STANFORD, Calif. — Andrew Luck is returning to Stanford in hopes of turning around a struggling football program that he once helped become a national power. Athletic director Bernard Muir announced Saturday that Luck has been hired as the general manager of the Stanford football team, tasked with overseeing all aspects of the program that just finished a 3-9 season under coach Troy Taylor. “I am a product of this university, of Nerd Nation; I love this place,” Luck said. “I believe deeply in Stanford’s unique approach to athletics and academics and the opportunity to help drive our program back to the top. Coach Taylor has the team pointed in the right direction, and I cannot wait to work with him, the staff, and the best, brightest, and toughest football players in the world.” Luck has kept a low profile since his surprise retirement from the NFL at age 29 when he announced in August 2019 that he was leaving the Indianapolis Colts and pro football. Cardinal alum Andrew Luck, left, watches a Feb. 2 game between Stanford and Southern California on Feb. 2 in Stanford, Calif. Josie Lepe, AP File In his new role, Luck will work with Taylor on recruiting and roster management, and with athletic department and university leadership on fundraising, alumni relations, sponsorships, student-athlete support and stadium experience. “Andrew’s credentials as a student-athlete speak for themselves, and in addition to his legacy of excellence, he also brings a deep understanding of the college football landscape and community, and an unparalleled passion for Stanford football,” Muir said. “I could not think of a person better qualified to guide our football program through a continuously evolving landscape, and I am thrilled that Andrew has agreed to join our team. This change represents a very different way of operating our program and competing in an evolving college football landscape.” Luck was one of the players who helped elevate Stanford into a West Coast powerhouse for several years. He helped end a seven-year bowl drought in his first season as starting quarterback in 2009 under coach Jim Harbaugh and led the Cardinal to back-to-back BCS bowl berths his final two seasons, when he was the Heisman Trophy runner-up both seasons. Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck throws a pass during the first quarter of a Nov. 27, 2010 game against Oregon State in Stanford, Calif. Paul Sakuma, AP File That was part of a seven-year stretch in which Stanford posted the fourth-best record in the nation at 76-18 and qualified for five BCS bowl berths under Harbaugh and David Shaw. But the Cardinal have struggled for success in recent years and haven't won more than four games in a season since 2018. Stanford just finished its fourth straight 3-9 campaign in Taylor's second season since replacing Shaw. The Cardinal are the only power conference team to lose at least nine games in each of the past four seasons. Luck graduated from Stanford with a bachelor’s degree in architectural design and returned after retiring from the NFL to get his master’s degree in education in 2023. He was picked No. 1 overall by Indianapolis in the 2012 draft and made four Pro Bowls and was AP Comeback Player of the Year in 2018 in his brief but successful NFL career. Before the 2023 National Football League season started, it seemed inevitable that Bill Belichick would end his career as the winningest head coach in league history. He had won six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and 298 regular-season games, plus 31 playoff games, across his career. Then the 2023 season happened. Belichick's Patriots finished 4-13, the franchise's worst record since 1992. At the end of the year, Belichick and New England owner Robert Kraft agreed to part ways. And now, during the 2024 season, Belichick is on the sideline. He's 26 wins from the #1 spot, a mark he'd reach in little more than two seasons if he maintained his .647 career winning percentage. Will he ascend the summit? It's hard to tell. Belichick would be 73 if he graced the sidelines next season—meaning he'd need to coach until at least 75 to break the all-time mark. Only one other NFL coach has ever helmed a team at age 73: Romeo Crennel in 2020 for the Houston Texans. With Belichick's pursuit of history stalled, it's worth glancing at the legends who have reached the pinnacle of coaching success. Who else stands among the 10 winningest coaches in NFL history? Stacker ranked the coaches with the most all-time regular-season wins using data from Pro Football Reference . These coaches have combined for 36 league championships, which represents 31.6% of all championships won throughout the history of pro football. To learn who made the list, keep reading. You may also like: Ranking the biggest NFL Draft busts of the last 30 years Bettmann/Contributor // Getty Images - Seasons coached: 23 - Years active: 1969-91 - Record: 193-148-1 - Winning percentage: .566 - Championships: 4 Chuck Noll's Pittsburgh Steelers were synonymous with success in the 1970s. Behind his defense, known as the Steel Curtain, and offensive stars, including Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, and Lynn Swann, Noll led the squad to four Super Bowl victories from 1974 to 1979. Noll's