Last week, ESPN reported that now former Stanford coach Troy Taylor bullied and belittled female athletic staffers at the school, tried to have an NCAA compliance official removed after she warned him of violations and made inappropriate comments to a woman about her appearance across two investigations into alleged conduct during his two-year tenure.
At the time the story was published, Stanford general manager and former star quarterback Andrew Luck declined a request for comment. In that story, however, a source with direct knowledge told ESPN, “Luck met with the team in Taylor’s presence on Thursday, and that Luck doubled down on standing by his coach.”
Now here we are, five days later, and Luck has fired Taylor with a statement that read, in part, “After continued consideration it is evident to me that our program needs a reset. In consultation with our university leadership I no longer believe that Coach Taylor is the right coach to lead our football program.”
Together, this begs a question: What changed in a few short days?
Andrew Luck makes decision to fire Stanford coach Troy Taylor after reports Taylor mistreated female staffers
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Reading between the lines, it’s possible that administrators above Luck — perhaps outgoing athletic director Bernard Muir or new school president Jon Levin — stepped in. It’s not ideal to conduct a coaching search in March, and it seems like Stanford was planning to run it back with Taylor in 2025 if none of this had come to light.
Luck was aware of the ticking timebomb…
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Author : Richard Johnson
Publish date : 2025-03-25 20:10:00
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