# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-wyche
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:09:46.189Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-wyche"
name: "Sam Wyche"
slug: "sam-wyche"
description: "Samuel David Wyche was an American professional 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."
tagline: "American football player and coach (1945-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Wyche_1969.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1945-01-05"
deathDate: "2020-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.331862666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Wyche"
    title: "Sam Wyche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "سام ويتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Wyche"
    title: "Sam Wyche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Wyche"
    title: "Sam Wyche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Wyche"
    title: "Sam Wyche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Wyche"
    title: "Sam Wyche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4107283"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump