CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Imagine finishing a 14-year career as an NFL quarterback and being offered the chance to coach quarterback Peyton Manning. Never mind you have no coaching experience. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to stay in a game you’ve loved since you were a little kid.
The Indianapolis Colts offered Frank Reich that opportunity in 1998.
Reich instead chose a different path: the seminary.
“He said, ‘Gee, thank you. I’m honored,”’ recalled then-Colts president Bill Polian, who knew Reich from their time together with the Buffalo Bills and Carolina Panthers. “You know how polite he is. And he called me back and said, ‘Bill, I can’t do it right now. I’m committed to these people, and I…
