Rich Take On Sports

Episode 4 features former NFL Head Coach for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Sam Wyche shares his journey into sports that started with the competition between him and his younger brother.  His brother, Bubba was actually the better athlete however, Sam was still able to walk-on at Furman University and played QB. His first entry to coaching football was as a graduate assistant at the University of South Carolina working with Lou Holtz who was a defensive backs coach.  This assignment was temporary as he still wanted to play and eventually earned a position with the Cincinnati Bengals and ultimately played in a Super Bowl as a member of the Washington Redskins. After, he retired from playing Sam joined Bill Walsh’s staff in San Francisco as his top assistant and helped guide the 49er’s to a win in Super Bowl XVI.  His opportunity to be a head coach came shortly after that Super Bowl win as he accepted the position at Indiana University.  Only staying one year, Sam was convinced