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ESPN - Former 49ers head coach Bill Walsh dies - NFL (1707 words) |
 | Walsh did a stint at Stanford before beginning his pro coaching career as an assistant with the AFL's Oakland Raiders in 1966, forging a friendship with Al Davis that endured through decades of rivalry. |
| Walsh joined the Cincinnati Bengals in 1968 to work for legendary coach Paul Brown, who gradually gave complete control of the Bengals' offense to his assistant. |
| Walsh also is widely credited with inventing or popularizing many of the modern basics of coaching, from the laminated sheets of plays held by coaches on almost every sideline, to the practice of scripting the first 15 offensive plays of a game. |
| Coach Bill Walsh (2101 words) |
| Bill Walsh, the Hall of Fame football coach and visionary who guided the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl titles and impacted hundreds of student-athletes during his tenure as head coach at Stanford, has died of leukemia at his Woodside home with his family by his side. |
| Walsh apologized publicly and privately to UW officials, but the next time the Cardinal football team flew to Seattle for a game, the media was there to greet Walsh. |
| Walsh is survived by his wife Geri, of Woodside, son Craig, of Redwood City, daughter Elizabeth, of San Francisco, sister Maureen of Mission Viejo, CA and two grandchildren, Samantha and Nathan. |
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