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Stanford was founded by Leland Stanford, a railroad magnate, U.S. senator, and former California governor, together with his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford. It is named in honor of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who died in 1884 from typhoid fever just before his 16th birthday.
History of Stanford University. Stanford University was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford, dedicated to the memory of Leland Stanford Jr., their only child. The institution opened in 1891 on Stanford's previous Palo Alto farm. Jane and Leland Stanford modeled their university after the great Eastern universities, specifically Cornell ...
The 2021 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinal were led by eleventh-year head coach David Shaw. They played their home games at Stanford Stadium as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–7 in Pac-12 play ...
Big Game is the name given to the California–Stanford football rivalry. [2] [3] It’s an American college football rivalry game played by the California Golden Bears football team of the University of California, Berkeley and the Stanford Cardinal football team of Stanford University. Both institutions are located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Stanford has had two individual wrestling national champions in its history: Matt Gentry at 157 pounds in 2004 and Shane Griffith at 165 pounds in 2021. Stanford's wrestling program was one of the eleven the school planned on eliminating after the 2020–21 season.
James F. Lanagan is the leader in win percentage for coaches with more than one season of service. [2] Shaw was also the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2017 respectively. [4] Of the 31 Stanford head coaches, six— Walter Camp, [5] Fielding H. Yost, [6] Andrew Kerr, [7] Warner, [8] Shaughnessy, [9] and Ralston [10] —have ...
The 2021–22 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal were led by sixth year head coach Jerod Haase and competed as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They played their home games at Maples Pavilion .
Tara VanDerveer. Tara Ann VanDerveer (born June 26, 1953) [1] is a retired American basketball coach who was the head women's basketball coach at Stanford University from 1985 until her retirement in 2024. Designated the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball, VanDerveer led the Stanford Cardinal to three NCAA Women's Division I ...