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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | January 5, 1945||||||||||||
Died: | January 2, 2020 Pickens, South Carolina, U.S. | (aged 74)||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 218 lb (99 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | North Fulton (Atlanta, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
College: | Furman | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1968 | ||||||||||||
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Regular season: | 84–107 (.440) | ||||||||||||
Postseason: | 3–2 (.600) | ||||||||||||
Career: | 87–109 (.444) | ||||||||||||
Player stats at PFR |
Samuel David Wyche (/waɪtʃ/;[1] January 5, 1945 – January 2, 2020) was an American football quarterback and coach. He was a quarterback and head coach for the Cincinnati Bengals and a quarterbacks coach for the San Francisco 49ers. As head coach, he led the Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII, which they lost to the 49ers 20–16, relinquishing the lead on a last-minute touchdown. He was also known for introducing the use of the no-huddle offense as a standard offense (as opposed to use at the end of the half).
Wyche coached Cincinnati from 1984 to 1991, and his 64 wins with the Bengals were the most by a coach in franchise history until he was surpassed by Marvin Lewis in 2011.[2]
Wyche also played for the Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, St. Louis Cardinals, and Buffalo Bills. He also coached at the University of South Carolina and Indiana University, and for the San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Buffalo Bills.