5:16 AM ET
Paolo UggettiESPN
Stanford caput manager David Shaw has resigned aft 12 seasons astatine his alma mater.
Shaw announced his determination to measurement down, effectual immediately, aft Saturday night's 36-25 nonaccomplishment to BYU successful Stanford's play finale.
"I prayed astir it, I thought astir it," Shaw said. "With each hr it seemed, it was much cemented successful my head. The operation that kept coming to maine is: 'It's time.'"
Shaw, 50, said helium had not considering resigning until earlier this past week, and said helium has nary tendency to manager different squad astatine this point.
"I americium not burnt out," helium said. "I'm healthy; I consciousness good. But 16 years is simply a agelong time. ... 16 years of moving a program, 16 years of being liable for everything and everybody catches up to you."
Shaw steps down arsenic the winningest caput manager successful Stanford past with 96 vocation victories. His resignation comes aft back-to-back 3-9 seasons and a agelong since 2019 wherever the Cardinal person gone 14-28.
Stanford is 3-16 successful Pac-12 play the past 2 seasons, including consecutive losses to rival California.
"There are a batch of radical that deliberation this programme is down. That's what our grounds says," said Shaw, who finished with a 96-54 grounds astatine Stanford. "But I look astatine the components. I look astatine the radical here, the enactment that I'm proceeding coming from our diversion director, from our assemblage president, the radical that are down the scenes. We're not that acold away."
"I would similar to convey David for his immense contributions to Stanford," diversion manager Bernard Muir said successful a statement. "David has represented Stanford football, arsenic some a subordinate and a coach, with unwavering grace, humility and integrity. He has cared tremendously for each and each student-athlete successful his programme portion helping them prosecute their afloat world and diversion potential. David volition everlastingly stay a valued subordinate of the Stanford shot household and an integral portion of the storied past of the program. I anticipation Cardinal fans everyplace volition articulation maine successful thanking David and his household for their bonzer years of work and wishing them each the champion successful their adjacent chapter."
Shaw, who played wide receiver for the Cardinal from 1991 to 1994, has been portion of Stanford's coaching unit since 2007. He archetypal began arsenic an violative coordinator for 4 seasons earlier being promoted to the caput coaching occupation successful 2011 aft Jim Harbaugh departed for the NFL.
It didn't instrumentality agelong for Shaw to succeed. During his archetypal 4 seasons, helium led Stanford to 3 Rose Bowls, including 2 victories, arsenic good arsenic 3 Pac-12 titles -- and 4 Pac-12 Coach of the Year awards -- during that span.
Shaw expressed Saturday however hard the caller assemblage shot landscape, with NIL and the transportation portal, has been for Stanford, but helium did not admit that was a crushed for his departure.
"Stanford historically doesn't alteration quickly," helium said. "We are methodical. ... It's been hard but it's been hard for everybody."
Shaw said the transportation portal "will beryllium precise enticing" to existent Stanford players upon his departure. Asked if helium believes Stanford tin instrumentality to the level it was astatine erstwhile helium archetypal took the job, Shaw said yes.
"Growth," Shaw responded erstwhile asked what it volition instrumentality for Stanford to bounce back. "And it's not going to beryllium immediate."
The schoolhouse stated it volition instantly statesman a nationalist hunt to find a caller coach.
Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.
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