Former star Andrew Luck took the job as Stanford’s football GM determined to restore the Cardinal as a national power.

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Frank Reich has the title of interim coach for Stanford’s football team after being hired in the spring to replace the fired Troy Taylor. The man in charge of getting the Cardinal back to their winning ways is clearly Andrew Luck.

Andrew Luck is back at Stanford, not just as a former player basking in past glories, but as the general manager of the football program that once revolved around him as the school's star quarterback.

Back when Luck was a star for the Indianapolis Colts, he became famous for keeping a flip phone well into the 2010s - and reportedly had it all the way past his sudden retirement from the NFL in 2019.

Ben Gulbranson was one of 17 transfers to arrive at Stanford since last season, more than every previous season of Cardinal football combined.

As Andrew Luck gets ready for his first full season as Stanford general manager, the program is leaning into a social media account inspired by the former Heisman Trophy winner. The program released a teaser ahead of the season opener against Hawaii,

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:

Series history: Stanford leads 4-0. The Cardinal has beaten Hawaii by at least 11 points in all four previous matchups, including a 37-24 win to open the 2023 season. Hawaii will play at Stanford in 2026 and 2030.

Stanford football’s new general manager, Andrew Luck, goes one on one with Raj Mathai in an exclusive interview.

The former Indianapolis Colts quarterback discusses his pangs of guilt about retiring from football, and what he is doing now to The Athletic