Filed under: Stanford, Pac 10, Coaching
STANFORD, Calif. -- When Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby announced 38-year-old David Shaw as the new Stanford football coach, the players in the back of the auditorium stood up and applauded. So did his mother and his father and his sister and his wife and former Stanford coach Tyrone Willingham.Shaw looked out, his eyes welling, and smiled.
The job he's always wanted, the only job he ever wants to have again, is his.
"Since the day I started coaching, this is the job that I knew that I wanted," Shaw said. "Today is finally the day."
Shaw, a Stanford alum and Bay Area native, gets a four-year contract to replace Jim Harbaugh, who left the Cardinal program after leading them to a 12-1 season, a No. 4 national ranking and a win in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3. Harbaugh is now the head coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers.
Shaw knows Stanford. He played there. His father coached there. He's coached there. And now he's the head coach, shepherding a program with suddenly high expectations and big prospects.
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