[yvonne]

No, Bill Walsh was not fired. As bad as the final two years of Walsh II were, he was not fired. You don't fire Bill Walsh. He was kicked upstairs, as they say, and was very useful for a while first as an adviser and for a while an interim athletic director. Also, the date on this press release indicates that it was following the season, not before it ended.

http://news.stanford.edu/pr/94/941130Arc4032.html

[yvonne]

No, Bill Walsh was not fired. As bad as the final two years of Walsh II were, he was not fired. You don't fire Bill Walsh. He was kicked upstairs, as they say, and was very useful for a while first as an adviser and for a while an interim athletic director. Also, the date on this press release indicates that it was following the season, not before it ended.

http://news.stanford.edu/pr/94/941130Arc4032.html