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Have you ever wished you had the opportunity to ask head coach Tyrone Willingham your most pressing question regarding Stanford football? Here's your opportunity!

Each week, the Cardinal coach will answer several questions from the fans. Check back each Wednesday to see if the coach responded to your question!

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In six seasons at the helm of the Cardinal football program, Tyrone Willingham has built a reputation as one of the most respected coaches in college football.

In his six years on The Farm, Willingham has led Stanford to three bowl games, including the 1999 Pacific-10 Conference championship and the school’s first Rose Bowl appearance in 28 years. Willingham has twice been honored by his peers as the PAC-10 Coach of the Year (1995, 1999).

With Willingham came a leader committed to making Stanford football a post-season bowl contender every season. The goal of the program, Willingham said, is to "win."

"I want people to talk about the Stanford football program as one that produces winners ? winners on the field, in the classroom and in their social and spiritual development. If we can win in those areas, then I believe that will give us our best chance to be successful."

And in 1999, Willingham hit paydirt. He was named the PAC-10 Coach of the Year for the second time in his career at Stanford after leading the Cardinal to an 8-4 overall record, a 7-1 mark in conference play, the first PAC-10 championship on The Farm since the 1971 season and Stanford’s first Rose Bowl appearance since January 1, 1972. He was a finalist for National Coach of the Year honors and was named the American Football Coaches Association District-5 Coach of the Year.

Willingham already has a list of accomplishments matched by few of his predecessors. He is the only coach in Stanford history to be named conference Coach of the Year on two occasions (1995, 1999). He led the Cardinal to consecutive bowl games in his first two seasons (’95 Liberty, ’96 Sun) at Stanford, becoming only the third coach to accomplish this feat. The other two are Tiny Thornhill in 1933 and ’34 and Walsh in ’77 and ’78.