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STANFORD, Calif. — Andrew Luck is returning to Stanford in hopes of turning around a struggling football program that he once helped become a national power. Athletic director Bernard Muir announced Saturday that Luck has been hired as the general manager of the Stanford football team, tasked with overseeing all aspects of the program that just finished a 3-9 season under coach Troy Taylor. “I am a product of this university, of Nerd Nation; I love this place,” Luck said. “I believe deeply in Stanford’s unique approach to athletics and academics and the opportunity to help drive our program back to the top. Coach Taylor has the team pointed in the right direction, and I cannot wait to work with him, the staff, and the best, brightest, and toughest football players in the world.” Luck has kept a low profile since his surprise retirement from the NFL at age 29 when he announced in August 2019 that he was leaving the Indianapolis Colts and pro football. Cardinal alum Andrew Luck, left, watches a Feb. 2 game between Stanford and Southern California on Feb. 2 in Stanford, Calif. In his new role, Luck will work with Taylor on recruiting and roster management, and with athletic department and university leadership on fundraising, alumni relations, sponsorships, student-athlete support and stadium experience. “Andrew’s credentials as a student-athlete speak for themselves, and in addition to his legacy of excellence, he also brings a deep understanding of the college football landscape and community, and an unparalleled passion for Stanford football,” Muir said. “I could not think of a person better qualified to guide our football program through a continuously evolving landscape, and I am thrilled that Andrew has agreed to join our team. This change represents a very different way of operating our program and competing in an evolving college football landscape.” Luck was one of the players who helped elevate Stanford into a West Coast powerhouse for several years. He helped end a seven-year bowl drought in his first season as starting quarterback in 2009 under coach Jim Harbaugh and led the Cardinal to back-to-back BCS bowl berths his final two seasons, when he was the Heisman Trophy runner-up both seasons. Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck throws a pass during the first quarter of a Nov. 27, 2010 game against Oregon State in Stanford, Calif. That was part of a seven-year stretch in which Stanford posted the fourth-best record in the nation at 76-18 and qualified for five BCS bowl berths under Harbaugh and David Shaw. But the Cardinal have struggled for success in recent years and haven't won more than four games in a season since 2018. Stanford just finished its fourth straight 3-9 campaign in Taylor's second season since replacing Shaw. The Cardinal are the only power conference team to lose at least nine games in each of the past four seasons. Luck graduated from Stanford with a bachelor’s degree in architectural design and returned after retiring from the NFL to get his master’s degree in education in 2023. He was picked No. 1 overall by Indianapolis in the 2012 draft and made four Pro Bowls and was AP Comeback Player of the Year in 2018 in his brief but successful NFL career. Before the 2023 National Football League season started, it seemed inevitable that Bill Belichick would end his career as the winningest head coach in league history. He had won six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and 298 regular-season games, plus 31 playoff games, across his career. Then the 2023 season happened. Belichick's Patriots finished 4-13, the franchise's worst record since 1992. At the end of the year, Belichick and New England owner Robert Kraft agreed to part ways. And now, during the 2024 season, Belichick is on the sideline. He's 26 wins from the #1 spot, a mark he'd reach in little more than two seasons if he maintained his .647 career winning percentage. Will he ascend the summit? It's hard to tell. Belichick would be 73 if he graced the sidelines next season—meaning he'd need to coach until at least 75 to break the all-time mark. Only one other NFL coach has ever helmed a team at age 73: Romeo Crennel in 2020 for the Houston Texans. With Belichick's pursuit of history stalled, it's worth glancing at the legends who have reached the pinnacle of coaching success. Who else stands among the 10 winningest coaches in NFL history? Stacker ranked the coaches with the most all-time regular-season wins using data from Pro Football Reference . These coaches have combined for 36 league championships, which represents 31.6% of all championships won throughout the history of pro football. To learn who made the list, keep reading. You may also like: Ranking the biggest NFL Draft busts of the last 30 years - Seasons coached: 23 - Years active: 1969-91 - Record: 193-148-1 - Winning percentage: .566 - Championships: 4 Chuck Noll's Pittsburgh Steelers were synonymous with success in the 1970s. Behind his defense, known as the Steel Curtain, and offensive stars, including Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, and Lynn Swann, Noll led the squad to four Super Bowl victories from 1974 to 1979. Noll's Steelers remain the lone team to win four Super Bowls in six years, though Andy Reid and Kansas City could equal that mark if they win the Lombardi Trophy this season. Noll was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993, two years after retiring. His legacy of coaching