Editing Andy Reid (section)

===Early jobs===
Reid had thought of becoming a writer, but continued to question Edwards about [[Strategy of American football|football strategy]], causing Edwards to suggest coaching as a career.{{r|robinson20230117}} After graduating from BYU in 1981, Reid spent one year as a graduate assistant on the school's football coaching staff;<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2020 |title=Andy Reid Gives Shout Out To BYU After Winning Super Bowl LIV |url=https://kslsports.com/427743/andy-reid-byu-super-bowl-shoutout-after-win-kansas-city-chiefs/ |access-date=May 26, 2020 |website=KSL Sports |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506014207/https://kslsports.com/427743/andy-reid-byu-super-bowl-shoutout-after-win-kansas-city-chiefs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> colleagues included Scovil, [[Norm Chow]], and [[Mike Holmgren]].{{r|robinson20230117}} He spent the next nine years as an offensive line coach with four colleges.

During his college coaching career, Reid was on the staff of several teams, including [[San Francisco State Gators|San Francisco State]], [[Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football|Northern Arizona University]], the [[UTEP Miners football|University of Texas at El Paso]], and the [[Missouri Tigers football|University of Missouri]]. In 1986, as coach at Northern Arizona, he coached [[Frank Pollack (American football)|Frank Pollack]], who went on to play for six seasons with the [[San Francisco 49ers]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scurfield |first=Nick |date=November 30, 2010 |title=Eagles' Reid muses on former pupil Pollack |url=http://blog.houstontexans.com/2010/11/30/eagles-reid-muses-on-former-pupil-pollack/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712223720/http://blog.houstontexans.com/2010/11/30/eagles-reid-muses-on-former-pupil-pollack/ |archive-date=July 12, 2011 |access-date=January 10, 2011 |website=houstontexans.com}}</ref>