1. Tavita Pritchard is an American professional football coach who is the quarterbacks coach for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League.
13 Facts About Tavita Pritchard
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Tavita Pritchard played college football for the Stanford Cardinal, with his 2007 victory over the USC Trojans being cited among the biggest upsets in college football history.
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Tavita Pritchard entered coaching as a graduate assistant with Stanford in 2010.
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Tavita Pritchard was replaced as the starting quarterback by redshirt freshman Andrew Luck during the 2009 season.
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Tavita Pritchard tried out with the San Francisco 49ers but was not offered a contract.
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Tavita Pritchard worked as a volunteer assistant for the Stanford football team in 2010, and in 2011, was hired as a defensive assistant football coach at Stanford by new head football coach David Shaw.
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In January 2013, Tavita Pritchard was elevated to the role of running backs coach.
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In December 2017, Tavita Pritchard was promoted to offensive coordinator when Mike Bloomgren left to become head coach at Rice.
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On February 24,2023, Tavita Pritchard was hired by the Washington Commanders as their quarterbacks coach under head coach Ron Rivera.
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On February 15,2024, Tavita Pritchard was retained by the Commanders as their quarterbacks coach under head coach Dan Quinn.
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Tavita Pritchard's father David was a starting center at Washington State in 1981 and an uncle is former NFL quarterback Jack "The Throwin' Samoan" Thompson.
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Tavita Pritchard is third in a family of eleven children.
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Tavita Pritchard grew up in Centralia, Washington and for his freshman year he moved to Lakewood, Washington.