and planned to transfer to Stanford but injured his knee. BYU head coach LaVell Edwards wanted Reid's teammate and best friend Randy Tidwell, and also recruited him to the team to help persuade Tidwell to come to BYU. At BYU, Reid was a teammate of Jim McMahon and Tom Holmoe. Teammates recalled that Reid did not play often but was very analytical, closely studying Edwards and offensive coordinator Doug Scovil. BYU won the 1980 Holiday Bowl in his senior year. Coaching career College Reid had thought of becoming a writer, but frequent questions to Edwards about football strategy caused the head coach to suggest coaching as a career. After graduating from BYU in 1981, Reid spent one year as a graduate assistant on the school's football coaching staff; colleagues included Scovil, Norm Chow, and Mike Holmgren. He spent the next nine years as an offensive line coach with four colleges. During his college coaching career, he was on the staff for teams like the San Francisco Gators, Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, UTEP Miners, and Missouri Tigers. It was with the 1986 Northern Arizona University team that he coached Frank Pollack, who went on to play for six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. Green Bay Packers Reid was hired by Holmgren at the Green Bay Packers in 1992, the same year quarterback Brett Favre became a member of that team. In 1995, he became the assistant offensive line and tight ends coach, where he helped lead the 1996 team to a Super Bowl XXXI win over the New England Patriots. Reid was named the Packers' quarterbacks coach in 1997, replacing Marty Mornhinweg, who left to be the offensive coordinator for his predecessor in Green Bay, Steve Mariucci. Mariucci wanted Reid to be his offensive coordinator in San Francisco, but Holmgren prevented the move. Philadelphia Eagles 1999 to 2004 Following a league-worst 3–13 season in 1998, the Philadelphia Eagles fired head coach Ray Rhodes and began a comprehensive search for a replacement. The Eagles initially considered hiring Holmgren to replace Rhodes, but Holmgren instead joined the Seattle Seahawks as head coach and urged Eagles owner Jeff Lurie to hire Reid. Simultaneously, Eagles' president Joe Banner felt that the team needed a detail-oriented head coach after the team's steady decline under Rhodes. As Banner began his search for a new head coach, he asked other teams' general managers for names of coaches that