Oliver Luck Oliver Francis Luck ( born April 5 , 1960 ) is the Director of Intercollegiate Athletes at West Virginia University , his alma mater . Luck is a retired American football player who spent four seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a quarterback for the Houston Oilers ( 1983 – 1986 ) . He was also the first president and of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer ( MLS ) . Under his watch , the Dynamo won the MLS Cup in 2006 and 2007 . He is the father of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck . Football career . Collegiate career . Luck attended in Cleveland , where he was a standout quarterback . He then enrolled at West Virginia University , playing quarterback from 1978 – 1981 . In his freshman season , Luck only had 151 yards passing and five interceptions . As a sophomore in 1979 , he passed for 1 , 292 yards and eight touchdowns , but threw 12 interceptions . He also rushed for 407 yards and five touchdown s , including a career - high 120 yards against Tulane . In his junior season of 1980 , Luck earned first - team Academic All - American honors . Luck ' s 19 touchdown passes was a school record , while he also added 1 , 874 yards . As a senior in 1981 , he led the Mountaineers to the Peach Bowl where they defeated the Florida Gators by a score of 26 – 6 . Also named Academic All - American for the second consecutive season , Luck threw for a school record 216 completions and 394 attempts to add to his 2 , 448 yards and 16 touchdowns . He added career - highs 360 passing yards and a school - record 34 completions in a loss to Syracuse that season . Luck , who was a three - year starter , ended his career with school records of 43 career touchdown passes , 466 completions , and 911 pass attempts . His 5 , 765 career passing yards currently ranks fourth on the all - time school list . Luck still ranks in the top ten in nearly every career passing category . Luck was a finalist to be a Rhodes Scholar ( but he did not obtain the scholarship ) , a National Football Foundation Scholar , and a two - time GTE / CoSIDA Academic All - American who graduated magna cum laude from WVU in 1982 . He was named the team MVP in 1980 and 1981 and won the 1981 Louis D . Meisel Award . He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa . Luck was inducted into the Academic All - America Hall of Fame in 2000 . After graduating from West Virginia , Luck ' s QB job was filled by Penn State transfer and future NFL Pro Bowl er and two - time Super Bowl winner Jeff Hostetler . Professional career . Luck was selected with the 17th pick of the second round ( 44th overall ) in the 1982 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers . He was the third quarterback selected , after Art Schlichter ( 4th to Baltimore ) and Jim McMahon ( 5th to Chicago ) . As a rookie Luck saw no action . In his second season , the Oilers inserted him at the starting quarterback position , from which he threw eight touchdowns and 13 interceptions , completing 124 of 217 pass attempts . He threw for only 1 , 375 yards , as the Oilers struggled to a 2 – 14 record . In 1984 , the Oilers signed Canadian Football League star Warren Moon . Luck played as Moon ' s back - up for the majority of the season . He completed 22 of 36 pass attempts for 256 yards , two of which were touchdown passes , while having only one pass intercepted . Luck also had some success running the ball : he carried the ball 10 times for 75 yards and scored one touchdown . In 1985 and 1986 , Luck continued to play back - up to Moon . He threw 100 passes in 1985 , completing 56 of them with two touchdowns and two interceptions . In 1986 , Luck ' s final season in the NFL , he completed 31 of 60 passes for 341 yards with one touchdown and five interceptions , contributing to an Oilers ' passing offense that finished 23rd out of 28 teams . Post - football career . After retiring from football , Luck received a J . D . from the University of Texas , graduating in 1987 with honors , and he practiced law in Germany . In 1990 , he was the Republican nominee for Congress from West Virginia ' s Second Congressional District , which included his alma mater West Virginia University , but he was defeated by incumbent Democrat Harley Staggers , Jr . An ethical controversy arose after his campaign used a mailing list generated by the non - profit Mountaineer Athletic Club to send a photo of himself as WVU ' s quarterback , along with a letter from Luck , to over 4000 of the club ' s contributors . A state Ethics Commission report subsequently found that the list had been generated at Luck ' s request , and Luck apologized . In 1991 , he became general manager of the Frankfurt Galaxy of the fledgling World League of American Football . He held the post for two years until the league was suspended . Upon its resumption in 1995 , he became general manager of the Rhein Fire , and was named league president the following year . Luck held that role until 2000 , during which time he oversaw the league ' s rebranding as NFL Europe , intended to strengthen the connection between the league and its parent , the NFL . In 2001 , Luck was sworn in as Chief Executive Officer of the Houston Sports Authority . In this role he oversaw the operations of the Harris County Houston Sports Authority , the governmental entity created in 1997 to provide the financing , construction and management oversight of the three large sports and entertainment venues in Houston : Minute Maid Park ( home of the Houston Astros ) , Reliant Stadium , ( home of the Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ) , and the new Downtown multi - purpose arena ( home of the Houston Rockets and Comets ) . Prior to joining the Sports Authority , Luck was a top - ranking executive with the National Football League for more than ten years , where he served as Vice President of Business Development and President and CEO of NFL Europe . In 2005 , he was named president of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer . On June 27 , 2008 , Luck was appointed by West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to the West Virginia University Board of Governors , effective July 1 . On June 9 , 2010 , Luck was hired as the athletic director of West Virginia University . Two years later his name surfaced as a potential candidate to fill the open athletic director ' s slot at Stanford University , where his son Andrew played quarterback and one of his daughters played volleyball . But Luck announced on May 17 , 2012 , that he was staying at WVU . During Luck ' s tenure , the WVU athletic program has made significant changes , including : WVU ' s move from the Big East Conference to the Big 12 Conference ; the resignation of head football coach Bill Stewart and subsequent promotion of Dana Holgorsen to that spot ; and the firing of baseball coach Greg Van Zant . As of October 12 , 2012 , West Virginia University amended Luck ' s employment agreement , extending his contract through 2017 . Personal life . Luck is married to the former Kathy Wilson , with whom he has four children : Andrew , Mary Ellen , Emily , and Addison . Andrew played quarterback for Stanford and was the no . 1 draft pick of the 2012 NFL Draft . In addition to his professional pursuits , Luck is actively involved as a coach for youth sports .