Andrew Walter Reid (born March 19, 1958) is the head
coach of the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. He led
the Eagles to four NFC championship game
appearances, from 2001-2004 and to Super Bowl XXXIX
in 2004.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Reid attended John
Marshall High School and worked as a vendor at
Dodger Stadium as a teenager. He also played youth
sports in Los Angeles, and among his coaches were
Pete Arbogast, who is the radio announcer for the
USC football team. Reid played offensive guard and
tackle at Brigham Young University.
After graduating from BYU in 1981, he spent one year
employed as a graduate assistant on the school's
football coaching staff. He spent the next nine
years as an offensive line coach with four different
colleges before being hired as an assistant coach by
the Green Bay Packers in 1992, the same year
quarterback Brett Favre became a member of that team
(Reid was named the Packers' quarterbacks coach in
1997, the season after the Packers won the Super
Bowl (XXXI).
On November 1, 2007, both Britt and Garrett Reid
were sentenced to 23 months in prison. Garrett may
be eligible to go through a Drug Court diversion
program. The Montgomery County judge who sentenced
the two described the Reid home as "more or less a
drug emporium."
In the January 2008 issue of Philadelphia Magazine,
Reid and his wife Tammy gave their first public
interview regarding their sons' long standing drug
abuse problems. In lieu of payment for the exclusive
interview, the magazine donated an unstated amount
to a charity chosen by the Reids. The article
reiterated that Reid feels that the situation should
not impact and has not interfered with his duties
coaching the Eagles. When asked about his future
with the Eagles he stated that his elder son's drug
abuse was not a new situation and that "[a]s long as
Jeffrey Lurie will have me, and as long as I can do
my job to the best of my ability, I would love to be
an Eagle." Despite the apparent openness of Reid and
his wife in the interview, both he and the magazine
came under criticism when it was revealed that he
was allowed to read the article and suggest changes
prior to publication.
