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Walsh and 49ers
William Ernest " Bill " Walsh ( November 30, 1931 – July 30, 2007 ) was the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal football team, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense.
After retiring from the 49ers, Walsh returned as head coach at Stanford and later served as Cardinal athletic director.
Walsh went 102 – 63 – 1 with the 49ers, winning ten of his 14 postseason games along with six division titles, three NFC Championship titles, and three Super Bowls.
In 1979, Walsh was hired as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.
Walsh turned over the starting job to Montana in 1980, when the 49ers improved to 6 – 10.
Under Walsh the 49ers won Super Bowl championships in 1981, 1984 and 1988.
Walsh served as 49ers head coach for ten years, and during his tenure he and his coaching staff perfected the style of play known popularly as the West Coast offense.
The 1981 season saw Walsh lead the 49ers to a Super Bowl championship ; the team rose from the cellar to the top of the NFL in just two seasons.
Walsh felt that this was because the Cowboys were scheduled to play the Rams the next week in a rare Sunday night game and that showing the highlights of the 49ers ' win would potentially hurt the game's ratings.
The game was very close, and in the fourth quarter Walsh called a series of running plays as the 49ers marched down the field against the Cowboys prevent defense, which had been expecting the 49ers to mainly pass.
The 49ers came from behind to win the game on Dwight Clark's memorable TD reception ( The Catch ), propelling Walsh to his first Super Bowl.
Walsh would later write that the 49ers ' two wins over the Rams showed a shift of power in their division, while the wins over the Cowboys showed a shift of power in the conference.
Nine years later the two teams met at The Stick again in the NFC Championship Game ; in their third season together 49ers coach Bill Walsh and quarterback Joe Montana authored a history-making moment on Montana's last-minute touchdown to Dwight Clark and a 28-27 San Francisco win.
The 49ers under rookie head coach George Seifert, who took over after Bill Walsh retired after the previous season's Super Bowl, finished the 1989 regular season with a league best 14-2 record.
Bill Walsh retired as head coach after San Francisco's 20 – 16 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the previous year's Super Bowl XXIII but rookie head coach George Seifert did not miss a beat as he guided the 49ers to a league best 14 – 2 regular season record.
It was also the home of NFL Hall of Fame and former San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh, who died on July 30, 2007.
* Bill Walsh, who coached the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl titles
On August 10, 2007, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the playing field would be renamed Bill Walsh Field in honor of the former Stanford and 49ers coach, who died on July 30 that year, pending the approval of the city government.
After the game, 49ers head coach Bill Walsh said: " Joe Montana is the greatest quarterback today, maybe the greatest quarterback of all time.
Although his time in Tampa Bay was miserable, San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh was impressed by Young's natural abilities and felt that his problems were due to the struggling Bucs organization.
In 1979 the head coach of the 49ers, Bill Walsh, went to Clemson to work out Steve Fuller.
So Brown and Walsh went to work designing an offense around Carter's limitations, a scheme that was the genesis of the West Coast offense Walsh later used to great effect when he became coach of the San Francisco 49ers.

Walsh and defeated
In 1946 Lodge defeated Democratic Senator David I. Walsh and returned to the U. S. Senate.
The 2012 Mullingar Close Snooker Championship was won by Gary Walsh and the biggest shock of all was the 2012 Mullingar Open Snooker Champion Davan Clarke who defeated Gary Walsh 5-4 in the final.
* In 1992 – 93 the West Indies defeated Australia by one run in the fourth test of the Frank Worrell Trophy, when a bouncer by Courtney Walsh brushed Craig McDermott's glove to end a 40-run last-wicket partnership.
The Republicans took open seats in Colorado and Oklahoma, and defeated incumbents Augustus O. Stanley ( D-KY ), David I. Walsh ( D-MA ), and Magnus Johnson ( FL-MN ), but Democrats defeated Holm O. Bursum ( R-NM ).
In 1942, St. Ciaran's qualified for the county senior semi-final and defeated Walsh Island by 5 points.
In the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Walsh defeated Adrian Gray in the first round, setting up a second-round match with Taylor.
Walsh defeated Jamie Caven 3-2 in the first round of the 2009 PDC World Championship, narrowly missing out on a nine dart finish on the way.
At the 2012 PDC World Championship, Painter defeated Aaron Monk and Mark Walsh before losing once again to John Part by four sets to two.
He also finished runner up in the European championship beating the likes of Adrian Lewis, Mark Walsh and James Wade en route to the final where he was defeated 11-3 by Phil Taylor.
On November 6, 2010 Donovan recorded her first win as the head coach of Seton Hall's women's team as the Pirates defeated the Temple Owls by a score of 72-59 at Walsh Gymnasium.

Walsh and Cincinnati
In 1968, Walsh moved to the AFL expansion Cincinnati Bengals, joining the staff of legendary coach Paul Brown.
Walsh formulated what has become popularly known as the West Coast Offense during his tenure as assistant coach for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1968 to 1975, while working under the tutelage of Paul Brown.
Walsh formulated what has become popularly known as the West Coast Offense during his tenure as assistant coach for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1968 to 1975, while working under the tutelage of mentor Paul Brown.
Heading into week 14 the Bengals ' W-L record was 10-3 as getting ready to play the San Francisco 49ers ; the media asked Bill Walsh about his former quarterback and he said, " Ken Anderson is the greatest quarterback in football today " and he also added that " Cincinnati is the team to beat in the NFL, there's no doubt about it ".
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He attended Barton County Community College for two years, then transferred to the University of Cincinnati in 2003 and Walsh University in 2004.

Walsh and Super
Wilson's reception was a play Bill Walsh specifically designed for the Super Bowl that capitalized on the Bengals ' doing a long-run coverage on Wilson anytime he ran a pass route over 20 yards ; Wilson simply ran 25 yards straight out and then cut back to receive Montana's precision pass.
In the first innings of the ICC Super Series Test match in 2005, McGrath passed Courtney Walsh to become the greatest wicket-taker among fast bowlers in Test history.
" Brown stayed on as team president following his retirement, and the Bengals later made two trips to the Super Bowl, losing both games to Walsh and the 49ers.
During his twenty-three years owning the team, beginning in 1977, the 49ers won an unprecedented five Super Bowls under coaches Bill Walsh and George Seifert, Super Bowl XVI, Super Bowl XIX, Super Bowl XXIII, Super Bowl XXIV, and Super Bowl XXIX.
The San Jose Apaches in 1967 were coached by Bill Walsh, who later achieved great success as the three-time Super Bowl-winning coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers.
Haley's supporters, who included the late Bill Walsh, believe his personal accomplishments, especially his record five Super Bowl rings, make him worthy of induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
This would be Olsen's final Super Bowl broadcast, as he was demoted the following season to make room for Bill Walsh.

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