If a person can save Stanford Football, it is Andrew Luck

If you know Stanford Athletics, you know Andrew Luck '12 Ma '23. Happiness down is the embodiment of nerd nation, which drives a culture of excellence in athletics and academics, sits in the front row in almost every game and interacts with players on the side. Despite his impressive awards, the former NFL quarters kept his humility.

He stands out with a big smile from the doors of the football offices and introduces himself with a touch of Texas Twang: “Hello, I'm Andrew Luck.” As Stanford legend, Luck's call is preceded by him, but his modest greeting proves that humility even brings with it the smartest careers. In November Luck was hired as General Manager of Stanford Football, the first position of its kind in the program. After two consecutive 3 to 9 seasons and the new age of the name, image and similarity (Nile) and the turnover of the recruitment, Stanford supporters are waiting for the program to return to the glorious days on which luck has played.

After a famous career at the Indianapolis Colts, Luck 2022 returned to Stanford to make his master's degree in education. Luck and his wife Nicole, a former cardinal gymnast, spent time to voluntarily report the sports department to give something back to the programs they shape.

Luck and Nicole met early in their Stanford careers while he moved for student athletes in Roble Hall and has been together since then. In summer, the couple and their two daughters housed men and women gymnasts for their season and the Olympic Games.

After a few years of volunteering, including the Lifetime Cardinal board, Stanfords Nil Collective, Jon Levin, and provost Jenny Martinez approached with a full -time manual: Become a full -time attack: Become the first General Manager of Stanford Football.

The choice was not immediately for luck.

“We sat and thought about it for a long time and were so that this opportunity made sense. The first of Figure-IT-Out-as-GO is very Silicon Valley, very on a brand. It wasn't a linear way, ”said Luck.

Despite the profit of the Laarken Director 'Cup, an award, which has granted the country's most successful overall intercollegiate athletic department in the country in 26 out of 30 seasons, many critics Stanford have defined as the Olympic sports school and have top revenue sports such as football and football and football and football and Football and football depreciated basketball, from their heyday. This did not prevent happiness from accepting the role and encountering a tough struggle against the constantly changing landscape of college lighting athletics.

“Count us. It doesn't matter to us, ”said luck. “When I think about football, I think that the landscape will certainly change, and it was difficult for us to get to come lately, but I think coach Taylor has directed this team in the right direction.”

“I know that we can be our claim as a unique unique university that is different from everyone else, and that means adapting to the realities of this landscape today,” said Luck.

In order to compete with the multimillion dollar contracts offered by top sports programs, Luck is urging Stanford's unique promises: “Stanford has the best combination of academics and athletics in the world. Stanford has great people. That's why I came back, ”said Glück.

“We compete with the best academic institutions in the world. Our colleagues on the east coast, our schools around the world, we compete with you for research, everything. Our hospital system competes with every hospital system in the world to be the best. And our College soccer team competes with the Tennessees, Ohio countries, Clemsons, Florida countries and Berkels, ”said Luck. “We have our own arena of the competition.”

During his own recruitment process, the luck was attracted to Stanford's culture.

“At that time, coach Harbaugh was contagious and I knew that he would challenge me to get the best I could. I wanted to be in a changing room with people from all over the country. I wanted to have a random roommate. I wanted it all, ”said Luck.

But even the Stanford legend asks what could have been if Nil were present in his college years.

“If Stanford had been the only school that did not offer me any possibilities or money,” Oh, it will be really difficult to go there “because my dream is to play in the NFL” luck.

As a native of Texas, Luck understands the high school culture and that Stanford's recruitment process must contain compensation.

“Money is certainly part of it,” said Luck. “It took me a moment to accept it, but it's here to stay here.”

As a result, luck is currently considering how the Stanford, Lifetime Cardinal and Nile brand can merge to create the strongest recruitment status.

Even with his recruitment, Stanford is a unicorn that prioritizes both sporty and academic excellence.

“We assume a challenge,” said Luck. “These student athletes are out there. Our challenge is to ensure that if we identify 25 athletes, we get all 25 of these young men to get to this school that our yield is almost 100 percent as possible. ”

In addition to recruits in the first year, Luck prioritized the transfer portal for the construction of the football manager and recruited over 12 new players for this coming season from a number of schools, including the Ivy League and big ten conferences.

Before the next season, Luck wants to change the atmosphere around Stanford Football, including the increasing number of visitors to the game.

“It wasn't that long ago that the student section of the football games had a waiting list. That was it in which I had to play in. It was great, ”said Luck.

While the upcoming street will be a challenge, the happiness of the task is approaching the Stanford Football with humility and grace again on its glorious days. Luck works with Sam Fisher '14 MBA '19, which was appointed deputy general of the Stanford Football program in January. Fisher evaluates the prospects of the high school and university and works on the preparation of strategies.

Luck has a message for Stanford supporters: “Make this leap with us. It gets a big mountain for climbing and it gets really cute when you got on the climb early and went there with us. “