Tavita Pritchard, who led Stanford to one of greatest victories in school history nearly two decades ago in his first career start, has been named the Cardinal’s new head football coach.

The school announced to move Friday afternoon, a day before the Cardinal concludes its season at home against No. 9 Notre Dame.

Pritchard will succeed Frank Reich, the former NFL coach who took over as the interim head coach this season after Troy Taylor was fired amid off-field controversy. The Cardinal is 4-7, its highest win total in five seasons. In the release, the school said Reich will remain as a senior advisor to Pritchard.

Pritchard, 38, will become the 37th head coach in program history. He is a 2009 graduate of Stanford, and currently serves as the quarterbacks coach of the Washington Comman

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