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STAFF STANFORD FOOTBALL David Shaw Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football • Fifth season as Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football • Ninth season at Stanford • 21st season overall Hometown • San Diego, California Family • Wife, Kori, and three children -- Keegan, Carter and Gavin Stanford ’94 • Cardinal ranked first nationally in sacks, second in tackles for loss, fifth in rushing defense and Honors and Awards 11th in scoring defense following 2012 season. • 2013 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year • First program to win both the AFCA Academic Achievement Award and a BCS bowl game in the • 2013 Eddie Robinson Award finalist same season, doing so in 2012. • 2012 Pac-12 Conference Coach of the Year • First season as head coach yielded 11-2 record and 2011 Fiesta Bowl appearance. • 2012 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year finalist • Ninth major college head coach in history to post 11 or more wins in his first season and first since • 2011 Pac-12 Conference Coach of the Year 2006. • 2011 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year • Ranked in top 10 of both major polls for all 16 weeks of the 2011 season, peaking at No. 3 in the AP poll and No. 2 in the USA Today Coaches poll on Nov. 6. • Behind 2011 Heisman Trophy finalist Andrew Luck, Stanford averaged 43.2 points/game and • Fifth Stanford alum to hold the position of head football coach. established a school-record with 561 points. • Signed long-term contract extension following the 2012 regular season. • Stanford’s 11 victories in 2011 came by an average of 27.4 points. • Three consecutive AFCA Academic Achievement Awards. • Served as Stanford’s offensive coordinator for four seasons, playing an instrumental role in the • Won 30 games in first 35 outings, third-fastest among active coaches. resurgence of the program. • Won 40 games in first 52 outings at Stanford, tying with Pop Warner for the fastest to 40 wins by • During Shaw’s tenure as offensive coordinator, the Cardinal scored 40 or more points in 11 games any Cardinal head coach. from 2007-10, and the balanced offense amassed a school-record 6,142 yards during the 2010 season, averaging 213.8 on the ground and 258.7 yards through the air. • One of only three coaches to lead team to BCS bowls in his first three years as a head coach. • Wide receivers and passing game coordinator at the University of San Diego during the 2006 • Stanford was the only team to earn four consecutive BCS bowl bids during the Bowl Championship season, winning the Division I-AA Mid-Major national title and the Pioneer League championship Series era. with the nation’s top offense. • First Stanford head coach with at least eight wins in each of first four seasons. • Nine years of NFL experience with the Philadelphia Eagles (1997), Oakland Raiders (1998-2001) • Matched school-record with six selections in 2015 NFL Draft. and Baltimore Ravens (2002-05). • Stanford was among three schools (Alabama and Oregon) with 10 or more wins in each season • Launched career at Western Washington, where he coached the outside linebackers in 1995 and from 2010-13. the tight ends in 1996. • Finished 2013 campaign ranked fifth in the BCS standings, the fourth straight top-10 BCS ranking • Four-year letterwinner at Stanford from 1991-94 as a receiver. for the Cardinal. • Member of Stanford’s 1991 Aloha Bowl team coached by Dennis Green that finished the season • Six student-athletes received All-Pac-12 first team honors with 19 all-conference selections in with an 8-4 mark and was the third-highest scoring team in school history at the time. 2013. • Part of Cardinal team which went 10-3 and won the 1993 Blockbuster Bowl under the direction of • In 2012, guided Cardinal to a 12-2 record and first Pac-12 Championship in 13 years, culminating head coach Bill Walsh. with Stanford’s first Rose Bowl victory in over 40 years. • Finished Stanford career with 57 catches for 664 yards and five touchdowns. • With 2012 Pac-12 Coach of the Year recognition, became second person to earn honor outright in • Competed in a varsity track meet and a varsity basketball game before graduating in 1995 with a consecutive seasons since the award’s inception in 1975. bachelor’s degree in sociology. • Stanford became the first school to defeat programs ranked No. 1 (Oregon) and 2 (USC) in the AP • Represents the Pac-12 on the AFCA Ethics Committee and is one of 18 individuals named to USA poll during the regular season and the Cardinal closed 2012 season with five straight wins over as Football’s Football Advisory Committee. many ranked opponents. • Father, Willie, had two separate coaching stints at Stanford (1974-76, 1989-91) during his 33-year • Historic defensive output in 2012 broke single-season sacks record (57) and led the Pac-12 in coaching career, which also included time with the Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota