Sources: Garrett among Stanford task finalists

Previous Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett and Sacramento State coach Troy Taylor are among the finalists for the Stanford head-coaching task, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel.Stanford has finished the final round of interviews, and a decision is anticipated in the coming days, sources told Thamel.Garrett, 56, was the Cowboys ‘coach from 2010 to 2019, going

85-67 in the regular season and 2-3 in the playoffs. He was fired after the 2019 season when the Cowboys ended up 8-8 and most recently was the New York Giants’offensive planner before being fired throughout the 2021 season. He is presently an analyst for NBC Sports. 1 Related Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said he hopes his previous coach gets the job.”Going to talk to whoever I can to

back him and just talk of how fantastic of a coach he is,”Prescott said Thursday.

“Considering him in the college level, I believe it’s an effectively in shape, simply a man that does things properly, is consistent as ever, has great messaging, and I just believe he ‘d be huge for a program like that that’s so [prestigious] Yeah, I think it would be incredible. Wish to see him in it.”The 54-year-old Taylor, who graduated from Cal, is coaching Sacramento State in Friday’s FCS quarterfinals versus Incarnate Word. He has actually been the coach at Sacramento State since 2019, is a two-time Huge Sky Conference Coach of the Year (2019,’21 )won the 2019 Eddie Robinson Award as FCS coach of the year and is a finalist again this year after leading his group to a 12-0 record getting in Friday’s game.The Stanford job ended up being open when David Shaw resigned in November after 12 seasons. He was the winningest coach in Stanford history with a 96-54 record. His resignation followed back-to-back 3-9 seasons and a 14-28 stretch because the start of 2019. The news of the finalists was initially reported by The Athletic.ESPN’s Todd Archer contributed to this report.