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Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said he hopes his former coach gets the job.
“Willing to talk to whoever I can to endorse him and just talk of how great of a coach he is,” Prescott said Thursday. “Thinking of him in the college level, I think it’s a very well fit, just a guy that does things the right way, is consistent as ever, has great messaging, and I just think he’d be huge for a program like that that’s so [prestigious]. Yeah, I think it would be awesome. Hope to see him in it.”
The 54-year-old Taylor, who graduated from Cal, is coaching Sacramento State in Friday’s FCS quarterfinals against Incarnate Word. He has been the coach at Sacramento State since 2019, is a two-time Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year (2019, ’21) won the 2019 Eddie Robinson Award as FCS coach of the year and is a finalist again this year after leading his team to a 12-0 record entering Friday’s game.
The Stanford job became open when David Shaw resigned in November after 12 seasons. He was the winningest coach in Stanford history with a 96-54 record. His resignation came after back-to-back 3-9 seasons and a 14-28 stretch since the start of 2019.
The news of the finalists was first reported by The Athletic.
ESPN’s Todd Archer contributed to this report.
