Tom Reed Passes Away

9/26/2022 4:16:00 PM | Football

Former Miami University player and head coach, Tom Reed, passed away on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. He was 77 years old.

Reed earned three letters with the Miami football program from 1964-66, helping the Red and White to Mid-American Conference Co-Championships in 1965 and 1966. In all, Miami was 22-7-1 in Reed's three years as a student-athlete with the program.

After graduation, Reed went on to serve as an assistant coach with Miami (1967-68), Akron (1969-72), Arizona (1973) and Michigan (1974-77) before being named Miami's head coach in 1978.

In five years at the helm of the Miami program (1978-82), Reed recorded a 34-19-2 record and still ranks 10^th in school history in career wins. Miami downed North Carolina (7-3) in 1978 and added another Power-5 win a year later over Kentucky (15-14) under Reed's guidance.