success has carried on in Pittsburgh—the club has had only two coaches (Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin) since Noll retired. - Seasons coached: 33 - Years active: 1921-53 - Record: 226-132-22 - Winning percentage: .631 - Championships: 6 An early stalwart of the NFL, Curly Lambeau spent 29 years helming the Green Bay Packers before wrapping up his coaching career with two-year stints with the Chicago Cardinals and Washington. His Packers won titles across three decades, including the league's first three-peat from 1929-31. Notably, he experienced only one losing season during his first 27 years with Green Bay, cementing his legacy of consistent success. Born in Green Bay, Lambeau co-founded the Packers and played halfback on the team from 1919-29. He was elected to the Hall of Fame as a coach and owner in 1963, two years before his death. You may also like: Countries with the most active NFL players - Seasons coached: 29 - Years active: 1960-88 - Record: 250-162-6 - Winning percentage: .607 - Championships: 2 The first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Tom Landry held the position for his entire 29-year tenure as an NFL coach. The Cowboys were especially dominant in the 1970s when they made five Super Bowls and won the big game twice. Landry was known for coaching strong all-around squads and a unit that earned the nickname the "Doomsday Defense." Between 1966 and 1985, Landry and his Cowboys enjoyed 20 straight seasons with a winning record. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1990. - Seasons coached: 26 - Years active: 1999-present - Record: 267-145-1 - Winning percentage: .648 - Championships: 3 The only active coach in the top 10, Andy Reid has posted successful runs with both the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City. After reaching the Super Bowl once in 14 years with the Eagles, Reid ratcheted things up with K.C., winning three titles since 2019. As back-to-back defending champions, Reid and Co. are looking this season to become the first franchise to three-peat in the Super Bowl era and the third to do so in NFL history after the Packers of 1929-31 and '65-67. Time will tell if Reid and his offensive wizardry can lead Kansas City to that feat. - Seasons coached: 29 - Years active: 1991-95, 2000-23 - Record: 302-165 - Winning percentage: .647 - Championships: 6 The most successful head coach of the 21st century, Bill Belichick first coached the Cleveland Browns before taking over the New England Patriots in 2000. With the Pats, Belichick combined with quarterback Tom Brady to win six Super Bowls in 18 years. Belichick and New England split after last season when the Patriots went 4-13—the worst record of Belichick's career. His name has swirled around potential coaching openings , but nothing has come of it. Belichick has remained in the media spotlight with his regular slot on the "Monday Night Football" ManningCast. - Seasons coached: 33 - Years active: 1963-95 - Record: 328-156-6 - Winning percentage: .677 - Championships: 2 The winningest head coach in NFL history is Don Shula, who first coached the Baltimore Colts (losing Super Bowl III to Joe Namath and the New York Jets) for seven years before leading the Miami Dolphins for 26 seasons. With the Fins, Shula won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1972 and 1973, a run that included a 17-0 season—the only perfect campaign in NFL history. He also coached quarterback great Dan Marino in the 1980s and '90s, but the pair made it to a Super Bowl just once. Shula was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997. Story editing by Mike Taylor. Copy editing by Robert Wickwire. Photo selection by Lacy Kerrick. You may also like: The 5 biggest upsets of the 2023-24 NFL regular season - Seasons coached: 23 - Years active: 1981-2003 - Record: 190-165-2 - Winning percentage: .535 - Championships: 0 Dan Reeves reached the Super Bowl four times—thrice with the Denver Broncos and once with the Atlanta Falcons—but never won the NFL's crown jewel. Still, he racked up nearly 200 wins across his 23-year career, including a stint in charge of the New York Giants, with whom he won Coach of the Year in 1993. In all his tenures, he quickly built contenders—the three clubs he coached were a combined 17-31 the year before Reeves joined and 28-20 in his first year. However, his career ended on a sour note as he was fired from a 3-10 Falcons team after Week 14 in 2003. - Seasons coached: 21 - Years active: 1984-98, 2001-06 - Record: 200-126-1 - Winning percentage: .613 - Championships: 0 As head coach of Cleveland, Kansas City, Washington, and San Diego, Marty Schottenheimer proved a successful leader during the regular season. Notably, he was named Coach of the Year after turning around his 4-12 Chargers team to a 12-4 record in 2004. His teams, however, struggled during the playoffs. Schottheimer went 5-13 in the postseason, and he never made it past the conference championship round. As such, the Pennsylvania-born skipper is the winningest NFL coach never to win a league championship. - Seasons coached: 25 - Years active: 1946-62, '68-75 - Record: 213-104-9 - Winning percentage: .672 - Championships: 7 The only coach on this list to pilot a college team, Paul Brown, reached the pro ranks after a three-year stint at Ohio State and two years with the Navy during World War II. He guided the Cleveland Browns—named after Brown, their first coach—to four straight titles in the fledgling All-America Football Conference. After