Stanford fired football coach Troy Taylor a week after a report detailed his alleged misconduct and mistreatment of female staffers at the school.

The decision was announced Tuesday by Andrew Luck, the school’s former star quarterback who became general manager of the football program last year.

“Since beginning my role as General Manager, I have been thoroughly assessing the entire Stanford football program. It has been clear that certain aspects of the program need change. Additionally, in recent days, there has been significant attention to Stanford investigations in previous years related to Coach Taylor,” Luck said in a statement. “After continued consideration it is evident to me that our program needs a reset. In consultation with university leadership I no longer believe that Coach Taylor is the right coach to lead our football program.”

ESPN reported last week on a pair of completed third-party investigations into Taylor. He is alleged to have bullied and belittled female athletic staffers and sought to remove an NCAA compliance officer who warned him of rules violations.

According to the ESPN report, multiple employees filed complaints citing Taylor’s actions, prompting Stanford in spring 2023 to hire an outside firm to investigate. The inquiry spanned 30 interviews over four months and found that some staffers described his behavior as “angry, aggressive and belittling at times.” The investigation noted Taylor had “a significant blind spot on how his ‘direct communication’ is received by staff” and said the football culture at Stanford was “not welcoming to women.” In February 2024, Taylor signed a letter acknowledging he could be fired if his conduct continued, according to ESPN.

Then came a second investigation last summer by a different firm. That probe determined Taylor retaliated against a compliance staffer who alerted him to violations within the program — citing seven violations from 2022 to 2024, which were considered minor infractions under NCAA rules. The investigation said Taylor’s actions toward the compliance officer were “inappropriate, discriminatory on the basis of her sex.” That investigation concluded last July, though it is unclear what, if any, disciplinary measures came from it.

In a statement to ESPN last Wednesday, Taylor, 56, said he used the investigations as a learning opportunity.

“I willingly complied with the investigations, accepted the recommendations that came out of them, and used them as a learning opportunity to grow in leadership and how I interact with others,” he wrote. “I look forward to continuing to work collaboratively and collegially with my colleagues so that we can achieve success for our football program together.”

Luck, a former star for the Indianapolis Colts who retired in 2019, became the program’s first general manager in November. In recent years, major college football and basketball programs have hired general managers to better compete for talent. Stanford’s organizational structure differs from others in that its general manager effectively reports to the school president instead of a coach.

Luck served on the committee that hired Taylor from Sacramento State in late 2022. Since then, Taylor posted back-to-back 3-9 seasons.

“I thank Coach Taylor for his contributions to our team and the hard work he put into the program.,” Luck said. “I am confident that we will return Stanford to the top echelon of college football.”