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SAM WYCHE
Sam Wyche was one of the preeminent experts when NBC hosted NFL. He joined the cast of pro football experts: Chris Collinsworth, Joe Gibbs and co-hosts Greg Gumbel and Ahmad Rashad. In 1996, he was paired with Marv Albert on NBC's Sunday broadcasts of the AFC.
Prior to joining NBC, Sam Wyche coached and played in the NFL for twenty-seven years. He started with the Continental League's Wheeling Ironmen, before becoming one of the original Cincinnati Bengals in 1968.
In 1970, Wyche was a quarterback on the Bengals' first-ever play-off team. Wyche was traded to the Washington Redskins in 1971, playing on three more play-off teams, including Super Bowl VII.
Sam Wyche was traded to the Detroit Lions in 1974, and played for the pro football team in St. Louis and the Buffalo Bills before retiring as a player in 1976.
Wyche began his coaching career with Bill Walsh and the San Francisco 49ers in 1979. He coached quarterback Joe Montana from his rookie year to the 49ers' first Super Bowl victory in Super Bowl XVI.
Wyche was the head coach at Indiana University before taking the same post with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1984.
Sam Wyche's team played in Super Bowl XXIII against his old team, the 49ers. Wyche ended his coaching career in 1995 after four years as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Wyche earned his BA degree from Furman University and his MBA degree from the University of South Carolina.
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