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Tavita Pritchard
Tavita Pritchard went 3–4 as a head coach, 2026, at Stanford. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 2–4); by them his record is 2–4. Share
- Record
- 3–4 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Feb 20, 1987
- Alma mater
- Stanford 2009
- Best season
- 2026 3–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Stanford | 3–4 (Wikipedia: 2–4) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Conference games | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| At home | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| On the road | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
His own seven games on file, 2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Hawai’iseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Elonseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Notre Dameseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Dukeseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Wake Forestseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Miamiseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Also a player: Tavita Pritchard’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Stanford | Defensive assistant | |
| 2013 | Stanford | Running backs coach | |
| 2014–17 | Stanford | Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| 2018–22 | Stanford | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2023–25 | Washington Commanders NFL | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2026–present | Stanford | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- David ShawStanford
- Dan QuinnWashington Commanders
Assistants who became head coaches
- Andy ThompsonSacramento State
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Shaw | Stanford | 2011–22 | 2011–12: defensive assistant; 2013: running backs coach; 2014–17: quarterbacks and wide receivers coach; 2018–22: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Dan Quinn | Washington Commanders NFL | 2024–25 | Quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Thompson | Stanford, 2026: inside linebackers coach | Sacramento State |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Lindgren | Stanford, 2026: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Ken Flajole | Stanford, 2026: senior defensive analyst | |
| Kris Richard | Stanford, 2026: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Nate Byham | Stanford, 2026: tight ends coach | |
| Nate Kaczor | Stanford, 2026: special teams coordinator | |
| Terry Heffernan | Stanford, 2026: offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Pritchard’s teams went for it on 23% of fourth downs and on 35% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 57% of plays and took 25.0 seconds a play, in 2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 7 g | 14 of 62 23% | 35% | 57% | 25.0 | −0.03 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.