Steelers remain the lone team to win four Super Bowls in six years, though Andy Reid and Kansas City could equal that mark if they win the Lombardi Trophy this season. Noll was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993, two years after retiring. His legacy of coaching success has carried on in Pittsburgh—the club has had only two coaches (Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin) since Noll retired. Focus on Sport // Getty Images - Seasons coached: 25 - Years active: 1946-62, '68-75 - Record: 213-104-9 - Winning percentage: .672 - Championships: 7 The only coach on this list to pilot a college team, Paul Brown, reached the pro ranks after a three-year stint at Ohio State and two years with the Navy during World War II. He guided the Cleveland Browns—named after Brown, their first coach—to four straight titles in the fledgling All-America Football Conference. After the league folded, the ballclub moved to the NFL in 1950, and Cleveland continued its winning ways, with Brown leading the team to championships in '50, '54, and '55. He was fired in 1963 but returned in 1968 as the co-founder and coach of the Cincinnati Bengals. His other notable accomplishments include helping to invent the face mask and breaking pro football's color barrier . Bettmann/Contributor // Getty Images - Seasons coached: 33 - Years active: 1921-53 - Record: 226-132-22 - Winning percentage: .631 - Championships: 6 An early stalwart of the NFL, Curly Lambeau spent 29 years helming the Green Bay Packers before wrapping up his coaching career with two-year stints with the Chicago Cardinals and Washington. His Packers won titles across three decades, including the league's first three-peat from 1929-31. Notably, he experienced only one losing season during his first 27 years with Green Bay, cementing his legacy of consistent success. Born in Green Bay, Lambeau co-founded the Packers and played halfback on the team from 1919-29. He was elected to the Hall of Fame as a coach and owner in 1963, two years before his death. You may also like: Countries with the most active NFL players Bettmann/Contributor // Getty Images - Seasons coached: 29 - Years active: 1960-88 - Record: 250-162-6 - Winning percentage: .607 - Championships: 2 The first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Tom Landry held the position for his entire 29-year tenure as an NFL coach. The Cowboys were especially dominant in the 1970s when they made five Super Bowls and won the big game twice. Landry was known for coaching strong all-around squads and a unit that earned the nickname the "Doomsday Defense." Between 1966 and 1985, Landry and his Cowboys enjoyed 20 straight seasons with a winning record. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1990. Focus on Sport // Getty Images - Seasons coached: 26 - Years active: 1999-present - Record: 267-145-1 - Winning percentage: .648 - Championships: 3 The only active coach in the top 10, Andy Reid has posted successful runs with both the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City. After reaching the Super Bowl once in 14 years with the Eagles, Reid ratcheted things up with K.C., winning three titles since 2019. As back-to-back defending champions, Reid and Co. are looking this season to become the first franchise to three-peat in the Super Bowl era and the third to do so in NFL history after the Packers of 1929-31 and '65-67. Time will tell if Reid and his offensive wizardry can lead Kansas City to that feat. Jamie Squire // Getty Images - Seasons coached: 29 - Years active: 1991-95, 2000-23 - Record: 302-165 - Winning percentage: .647 - Championships: 6 The most successful head coach of the 21st century, Bill Belichick first coached the Cleveland Browns before taking over the New England Patriots in 2000. With the Pats, Belichick combined with quarterback Tom Brady to win six Super Bowls in 18 years. Belichick and New England split after last season when the Patriots went 4-13—the worst record of Belichick's career. His name has swirled around potential coaching openings , but nothing has come of it. Belichick has remained in the media spotlight with his regular slot on the "Monday Night Football" ManningCast. Tom Pennington // Getty Images - Seasons coached: 40 - Years active: 1920-29, '33-42, '46-55, '58-67 - Record: 318-148-31 - Winning percentage: .682 - Championships: 6 George Halas was the founder and longtime owner of the Chicago Bears and coached the team across four separate stints. Nicknamed "Papa Bear," he built the ballclub into one of the NFL's premier franchises behind players such as Bronko Nagurski and Sid Luckman. Halas also played for the team, competing as a player-coach in the 1920s. The first coach to study opponents via game film, he was once a baseball player and even made 12 appearances as a member of the New York Yankees in 1919. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1963 as both a coach and owner. Bettmann/Contributor // Getty Images - Seasons coached: 33 - Years active: 1963-95 - Record: 328-156-6 - Winning percentage: .677 - Championships: 2 The winningest head coach in NFL history is Don Shula, who first coached the Baltimore Colts (losing Super Bowl III to Joe Namath and the New York Jets) for seven years before leading the Miami Dolphins for 26 seasons. With the Fins, Shula won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1972 and 1973, a run that included a 17-0 season—the only perfect campaign in NFL history. He also coached quarterback great Dan Marino in the 1980s and '90s, but the pair made it to a Super Bowl just once. Shula was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997. Story editing by Mike Taylor. Copy editing by Robert Wickwire. Photo selection by Lacy Kerrick. You may also like: The 5 biggest upsets of the 2023-24 NFL regular season Bettmann/Contributor // Getty Images
