... University is known for its academic prowess, highly intelligent students and now football success as well.

Cardinal athletics director Bob Bowlsby can be credited for aiding the football program’s turnaround, hiring Jim Harbaugh as his first move as Stanford AD. 

And now that Harbaugh has vaulted the Cardinal into national prominence in the college football world and ventured across the Bay to coach the San Francisco 49ers, Bowlsby has made a typical Stanford smart decision—promoting offensive coordinator David Shaw to fill the head coaching vacancy.

Instead of searching for a big name candidate, Bowlsby found his man within the university. Some Cardinal fans or media ac...

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