Stanford head coach David Shaw isn’t shy about praising the coaches who helped get him to where he is. You’ll often hear him talk about Jon Gruden, Bill Walsh or Dennis Green as major influences. But one who you might not know about is ... wait for it ... Chip Kelly.
“I think most coaches will say the best coaches on the planet are great thieves,” Shaw said. “We’ve stolen ideas from everybody. You know, I’ve stolen more from Chip Kelly than anybody else because I think Chip is brilliant. I think there’s things he does in his offense that I think are phenomenal, so there are aspects of our game that when you watch our game, you might go, ooh, wow, that looks like something Oregon did.