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(NYSE: BLND), a leading platform for digital banking solutions, today announced the appointment of Srini Venkatramani as Head of Product, Technology, and Customer Operations. Srini’s leadership will be instrumental in accelerating Blend’s next phase of growth in the digital banking space. With over 23 years of experience, Srini joins Blend with a proven track record of scaling SaaS businesses, driving product innovation, and delivering accelerated value creation for stakeholders. In his role as Head of Product, Technology, and Customer Operations, he will orchestrate the company's product vision, technology strategy, and operational excellence to ensure exceptional customer outcomes. “I’m excited to join Blend and support its mission to bring simplicity and transparency to digital banking,” said Srini Venkatramani. “Blend’s culture is obsessively customer-centric, and it clearly radiates through the team’s passion for building impactful technology. I look forward to contributing my expertise and taking Blend into its next phase of growth as the industry’s most digitally-robust, efficient, and powerful origination platform.” Srini draws on experience gained from working on three continents, where he has led product, engineering, and customer operations in organizations of various sizes, ranging from $35 million to $80 billion in annual revenue. Most recently, Srini spent five years as Chief Product and Technology Officer at PlanSource, where he spearheaded the development and execution of a multi-year product and operational strategy. Prior to that, Srini was a senior executive at IBM, where he was responsible for overall strategy, P&L management, and cross-functional leadership for the Publishing & Information services industry. “I’m delighted to welcome Srini to Blend’s executive team,” said Nima Ghamsari, Co-Founder and Head of Blend. “With his leadership experience in product and technology and a track record of driving value creation for SaaS businesses, Srini will be invaluable as we continue our evolution into a platform-first company. With his expertise, we’ll be well-positioned to help our customers leverage Blend’s technology to unlock new opportunities and deliver even greater ROI.” Ghamsari added, “I’m also grateful to Erik Wrobel for his outstanding product leadership over the past five years. He has had a remarkable career here at Blend, and we wish him the best in his next chapter.” Erik will depart Blend at the end of this year. 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Spell Of all that’s come to Autryville in 2024 a new business was one of many accomplishment among them. This is TNT Automotive that opened in January by Sampson native Benny Faircloth. File Photo There were many events and activities in Autryville in 2024 but few, if any, topped the annual Easter Egg Hunt that had approximately 200 attendees. Courtesy photo The small town of Autryville achieved much in 2024, work they felt was worth recognizing. Per tradition, the town board recently hosted its annual year-end Christmas party for its community. With that party always comes Mayor Grayson Spell’s ‘Autryville Christmas Party Accomplishments’ — his comprehensive end-of-year list shared with residents on all of the progress they’ve made this year. While that report was full of what Spell referred to as, “big, slow-moving projects,” he said, personally, the accomplishment that he was most proud of this year was the cooperation of the town board. That unity is what he credited as the driving force behind how and why they were able to achieve so much. “I’m most proud of how well the town board works together on all of our projects,” he said. “Everyone gets along so well and we are able to move forward so easily and quickly because of that. I am proud of the board — everyone is on the same page, no one fights or works against each other. I’m thankful for that and for them for all the hard work they and we have put in to grow Autryville this year.” From massive infrastructure improvements, new business emergence and even feel-good projects such as simply beautifying the town, a standout from those projects was the town’s success in receiving grants for development. There were three in total, and among them was $580,000 for street improvements on E. Old Stage Road and throughout town, and two million dollars for water line extension down Minnie Hall Road, both of which they received earlier in the year. “The $580,000, that was from the general assembly,” Lisa Jones, town clerk, explained. “We officially received the money in March, which they approved earlier this year. That is for