15 current college football head coaches who’d make great TV analysts
David Shaw has the brains to go along with the proven track record at Stanford. When Jim Harbaugh left the Cardinal after the 2010 season, people were unsure if Shaw had what it took to become a successful head coach after being the team’s offensive coordinator.
The former Stanford wide receiver is as wise as they come and he’s become one heck of a recruiter at a school that’s not easy to bring in top prospects because of the academic requirement — it’s one of the toughest schools to get into in the country.
Coaching under Harbaugh and getting to know him on personal and professional levels has helped his career and he’s turned in a successful past six years with Stanford. In fact, he’s reached the 10-win mark in all but one of his seasons as the head coach and the Cardinal are no longer the laughing stock of the Pac-12 like they were before Harbaugh and Shaw got there.
It’s nice to have some valuable insight as a broadcaster and it’d be even better to get it from a Stanford grad who has been through the system and is constantly around smart players. He might just have a career in broadcasting waiting for him — although he is somewhat quiet and steers away from attention.