Stanford receives $50 million football donation from former player

Stanford s football campaign disclosed a massive cash infusion Wednesday as college sports enter a new era of revenue sharing Former Cardinal performer Bradford M Freeman has donated million to the project the school stated in a release Freeman is a longtime donor to Stanford football as he financed the country s first endowed head coaching position in and the school named the head coaching job after him It will help us to recruit top talent and compete at the highest level school president Jonathan Levin mentioned of the donation in a release Brad s generosity and commitment to football will benefit our entire athletics department as excellence in football will assistance success across all varsity sports Freeman graduated from Stanford in and went into private equity funding He served years on Stanford s board of trustees and in paired with business partner Ron Spogli to commit million to endow the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Amid the financial changes in college sports the influx of Name Image and Likeness payments and the addition of revenue sharing after the House v NCAA settlement Stanford has seen upheaval in its own administrative structure Related Articles Cal Stanford among ACC teams hoping Atlantic-to-Pacific league progress is smoother in Year College Football Playoff passes on Phoenix again as host for championship event Pac- bowl picks Oregon to CFP ASU to Alamo and UW to Las Vegas Big power rankings Texas Tech BYU and a look at remaining schedules Big Ten power rankings Jedd Fisch silent on excuses as UW escapes Former football coach Troy Taylor who replaced four-time Pac- coach of the year David Shaw was fired last offseason after two years as reports of his remedy of female staffers came to light Athletic director Bernard Muir resigned in February being replaced by John Donahoe just last month Meanwhile Levin has only been in his post since last August Former star quarterback Andrew Luck became the general manager of football at the school last November with the goal of turning around a undertaking that has not made a bowl since The donation includes vital aid for institutional NIL and creates five new football scholarships for student-athletes the school s release reported Stanford is - so far this season its second in the ACC after the collapse of the Pac- under interim coach Frank Reich The Cardinal face reigning ACC champion SMU on Saturday