street improvements and ultimately, to pave those streets. The two million for water line extensions was also approved at the same time as the $580,000. Those were in the same approved budget that the general assembly did, and I think that grant is actually from DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality).” The town was also granted $1.3 million, with $900,000 from the state, and another $400,000 from the DOT (Department of Transportation). Those funds were added to the $555,000 the town received in 2022 from the state that was earmarked for stormwater improvements. “That big project will be on N. Gray Street and W. Clinton Street and is expected to be completed by Dec. 2025,” Spell said. Jones explained, “They added some funds because we’re in the stage now where they’re going to actually start construction, which is exciting.” Keeping with infrastructure improvements, Spell again included their current town oriented project to fix stormwater issues on W. Old Stage Road. He eluded to the project during November’s board meeting, which was scheduled to go to bid this month. The goal remained to have the project contracted by the beginning of 2025, assisting them throughout the process was Barnhill Contracting Company. While it wasn’t a new construction build by the town, Autryville added a new business to its ranks. TNT Automotive, a new used car lot located on W. Williams Street, was opened in January by Sampson County native Benny Faircloth. Even the town’s public works crews received improvements for both manpower and workspace. “We hired Connor Bullard as a full-time public works employee and we are working on a project to build a new public works facility at the water tower,” Spell said. “Mr. Hoyle Broome donated a half acre to the town, which we have cleared for the new building.” The town’s limits grew in that area, as five properties were annexed into the town this year. “The properties were mostly located around the water tower,” Jones said. “I don’t think anyone actually lives in the areas that were annexed, so they could be sites for future projects. Fun fact — the water tower itself, even though it’s owned by the town, it wasn’t in town limits, so we fixed that.” Modern technology updates were also introduced this year, and more are coming through partnerships the city developed with local entities. “We partnered with Star Communications and the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office to install security cameras downtown,” Spell said. “We’re also working with Star Communications to bring high speed internet, telephone and cable to Autryville.” Also, added with those tech updates, was a complete overhaul of their old water meters, which were converted to an electronic and an antenna was installed that reads them every three hours. That particular upgrade was Jones’ personal favorite for the whole year. “I think what I’m most proud of, is finishing up updating our water meters,” she said. “Not only is that going to help the town financially, because our water meters are now accurately telling us how much water the town is using. I’ve been able to, because of the new software, that wasn’t updated since the ‘80s. I can now actually call customers and tell them that they have a leak. So it’s not only saving our customers money, it’s helping the environment too.” The remaining highlights were geared towards beautification and fun activities. Denise Tyndall, town commissioner, helped put up flags downtown that were designed by Jones’ son, Owen and Debbie Baxley, mayor Pro Tem, did floral landscaping at the corner of downtown and the pavilion. When it came to events, none topped this year’s Easter egg hunt event, which had a huge turnout. “I think that we had 200 people here. That’s what the estimate was based — on how many eggs we put out and the fact that they were all gone,” Jones said, with a laugh. “We kept stuffing more eggs and they keep disappearing, it was crazy.” The final accomplish was towards an upcoming project that’s currently in the works for planned improvement to the town’s park, Pat and Bertie Williams Park. “On the grounds of town hall, where the park’s located, they have some very limited playground equipment there,” Jones said. “It’s dated and not a whole lot of people use it — there’s even a trail there. To improve the park, the board’s in the stage right now where they’re talking to engineering firms to inquire about feasibility for what they could do with the area. ”They have’t applied for any grants yet,” she added. “They’re just at the ‘finding-out’ stage of that.” With 2024 all but complete, Jones reiterated that they had a big year and her hope for success going into next year was showing town residents the fruits of their hard work. ”Well, since this year will be a big year for finishing up our stormwater projects, I’m looking forward to our citizens actually seeing the work that we’ve been doing behind the scenes to improve our town and our resilience toward stormwater improvement,” she said. “Sometimes people don’t think you’re doing anything until they see it with their eyes, and I don’t blame them, so I can’t wait until they see it.” Reach Michael B. Hardison at 910-249-4231. 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