Bears complete interview with former Stanford coach David Shaw
UPDATE: The Bears announced on Tuesday evening that they have completed their initial interview with David Shaw, former Stanford head coach who was Broncos senior personnel executive.
The list of who the Bears will interview to be their next head coach is growing.
Ian Rapoport reported the Bears have requested permission to speak with Broncos’ Senior Personnel Executive, David Shaw:
While Shaw has never been an NFL head coach, he does have high-level coaching experience. From 2011-2022, Shaw was the head coach at Stanford University where he compiled a record of 96-54.
Shaw also has a history of developing quarterbacks. In his first year as head coach at Stanford, he coached eventual No. 1 overall pick Andrew Luck. Luck threw for over 3,500 yards and 37 touchdowns (both career-highs for Luck in college) while finishing as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy.
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From 2007-2010, Shaw worked in a variety of roles at Stanford, all under then-head coach Jim Harbaugh. Shaw took over the reins for Stanford once Harbaugh left to coach the 49ers.
Although Shaw had an overall winning percentage of .640, his last few years at Stanford were far from successful. From 2019-2022, Stanford didn’t win more than 4 games. He resigned from the role as head coach in 2022 after the final game of the season.
Being in the Pac-12, Shaw and Caleb Williams faced off against each other in 2022. That game was Williams’ 2nd game at USC and he threw for 341 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 27-20 USC win.
In 2023, Shaw was quoted of saying that Caleb Williams was “the best quarterback prospect since Andrew Luck.” Shaw continued to rave about Williams, saying that, “his improvisation skills are to the level of Patrick Mahomes. You get mesmerized watching this guy play.”
Shaw’s father, Willie, was a defensive coach in the NFL starting in 1985 with the Lions until he retired in 2002.
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