the league folded, the ballclub moved to the NFL in 1950, and Cleveland continued its winning ways, with Brown leading the team to championships in '50, '54, and '55. He was fired in 1963 but returned in 1968 as the co-founder and coach of the Cincinnati Bengals. His other notable accomplishments include helping to invent the face mask and breaking pro football's color barrier . - Seasons coached: 40 - Years active: 1920-29, '33-42, '46-55, '58-67 - Record: 318-148-31 - Winning percentage: .682 - Championships: 6 George Halas was the founder and longtime owner of the Chicago Bears and coached the team across four separate stints. Nicknamed "Papa Bear," he built the ballclub into one of the NFL's premier franchises behind players such as Bronko Nagurski and Sid Luckman. Halas also played for the team, competing as a player-coach in the 1920s. The first coach to study opponents via game film, he was once a baseball player and even made 12 appearances as a member of the New York Yankees in 1919. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1963 as both a coach and owner. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Washington, Dec 1 (PTI): President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday warned BRICS countries against any move to replace the US dollar and has sought a commitment from the nine-member group that includes India, Russia, China, and Brazil. Continues below advertisement window.addEventListener("load", function() { let ad_unit_fire_time = 1000; if(ad_delay_time_abp > 0){ ad_unit_fire_time = parseInt(ad_delay_time_abp) + 500; } setTimeout(function () { googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-9167143-2"); }); },ad_unit_fire_time) }); BRICS, formed in 2009, is the only major international group of which the United States is not a part. Its other members are South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates. Over the past few years a few of its member countries, in particular Russia and China, are seeking an alternative to the US Dollar or create own BRICS currency. India has so far not been part of the move. 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There is no chance that the BRICS will replace the US Dollar in International Trade, and any Country that tries should wave goodbye to America,” he said. At the 2023 summit in South Africa, BRICS countries committed to study the feasibility of a new common currency. A proposal in this regard was made by the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva. India, an important pillar of BRICS, has said it is against de-dollarisation. "...ask you about de-Dollarization as a possibility for the world. At times India has expressed interest in alternative currency. It can serve as a reserve mechanism. I wonder how do you see that right now what you see as the role of the dollar and these discussions about your national policy? India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said during his appearance at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace this fall. “I think you have us confused for someone else because we have never actively targeted the dollar. That's not part of either our economic policy or our political or our strategic policy. Some others may have,” Jaishankar said. “What I will tell you is a natural concern there. We often have trade partners who do not have dollars to take. So, we now have to look at whether we forgo dealings with them or do we find some settlement which works otherwise. So, there's no, I can say malicious intent vis-a-vis the dollar in business. WE are trying to do our business,” he said. “Sometimes you make it difficult in the use of dollars. We have some trade partners with whom trade in dollars becomes difficult because of your policies. We have to obviously look for workarounds. But for us, as we spoke about rebalancing, we spoke about multiple obviously all of this is also going to reflect on currencies and economic needs,” said the External Affairs Minister on October 1 this year. PTI LKJ VN VN (This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. 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Provincial Minister for Minorities Affairs Ramesh Singh Arora hosted a magnificent Christmas event which was organised by the Human Rights & Minorities Affairs Department at 90 Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam here on Tuesday LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Dec, 2024) Provincial Minister for Minorities Affairs Ramesh Singh Arora hosted a magnificent which was organised by the Human Rights & Minorities Affairs Department at 90 Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam here on Tuesday. The was graced by the presence of Provincial Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari, US Consulate General Kristen Hawkins, Deputy Political and Economic Chief Nakul Lakhimpal, former minister Ijaz Alam Augustine, Syed Sajjad Haider Imran, Honorary Consul of Yaseen Joiya, Dominic Javed, Council Chairman, Majid Naz, General Supreme Council, Colonel McDonald of Salvation , Nadeem Kamran, Pastor Salik John, and several other distinguished guests. US Consul General Kristen Hawkins extended greetings to the community. Ramesh Arora in his address said that the , in her first speech, referred to religious minorities as the "crown" of the province. He emphasised the elimination of feelings of deprivation among religious minorities and highlighted the numerous exemplary steps taken over the past eight months. "We are providing