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David Lorenzo Shaw (born July 31, 1972) is an
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coach. He served as head coach of the Stanford Cardinal football team from 2011 to 2022. Shaw was the team's offensive coordinator for the entire tenure of his predecessor, head coach Jim Harbaugh, from 2007 to 2010. Previously, Shaw was a four-year letter winner playing as a wide receiver for the Cardinal from 1991 to 1994, where he was coached by
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and Bill Walsh. Prior to returning to Stanford as offensive coordinator, Shaw was Harbaugh's passing game coordinator at the University of San Diego and an assistant coach in the NFL for the
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, Oakland Raiders, and
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. Shaw resigned as the Stanford head coach, effective immediately, on November 27, 2022.


Early life and playing career

Shaw was born in
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and moved with his family around the country following his father
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's career as an NFL coach. Shaw played high school football at
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in
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while his father coached for the Detroit Lions. In 1989, Willie accepted a coaching job at Stanford University and the family moved back to the Bay Area where David ultimately graduated from
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in
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. He went on to attend Stanford University, where he played college football as a wide receiver under head coaches
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and Bill Walsh. In his college career from 1991 to 1994, Shaw caught 57 passes for 664 yards and scored five touchdowns. Shaw was also on the Stanford men's basketball and track teams while at the University before earning a
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in
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in 1995.


NFL assistant coach

His coaching career began at
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in 1995. In 1997, Shaw began a nine-year run as an NFL assistant coach with stints for the
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, Oakland Raiders, and
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. As the Raiders' quality control from 1998–2000 and quarterbacks coach in 2001, the team won two consecutive
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titles and completed a 10–6 regular season. Shaw was the
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s coach for the Baltimore Ravens from 2002–2004 and wide receivers coach for the Ravens from 2002–2005, with the 2003 team finishing with a 10–6 regular season mark and winning the AFC North. In 2005, Shaw coached wide receivers
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to a Ravens record of 86 receptions and 1,073 receiving yards (the third-highest Baltimore record) and Mark Clayton to a Ravens rookie record of 44 receptions for 471 yards.


College assistant coach

In 2006, Shaw left the NFL for the University of San Diego to join
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Jim Harbaugh's staff as passing game coordinator. The 11–1 Toreros' offense led the
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in many statistical categories, including passing offense (293.3 ypg), total offense (494.25 ypg), and scoring offense (42.83 ppg). When Harbaugh was hired as head coach of Shaw's alma mater, Stanford, in 2007, he brought Shaw as offensive coordinator. During his years as an assistant coach, Shaw also coached the Cardinal wide receivers and
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. Shaw's unit performed successfully during his years as coordinator, led by 2010 Heisman Trophy runner-up
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. They scored at least 40 points in 11 different games with Shaw as offensive coordinator, including 10 times in the 2009 and 2010 seasons. The Cardinal achieved a school-record 461 points in 2009 and broke the record again the following season with 524 points. Despite the graduation of 2009 Heisman Trophy runner-up
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, during Stanford's 2010 season when Shaw took over as running backs coach, the Cardinal running game was second in the conference and 17th in the nation with an average of 213.77 yards and a total of 2,779 yards, Stanford's second-highest rushing total ever.


Stanford head coach

In January 2011, Shaw was promoted to head coach after Harbaugh left to become head coach of the NFL's
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over numerous other offers, including a hefty salary with the
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. Shaw is the first Stanford alumnus to serve as head football coach since
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, who coached Stanford from 1980–1983. In his first three seasons, Shaw led the team to three consecutive BCS bowl games, including two
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. Shaw led the team to a Rose Bowl victory over
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. The team returned to the Rose Bowl again the following year in the 2013 season, but lost a heart-breaker to
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. After a rebuilding season in 2014, the 2015 season saw Shaw lead Stanford to its third Pac-12 championship in four years, and consequently, its third Rose Bowl in four years, which the team won 45–16 over the Iowa Hawkeyes. With the 2015 conference title, Shaw became the first Stanford coach in 80 years to win three conference titles and only the third ever in program history (after Tiny Thornhill from 1933–1935 and
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in 1924, 1926, and 1927). With the Rose Bowl victory over Iowa, Shaw became only the second Stanford coach to win two Rose Bowls (after John Ralston who won the 1971 and 1972 Rose Bowls). That victory also resulted in Stanford being ranked #3 in the final
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, their highest final ranking in the history of that poll. They were similarly ranked #3 in the final
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, their highest final ranking in 75 years, following the 1940 national championship season. With a win over Cal in the 2017 Big Game at
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, Shaw set a new Stanford record for most wins by a football head coach (72 wins), breaking the record previously held by
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(71 wins from 1924 to 1932). After going undefeated in the Big Game in Shaw's first eight seasons, Stanford lost the 2019, 2021 and 2022 Big Games at Stanford Stadium to bring Shaw's record to 9–3 against Cal. After two consecutive 3–9 seasons, Shaw resigned as head coach, effective immediately, on November 27, 2022, just over an hour after Stanford's last game of the 2022 season.


Personal life

Shaw and his wife, Kori, have three children. His father,
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, was a Stanford assistant coach under
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from 1974 to 1976 and
Dennis Green Dennis Earl Green (February 17, 1949 – July 21, 2016) was an American football coach. During his National Football League (NFL) career, Green coached the Minnesota Vikings for 10 seasons. He coached the Vikings to eight playoff appearances ...
from 1989 to 1991, and an NFL assistant coach with the Detroit Lions,
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,
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,
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, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, and
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. Willie Shaw was a finalist for Stanford's head football coach position in 1992 that eventually went to Bill Walsh.


Head coaching record


References


External links


Stanford profile
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