David Shaw explains why he’s stepping down as Stanford stares down NIL era
It’s been a steady decline from Orange Bowls and Heisman finalists to the bottom of the Pac-12. But Shaw insisted that, despite back-to-back 3-9 seasons, Stanford is in a better position than its record indicates.
Of course, those schools also made use of the biggest changes in college football recently – the transfer portal and NIL payments. Stanford hasn’t adjusted its strict academic requirements to take advantage of the portal yet, but Shaw said that he’s had discussions with Muir, president Marc Tessier-Lavigne and dean of admissions Rick Shaw about adjusting its standards, with the realization that teams have to be active in the transfer portal in order to be competitive.
Stanford only started allowing early enrollees in 2021, years after other top programs used that to entice top prospects to come to join their teams. The only four-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year, Shaw went to three Rose Bowl Games and won at least 11 games four times in his 12 seasons. His 65 conference wins are tied for the fifth-most in Pac-12 history, and he finished with a winning record against AP Top 25 teams. He surpassed the legendary Pop Warner in 2017 to be the program’s all-time winningest coach.
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