Stanford is hiring Tavita Pritchard as the school's next head coach, sources told ESPN on Friday.
The hire has been finalized, per sources, and the team has been informed. He's a former Stanford quarterback, assistant coach and coordinator. Pritchard is the Washington Commanders quarterbacks coach, a job he took in 2023 after various roles on the Stanford staff from 2010 to 2022.
Pritchard has received permission to leave the Commanders to join the Stanford staff, which sources say he's expected to do after Washington plays Denver on Sunday night.
Pritchard emerged from a pool of more than 30 candidates in a process run by general manager Andrew Luck that included new athletic director John Donahoe, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Stanford President Jonathan Levin.