“What do you do in the offseason?” they ask. Oh, just write about a Power 4 head coach getting fired in March.
Note: Submitted questions have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
With Stanford coach Troy Taylor out, who do they go after so late in the cycle? — Jeff H.
The statement general manager Andrew Luck put out Tuesday (which I’m guessing was the first time a lot of people learned that Luck, not an athletics director, now runs Stanford football) said they’re conducting a coaching search while also leaving open the possibility of going with an interim coach this season. That’s probably dependent on whether Stanford can attract a quality pool of candidates this late. If not, they might want to hold off until November when more coaches might be interested.
But I’d note that Kansas found itself in this same predicament in March 2021 when Les Miles got fired over allegations of misconduct toward women while at LSU, and needless to say, they got a good one. And Lance Leipold, then at Buffalo, beat out another impressive finalist, Army’s Jeff Monken. Monken for one would make a lot of sense at Stanford, but Group of 5 guys in general would likely be less concerned about leaving their current teams in the spring. If you pass on this Power 4 job, who’s to…
