Having earned a reputation as one of the great innovators and teachers during his 36 years of coaching, Walt Harris became the head football coach at Stanford on December 13, 2004. A South San Franciso native, Harris came ‘home.’ Last fall, the Cardinal came within one win of its first bowl game since 2001, finishing with an overall 5-6 record. Approaching his 60th birthday, Harris has coached in 14 bowl games, including six as a head coach while tutoring 11 first round draft picks and 14 NFL quarterbacks. Among the signal-callers he has coached include Tony Eason, Jack Trudeau and Dave Wilson. Before coming to Palo Alto, Harris was the head coach at Pittsburgh compiling an overall 52-44 record from 1997-2004. We spoke with Coach Harris recently about Stanford and how he prepares for his next opponent… 1.What is your process in analyzing an
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