Stanford hires NFL assistant to be head coach

Stanford shot has brought successful a acquainted look to go its adjacent caput coach.

The schoolhouse announced Friday that it had hired Tavita Pritchard, who played backmost for Stanford from 2006 to 2009, to beryllium its adjacent caput coach. The 38-year-old is presently the Washington Commanders quarterbacks manager and volition statesman his relation arsenic caput manager instantly aft the team’s crippled against the Denver Broncos. 

Pritchard is taking implicit for interim caput manager Frank Reich, who replaced Troy Taylor successful the outpouring aft Taylor was dismissed for allegations of bullying and belittling staff. 

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Washington Commanders quarterbacks manager Tavita Pritchard watches his players earlier an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Rams successful Inglewood, California, connected Dec. 17, 2023. (Kyusung Gong/AP Photo, FIle)

Pritchard was hired by the antheral who replaced him astatine backmost astatine Stanford: Andrew Luck. Luck is the school’s wide manager and said that Pritchard is the close idiosyncratic to pb Stanford into its adjacent large era. 

"Winning successful assemblage shot contiguous requires a person of men who tin physique and motivate teams, enlistee aboriginal stars, and make and link with talent," Luck said successful a statement.

"Tavita Pritchard is precisely the close caput manager astatine the close clip to assistance america physique connected the instauration of this play and pb Stanford shot to its adjacent large era. Coach Pritchard is simply a civilization builder, a teacher of shot of the highest caliber, and a humble yet determined servant person who is committed to the occurrence of Stanford’s student-athletes."

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Stanford Cardinal backmost Tavita Pritchard (14) takes a drawback during a 23-20 nonaccomplishment to the UCLA Bruins astatine the Rose Bowl successful Pasadena, California, connected Oct. 18, 2008. (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-USA TODAY Sports)

"I could not beryllium much excited to invited Tavita, Caroline and their household backmost to campus."

Pritchard began his coaching vocation successful 2010 astatine Stanford arsenic a postgraduate adjunct and worked his mode up the ranks to go the team’s violative coordinator/quarterbacks manager successful 2022 earlier departing for the NFL. 

Pritchard’s abbreviated stint successful the NFL was impactful, arsenic Commanders caput manager Dan Quinn offered precocious praise for his erstwhile assistant. 

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"Tavita volition beryllium a fantastic caput coach, and I judge helium volition beryllium particularly effectual astatine Stanford. Players gravitate to him, and helium rapidly earned their respect and mine," Quinn said successful a statement. 

"Tavita is smart, collaborative, diligent and helium brings radical together. He is the cleanable manager to physique a winning programme successful today’s assemblage shot landscape."

Pritchard volition beryllium tasked with turning astir a squad that is 4-7 this season, and has not had much than 4 wins successful a play since 2018, erstwhile it went 9-4.

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