STANFORD, Calif. – Former Cardinal quarterback and NFL standout Andrew Luck has been named Stanford Football General Manager, the Cardinal’s Jaquish and Kenninger Director of Athletics Bernard Muir introduced Saturday. Luck will oversee all points of the Cardinal Football program and start instantly.
“I’m a product of this University, of Nerd Nation; I really like this place,” Luck stated. “I imagine deeply in Stanford’s distinctive method to athletics and teachers and the chance to assist drive our program again to the highest. Coach Taylor has the group pointed in the suitable path, and I can’t wait to work with him, the employees, and one of the best, brightest, and hardest soccer gamers on the planet.”
One of probably the most transformative student-athletes at school historical past, Luck produced a record-setting collegiate profession whereas main the Cardinal to nationwide prominence.
A 2012 graduate with a bachelor’s diploma in architectural design who returned to Stanford to complete his grasp’s diploma in schooling in 2023, Luck led the Cardinal to a 31-7 general document from 2009-11 after redshirting the 2008 marketing campaign. Luck was a two-time Heisman Trophy runner-up (2010-11) and concluded the 2011 season as recipient of the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.
“Andrew Luck exemplifies the Stanford student-athlete,” stated Stanford President Jonathan Levin. “I’m excited he’s returning to campus to assist lead our soccer program and be certain that our student-athletes obtain excellence within the altering collegiate athletics setting.”
In his new function, Luck will probably be tasked with overseeing the Cardinal Football program, together with working with Coach Taylor on recruiting and roster administration, and with athletics and college management on fundraising, alumni relations, sponsorships, student-athlete assist, and stadium expertise.
“Andrew’s credentials as a student-athlete communicate for themselves, and along with his legacy of excellence, he additionally brings a deep understanding of the faculty soccer panorama and neighborhood, and an unparalleled ardour for Stanford Football,” Muir stated. “I couldn’t consider an individual higher certified to information our soccer program by means of a constantly evolving panorama, and I’m thrilled that Andrew has agreed to hitch our group. This change represents a really totally different manner of working our program and competing in an evolving school soccer panorama.”
Luck was chosen because the No. 1 general choose of the Indianapolis Colts within the 2012 NFL Draft, competing for seven seasons from 2012-18. Earning Pro Bowl honors in every of his first three seasons and 4 general, Luck led the NFL in passing touchdowns (40) in 2014 and was named the league’s Comeback Player of the Year in 2018.
Luck’s dedication within the classroom was equally spectacular as a 2011 First-Team Academic All-American and Academic All-America of the Year. He was additionally a three-time first-team convention educational honoree and member of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society. In June 2024, Luck was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Hall of Fame, turning into Stanford’s first honoree and becoming a member of his father, Oliver, a 2000 inductee, because the group’s first father-son duo.
Since his retirement from the NFL, Luck and his spouse, Nicole, a former Cardinal gymnast who additionally graduated in 2012, have been constantly concerned in each college and athletic division initiatives. The couple has two daughters, Lucy and Penelope.
