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STANFORD FOOTBALL COACHES COACHES STANFORD FOOTBALL COACHES andSTAFF #gostanford 2013 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 27 STANFORD FOOTBALL COACHES COACHES STANFORD FOOTBALL David Shaw Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football Stanford ’94 Third Season After serving as Stanford’s offensive coordinator for four seasons from 2007-10, David Shaw was appointed the Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football on January 13, 2011, becoming the 34th head coach in Stanford history. A 1995 Stanford graduate who is the fifth alum to hold the position of head football coach, Shaw signed a long-term contract extension following the 2012 regular season. Through his second season as the Cardinal head coach, Shaw holds a remarkable 23-4 (.852) career record. Shaw guided the Cardinal to a 12-2 record in 2012 and its first Pac-12 Championship in 13 years. The campaign culminated with Stanford’s first Rose Bowl victory in over 40 years, a 20-14 win over Wisconsin in the 2013 edition of The Granddaddy of Them All. The Rose Bowl berth marked the third consecutive BCS bowl for Stanford, a feat claimed by just seven other schools. On the heels of the 2012 Fiesta Bowl and 2011 Orange Bowl, the Cardinal has achieved the rare distinction of Honors and Awards playing in three different BCS bowls in three straight years. Shaw is one of four individuals to lead a team to back-to-back BCS bowls in • 2012 Pac-12 Conference Coach of the Year their first two seasons as a college head coach. • 2012 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year finalist Stanford’s three straight 11-win seasons are unprecedented in school • 2011 Pac-12 Conference Coach of the Year history, as the Cardinal had never won 11 games prior to 2010 and had reached 10 wins only three times previously (1926, 1942 and 1992). Stanford • 2011 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year also has won at least eight games in four consecutive seasons for the first time • 2011 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year finalist since head coach Glenn “Pop” Warner did so from 1926-30. The Cardinal ranked sixth in the final 2012 BCS standings, following back- to-back No. 4 rankings at the end of the 2010 and 2011 seasons. The Shaw File Shaw was named the 2012 Pac-12 Conference Coach of the Year, becoming Year Program Position the second coach to earn the honor outright in consecutive seasons since the 1995 Western Washington Outside Linebackers award’s inception in 1975. 1996 Western Washington Tight Ends Under Shaw’s leadership, Stanford during the regular season defeated the 1997 Philadelphia Eagles Quality Control AP No. 1 (Oregon) and No. 2 (USC) teams in the nation, the first school to do 1998-00 Oakland Raiders Quality Control so since 2000. The Cardinal closed its season with five straight wins over as 2001 Oakland Raiders Quarterbacks many ranked opponents. 2002-04 Baltimore Ravens Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers Shaw paved the way to a historic defensive output in 2012, breaking 2005 Baltimore Ravens Wide Receivers Stanford’s single-season sacks record (57) and pacing the Pac-12 in scoring 2006 San Diego Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers defense (17.21), total defense (336.21), rushing defense (97.0), sacks (4.07) and tackles for loss (9.00). The Cardinal ranked first nationally in sacks, second 2007-09 Stanford Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers 2010 Stanford Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs 2011-13 Stanford Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football 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 Two Seasons 23-4 (.852) 16-2 (.889) -- 2-1 (.667) in postseason, 1-1 (.500) in bowl games 28 2013 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE www.gostanford.com #gostanford 2013 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE STANFORD FOOTBALL COACHES COACHES STANFORD FOOTBALL The Cardinal running attack averaged 210.6 yards per game, a figure that ranked second in the Pac-12 Conference and 18th nationally, and its 2,738 yards ranked as the third-best single-season mark in school history. Stanford’s 2011 defense was ranked either first or second in the Pac-12 in six categories, including rushing defense (1st - 84.4), third-down conversion defense (1st - 31.1), scoring defense (2nd - 21.9), total defense (2nd - 337.6), sacks-per-game (2nd - 3.00) and opponent first downs (2nd - 17.5). Five players - Luck, right guard David DeCastro, left tackle Jonathan Martin, tight end Coby Fleener and outside linebacker Chase Thomas - received