Stanford has hired Tavita Pritchard as its next football coach, the school announced Friday. Pritchard, who played quarterback for the Cardinal from 2006-09, is in his third season as the quarterbacks coach for the Washington Commanders after a long run at Stanford as an assistant. Pritchard will start in his role at Stanford immediately following the Commanders' game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday.

Pritchard will be replacing interim coach Frank Reich, who took over the program earlier this spring after Stanford fired coach Troy Taylor amid an off-field controversy . Reich, the former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers, has guided Stanford to a 4-7 record. The Cardinal closes out the 2025 season against No. 9 Notre Dame on Saturday.

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