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Bill walsh was born on november 30 1931 in Los Angeles
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He graduated college from san jose university, with a bachelor's in physical education.
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He graduated with a master's degree in physical education
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He coached high school football and swim teams at washington high school
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He coached the cincinati bengals
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He was good at making first impresions like when, after an interview for a assistant coach position the interviewer, levy, was quoted saying "I was very impressed, individually, by his knowledge, by his intelligence, by his personality and hired him,"
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He lacked a strong arm necessary to throw deep passes. Walsh modified the vertical passing scheme he had learned during his time with the Raiders designing a horizontal passing system that relied on quick, short throws
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He was a resource allocator in that when he knew that he didn't have a strong arm to trow far he came up with new sucsessful plays that would use his skills and others to the best of their abilitys.
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He was the head coach of the NCAA stanford team
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His technical skills were good in that he coached his stanford team to win the sun bowl 8 - 4
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Walsh turned over the starting job to Montana in 1980, when the 49ers improved to 6–10. San Francisco won its first championship in 1981, just two years after winning two games.
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He was a good leader in that he coached the 49ers to win the superbowl in 81.
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He was a figure head in that he won the pro-football weekly NFL coach of the year award this year
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He became head coach for the san francisco 49ers
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He became a consultant for the san francisco 49ers
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Bill Walsh died of leukemia at 10:45 am on July 30, 2007
