Who could the Cardinal turn toward? The timing puts Stanford in a tough spot with candidate pool that doesn't feel deep.

Sophomore Jessica Watkins was looking around for a non-varsity sport when she arrived at Stanford for her freshman year. She found rugby at the activities fair. Call it kismet. Watkins ...

but the three years he spent at Stanford yielded 35 wins for the Cardinal. He's held multiple NFL and college jobs -- as well as head coach of the UFL's DC Defenders -- since then, but his ties to ...