Stanford football coach David Shaw has done amazing things during his time as head coach and now he ranks second all-time for most wins in school history. Headed into the USC game on Saturday night Shaw was tied with John Ralston with 55 wins. After the 27-10 victory over the Trojans Shaw now sits alone at number 2 with 56 wins behind only the legendary “Pop” Warner.
Pop Warner has 71 wins all-time which means David Shaw trails by only 15 wins. Shaw could stand alone at the top very soon.
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what about when done by percentage?
By hutre67 on 09.19.16 2:25pm
When done by percentage
Shaw would be tied for 5th place with George H. Brooke, who coached for one year in 1897 and had four wins and 1 loss in 1897 (.800), which is equal in percentage to Shaw’s 56 out of 70. Ahead of Shaw on the list are C.D. "Pop" Bliss (8-0-1), James F. Lanagan (23-2-4), Carl L. Clemans (6-1-0) and Clark Shaughnessy (16-3). He would be one place ahead of Pop Warner, who has a win percentage of .781 with a record of 71-17-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stanford_Cardinal_head_football_coaches
By Jeff Tarnungus on 09.19.16 3:31pm
Didn’t Shaw say somewhere that he drew inspiration from the magnificent coaching career of George H. Brooke?
By Cardinal&Orange on 09.19.16 5:59pm
Yeah
I think it was Brooke AND Bliss….those legendary coaches of the nineties….
By Jeff Tarnungus on 09.19.16 11:51pm
Also of Note
Brooke managed to play college football for seven years at two different schools. I guess eligibility rules were a bit more lax back in the eighties and nineties. He also made the college football hall of fame as a player — sort of a McCaffrey of his day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Brooke
And C.D. Bliss went on to further glory at Missouri, where he is 2nd on the all time coaching list for win percentage at 7-1-0. His brief interlude at Haverford was not so successful (0-5). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.D.Bliss
By Jeff Tarnungus on 09.20.16 1:07am
very cool
and in fact the only one of those i’d consider to have enough of a record to qualify as "competition" for shaw is pop warner; the others weren’t around for very long, it looks like.
so basically in my eyes, shaw is the best coach in the history of stanford, with pop warner being a very close second.
By hutre67 on 09.20.16 6:25am
Well-rounded coach on and off the field
He may not be the most savvy Xs-&-Os guy or adjust in game to defeat the likes of Urban Meyer or Nick Saban but for the cards he is dealt with the academics at Stanford, the job that coach shaw has done has been tremendous. The way he conducts himself off the field is what makes him a great coach in my mind. He doesn’t show a lot of emotion, handles the media pretty well, develops kids into good human beings and even interacts with the graduated players like family.
By layman on 09.20.16 10:29am
could you imagine josh rosen playing for shaw?
loud, arrogant, and a total media whore. while the real reason shaw declined to admit him will remain a secret (for the foreseeable future at least), rumors that his attitude are to blame seem completely justifiable with 20/20 hindsight. he doesn’t fit the persona that shaw describes as the "Stanford man".
as for shaw – it took 5 years for him to earn the respect he deserved, but I’m glad to see that most fans have finally come around.
By hutre67 on 09.20.16 11:06am
True. He looks for team players with a passion for football
Even in this current recruiting cycle, when everyone was clamoring for dylan mccaffrey to keep the lineage going, coach shaw had kept his faith in davis mills and he is proving to be one of the elites among top QBs in the nation.
By layman on 09.20.16 11:35am