While Denny Green was best known for his NFL coaching career, he was a Stanford icon
Longtime NFL coach Dennis Green passed away on Thursday night at the age of 67.
Green's legacy is largely found in the NFL - he was the head coach of some of the best Vikings teams of all time and is the author of one of the best press conference rants of all time - but Green was also an icon at Stanford. He was a pioneer as the school's first black head coach, and his influence over the program still exists thanks to current Stanford head coach David Shaw, who played wide receiver for Green's Cardinal in 1991.