All-America honors in 2011. Luck was named Walter Camp Football Foundation National Player of the Year along with receiving the Maxwell Award as the nation’s top player. He finished second in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy and was the Pac-12’s Offensive Player of the Year for a second straight season. DeCastro was a unanimous All-America selection, earning spots on the Walter Camp, AFCA, AP, Football Writers Association of America and Sporting News All-America squads. Martin landed spots on the Walter Camp and AFCA squads, while Fleener and Thomas were named All-Americans by Sporting News. All said and done, 21 players earned all-conference recognition in 2011, including six players who earned first team honors. Twelve players landed spots on the Pac-12 All-Academic team, including first-team selections Luck in tackles for loss, fifth in rushing defense and 11th in scoring defense. and Brent Etiz. Luck was also named the Capital One Academic All-America of In 2012, Stanford earned the AFCA’s Academic Achievement Award after the Year by the College Sports Information Directors of America. leading the country with a 100 percent Graduation Success Rate for its Prior to his appointment as head coach, Shaw served as Stanford’s offensive graduated class that year, becoming the first program ever to win both the coordinator for four seasons, playing an instrumental role in the resurgence award and a BCS bowl game in the same season. of the Stanford program which established school scoring records in 2009 and For the fourth straight year, Stanford has had three or more players selected 2010. in the NFL Draft when Zach Ertz (second round - Philadelphia), Levine Toilolo (fourth round - Atlanta) and Stepfan Taylor (fifth round - Arizona) signed professional contracts after the 2012 season. Taylor, a Doak Walker Award semifinalist, set the Stanford record with 4,300 rushing yards as Ertz led Stanford pass catchers and all FBS tight ends in receiving yards (898) and total receptions (69), both school records for a tight end. Ertz was a John Mackey Award finalist and the seventh unanimous All-American in program history. Stanford was one of five schools to have four or more players selected to the 2012 AP All-America teams, with Ertz earning the honor along with David Yankey (second team), Trent Murphy (third team) and Ed Reynolds (third team). Yankey was a consensus All-American. Shaw’s first season as head coach saw the 2011 Cardinal post an 11-2 record and make its second consecutive BCS appearance, falling to Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl. Stanford won its first nine games of the season to extend its winning streak to 17 before falling to No. 6 Oregon. Shaw became just the ninth major college head coach in history to post 11 or more wins in his first season, and the first since Chris Peterson (13-0) of Boise State and Bret Bielema (12-1) of Wisconsin accomplished the feat in 2006. For his efforts, Shaw was named 2011 Pac-12 Coach of the Year, becoming just the third head coach in Stanford history to earn the award, following Bill Walsh (1977) and Tyrone Willingham (1995, 1999). He was also named AFCA Regional Coach of the Year. Stanford was the ninth-highest scoring team in the nation in 2010, The Cardinal was ranked in the top 10 of both major polls for all 16 weeks of averaging 40.31 points per contest. The Cardinal scored a school-record 524 the season, peaking at No. 3 in the AP poll and No. 2 in the USA Today Coaches points in 13 games, a point total that surpassed the previous record of 461, poll on Nov. 6. With a final ranking of No. 7, Stanford concluded a stretch in established by the 2009 team. which it held down a spot in the top 10 of the AP poll for a school-record 22 During Shaw’s tenure as offensive coordinator, the Cardinal scored 40 or straight weeks dating back to the 2010 season. more points in 11 games from 2007-10. Stanford’s 11 victories in 2011 came by an average of 27.4 points, while Stanford’s balanced offense amassed a school-record 6,142 yards during eight were in wire-to-wire fashion. The Cardinal posted a 3-2 record against the 2010 season, averaging 213.8 on the ground and 258.7 yards through the ranked teams, defeating No. 22 Washington, No. 20 USC and No. 22 Notre air. The Cardinal finished second in the Pac-10 and 17th nationally in rushing Season-by-Season Results Dame, while falling only to No. 6 Oregon and No. 3 Oklahoma State. average and amassed the second-highest rushing total (2,779 yards) in school Season Overall Pac-12 Finish Postseason Result Stanford continued its reputation of fielding one of the most balanced history. 2011 11-2 8-1 T-1st (North) Fiesta Bowl - vs.