has been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Connor_J_Hughes\/status\/2015293207223931262?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">linked<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-jets\/352\" data-autotag=\"61e70eee-950b-4335-a373-675b010563dc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Jets<\/a> in their search for a new offensive coordinator. The 64-year-old has spent the last two years at Stanford University, where he has served as the program&#8217;s interim head coach and senior advisor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Reich&#8217;s last NFL gig came in 2023, as the head coach of the Panthers. But that tenure would prove to be the league&#8217;s shortest since the 1970 merger, as he was <a href=\"http:\/\/pantherswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/panthers\/2023\/11\/27\/panthers-fire-hc-frank-reich\/79674042007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fired<\/a> 11 games in following a 1-10 start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Not long after his dismissal, Reich spoke with The Charlotte Observer, and told reporter Scott Fowler that he believed his brief stint in Carolina might&#8217;ve been the <a href=\"http:\/\/pantherswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/panthers\/2023\/11\/27\/panthers-fire-frank-reich-final-nfl-chapter\/79673012007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">final act<\/a> of his NFL journey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cIt was a great opportunity,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/nfl\/carolina-panthers\/article282370333.html\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reich said<\/a>. \u201cThe way the doors opened up for it was amazing. But there\u2019s not always a storybook ending\u2026. I also take comfort and find peace and strength that there is a next chapter of my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Well, there&#8217;s a chance that this story could continue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePanthersWire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@ThePanthersWire<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter\/X for more Panthers content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 25, 2026, 3:00 p.m. ET A former Carolina Panthers head coach might soon find himself back in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[95878,235,260,2567,7,6,236,97114,97115,95882,96059,102556,95896,96747,95888,95895,95899,96177,95884,95883,96241,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-704960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-carolina","10":"tag-carolina-panthers","11":"tag-carolinapanthers","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-panthers","15":"tag-sstssportsnflpanthers","16":"tag-sstsnpanthers","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcarolina-panthers","19":"tag-tagfrank-reich","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnew-york-jets","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","26":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagstanford-university","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115958219168194461","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}