ESPN Search

Our theme today, as part of our "Love to hate" week at ESPN.com, is "Left in the lurch." This is about coaches who bailed out on a Pac-12 program at an unexpected or awkward time. We're not including Urban Meyer leaving Utah for Florida or Jim Harbau...

It didn't take long for California to find a new receivers coach after Eric Kiesau bolted for Washington, as coach Jeff Tedford tapped Wes Chandler, who played 11 years in the NFL with four Pro Bowls to his credit. In total, Chandler, 55, has spen...

We are taking a look at FBS programs located in major cities alongside NFL franchises. School: Stanford Location: Stanford, Calif. Enrollment: 15,000 Bowl appearances: 15 NFL first-round picks: 13 Losing seasons: 33 10-win seasons: 3 Source...

STANFORD, Calif. -- The media often falls for polite and polished and humble. It doesn't require a gaggle of publicists to know that a superstar athlete doing polite, polished and humble charms reporters and therefore the public. And, of course, it's...

Jim Harbaugh led Stanford to its best season in the modern era. Now he's off to a new challenge. Harbaugh has agreed to a five-year, $25 million contract to become the San Francisco 49ers' head coach, according to reports. It appears Stanford f...

Is it possible that the best news for Stanford this week won't be the 40-12 win over Virginia Tech in the Discover Orange Bowl? This from the well-sourced Michael Rosenberg is interesting: Harbaugh unlikely to go to Michigan: Harbaugh plans to de...

Stanford fans have two significantly bigger issues on their minds than the Discover Orange Bowl, which is saying something for a program that last played in a BCS bowl game after the 1999 season. No. 1: Will coach Jim Harbaugh return to the Farm i...