scoring defense (17.21), total defense (336.21), rushing defense (97.0), sacks (4.07) and tackles for Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams. loss (9.00). Season-by-Season Results Season Overall Pac-12 Finish Postseason Result 2011 11-2 8-1 T-1st (North) Fiesta Bowl - vs. Oklahoma State L, 38-41 • OT 2012 12-2 8-1 T-1st (North) Pac-12 Championship - vs. UCLA W, 27-24 Rose Bowl - vs. Wisconsin W, 20-14 2013 11-3 7-2 T-1st (North) Pac-12 Championship - vs. Arizona State W, 38-14 Rose Bowl - vs. Michigan State L, 24-20 2014 8-5 5-4 2nd (North) Foster Farms Bowl vs. Maryland W, 45-21 Fifth Season 42-12 (.778) 28-8 (.778) -- 4-2 (.667) in postseason • 2-2 (.500) in bowl games GoStanford.com / #GoStanford / STAFF / 41 41 STANFORD FOOTBALL STAFF Mike Bloomgren Lance Anderson Andrew Luck Director of Offense Willie Shaw Director of Defense • Third season as Andrew Luck Director of Offense • Second season as Willie Shaw Director of Defense • Fifth season at Stanford • Ninth season at Stanford • 17 season overall • 19th season overall Florida State ’99 Idaho State ’96 Recruiting Areas • California (Orange and Los Angeles counties), Florida (Northern), Recruiting Areas • California (San Diego and Imperial counties), Idaho, Utah, Southern Georgia Arizona, Georgia (North Georgia) Hometown • Tallahassee, Florida Hometown • Rupert, Idaho Family • Wife, Lara, and two sons -- Tyler and Parker Family • Wife, Sherri, and three children -- Aubrey, Jaren and Braden • Serves as associate head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. • Second season overseeing Stanford’s defense, sixth campaign working with the outside linebackers. • Notable student-athletes coached include David DeCastro, Jonathan Martin, David Yankey, Cameron Fleming, Andrus Peat, Tyler Gaffney, Zach Ertz. • Notable student-athletes coached include Trent Murphy, Chase Thomas, Sione Fua and Matthew Masifilo. • Helped Stanford win eight games and close the season on a three-game winning streak in 2014. • Previously worked with the defensive tackles from 2007-09. • The Cardinal scored at least 30 points in seven of 13 games on the season and increased its nation-best streak of scoring at least 10 points to 95 games to close the 2014 season. • One of the architects of Stanford’s vaunted defense and program’s liaison to the Stanford admissions office. • Stanford amassed a program-best 2,904 rushing yards during the 2013 season, Bloomgren’s first year at the offensive helm. The Cardinal out-rushed opponents 1,529-497, an average of 218.5 to • Defense has ranked among the nation’s top-15 in defensive efficiency for four consecutive years. 71.0. Cultivating explosive plays in Bloomgren’s offense, Stanford scored 23 offensive touchdowns covering 20 yards or more in 2013. • In 2014, Stanford ranked second nationally in scoring defense (16.4 points/game), third in total defense (282.4 yards/game), seventh in rushing defense (104.5 yards/game) and eighth in passing • Rivals.com named Bloomgren as its 2014 National Recruiter of the Year - the latest such honor defense (177.9 yards/game) -- one of three teams in 2014 to finish in the top-10 nationally in all four that began in 2012 when ESPN recognized him as its Pac-12 Recruiter of the Year. Football Scoop categories. The team was also among the best nationally in getting to the quarterback, ranking named Bloomgren its 2013 Offensive Line Coach of the Year following two years of eye-opening sixth with 46 sacks. player accomplishments. • Defense ranked third in the NCAA in rushing defense (89.4 yards/game), 10th in scoring defense • In 2013, all five offensive linemen received All-Pac-12 honors, including first-team selection David (19.0 points/game) and 16th in total defense (343.1 yards/game) in 2013 -- one of only five teams Yankey, Stanford’s first two-time first team All-American selection since Bob Whitfield (1990-91), to allow fewer than 100 rushing yards/game. The 2013 unit was also among the best nationally in and a semifinalist for the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award producing stops for negative yardage, ranking fifth with 44 sacks and seventh with 109 tackles for loss. • In 2013, the offensive line ranked among the top groups in the country; in 13 games, the unit only surrendered 15 sacks to rank 16th nationally, and ranked fourth nationally with 48 tackles for a loss • Work on the admissions front has been noteworthy, as Stanford has earned consecutive Academic allowed. Achievement Awards from the American Football Coaches Association after posting a 100 percent graduation rate. • The Cardinal offensive line afforded 200-plus yards rushing in six games during the 2012 season, paving the way for record-breaking running back Stepfan Taylor, who produced the best season of • The 2012 defensive unit paved the way to a historic defensive output, breaking Stanford’s single- his career (109.29 yards/game) behind the most inexperienced offensive line of his career.