[Mick]

If Troy Taylor can get over and won't be bothered by being "disowned" by Cal world, he would be my #1 choice. Taylor reminds me a little bit of guys like Urban Meyer and Brian Kelly, only rather than winning at multiple lower levels and always succeeding as they progressed, Taylor has high level assistant experience and was a successful OC, then the proven track record in FCS at Sac State, so you don't have to worry he can't handle the jump from FCS to Power 5.

Troy Taylor's time as an OC at Utah was anything but successful and his departure was not voluntary. You could blame it on a clash of ideas with the head coach, but that does not make it a success. He may well be a very good head coaching choice at Stanford but it won't be because of anything that happened at Utah, other than perhaps experience handling a "difficult" situation in a classy manner.

Whittingham went through eight OCs in 11 years. This article is illustrative:
What we know about the departure of Utah OC Troy Taylor - ESPN700 (espn700sports.com)

And he's had some success. Also illustrative:
Troy Taylor - Head Coach - Football Coaches - Sacramento State (hornetsports.com)

[Mick]

If Troy Taylor can get over and won't be bothered by being "disowned" by Cal world, he would be my #1 choice. Taylor reminds me a little bit of guys like Urban Meyer and Brian Kelly, only rather than winning at multiple lower levels and always succeeding as they progressed, Taylor has high level assistant experience and was a successful OC, then the proven track record in FCS at Sac State, so you don't have to worry he can't handle the jump from FCS to Power 5.

Troy Taylor's time as an OC at Utah was anything but successful and his departure was not voluntary. You could blame it on a clash of ideas with the head coach, but that does not make it a success. He may well be a very good head coaching choice at Stanford but it won't be because of anything that happened at Utah, other than perhaps experience handling a "difficult" situation in a classy manner.

Whittingham went through eight OCs in 11 years. This article is illustrative:
What we know about the departure of Utah OC Troy Taylor - ESPN700 (espn700sports.com)

And he's had some success. Also illustrative:
Troy Taylor - Head Coach - Football Coaches - Sacramento State (hornetsports.com)