grants to 10,000 families. In , we will issue Cards and will distribute grants to 50,000 deserving families," he added. The Human Rights Department Task Force was playing an active role in supporting religious minorities, added minister. The showcased the ’s ongoing efforts to foster interfaith and inclusivity within the province of . At the end of the minister distributed financial aid cheques among 10 families while Dominic Javed offered special for the prosperity and development of .North Carolina has interviewed former New England Patriots coach and six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick for its head coaching position, two people with knowledge of the situation said Thursday. Both people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the school isn't commenting publicly on its search. Belichick's interview, first reported by Inside Carolina, comes a week after the school fired its winningest coach in College Football Hall of Famer Mack Brown. The school announced Nov. 26 that Brown wouldn't return for a seventh season in his second stint at the school, with Brown staying on to coach last weekend's rivalry loss to N.C. State. Former Cleveland Browns coach Freddie Kitchens is working as the interim coach for an upcoming bowl game as UNC conducts it search. Moving on from the 73-year-old Brown to hire the 72-year-old Belichick would mean UNC is turning to a coach who has never worked at the college level, yet had incredible NFL success alongside quarterback Tom Brady throughout most of his 24-year tenure with the Patriots that ended last season . In the time since, he had been linked to NFL jobs , notably the Atlanta Falcons in January. UNC’s opening comes at a time of rapid changes in college athletics with free player movement through the transfer portal and players able to cash in on their athletic fame with endorsement opportunities. There’s also the impending arrival of revenue sharing, part of a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement proposal that gained preliminary approval by a judge in October. “I think it's a great time for me to get out,” Brown said after Saturday's loss to the Wolfpack. “This isn't the game that I signed up for. It's changed so much.” In an UNC-produced podcast earlier this week, athletic director Bubba Cunningham said all the coaches the school is talking with about its job “are playing,” with college football having reached its conference title games before unveiling the 12-team College Football Playoff and bowl assignments. Cunningham said then that “fit” was the most important thing in finding Brown’s successor. “There's a certain person that’s best suited at the right time, at the right place,” he said. “And right now, that’s we’re looking for: Where are we today, who can lead us in the next three, five, 10 years?” Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football
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A fire that tore through a Melbourne synagogue in the early hours of Friday has led to an ongoing police search and an outpouring of condemnation from politicians, ambassadors and multicultural community representatives. Around 60 firefighters and 17 trucks were called to the Adass Israel synagogue at Ripponlea in Melbourne's south shortly after 4am on Friday after a large blaze engulfed the building. The fire, which police say was deliberately lit, was brought under control just before 5am. Victorian Police have launched an investigation but are yet to make any arrests. Federal and state political leaders have condemned the incident, as have community figures and heads of multicultural organisations. Here's what you need to know about the suspected arson attack on the Adass Israel synagogue. Source: AAP / Con Chronis Was anyone in the synagogue when it was set alight? Yumi Friedman, founder of Yumi's dips, was preparing to perform morning prayers at about 4am on Friday when the attack occurred. "I heard a big bang on the door with a sledgehammer, it looked like," he told AAP at the scene in south-east Melbourne. "I stopped for a second and then suddenly heard another bang on the glass, and I saw glass fling. So I knew someone was out there trying to break in." Friedman fled the building to call police before returning to find the synagogue alight. "There wasn't much of a fire when I started, so I just thought maybe I would come inside to get my phone," he said. Source: AAP / Con Chronis "But I touched the door, it was hot, and I burnt my hand so I didn't go inside." The fire quickly tore through the synagogue, engulfing it in flames and gutting two of its three buildings. The Adass Israel has been described as one of the most active Jewish houses of worship in Melbourne and is regularly attended by members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. Victorian Multicultural Affairs Minister Ingrid Stitt has: "We are lucky people weren't seriously injured or killed." Federal MP Josh Burns, whose electorate is home to the synagogue, described it as a "centre of Jewish life of learning and spirituality". "I've been inside many times, and to see it burnt today is devastating," he told reporters in Melbourne. Have police arrested any suspects? Victoria Police detective inspector Chris Murray told reporters a witness attending morning prayers at the synagogue had spotted two men wearing masks who "appeared to be spreading an accelerant" inside the building. The police are still investigating the incident and are asking members of the public to come forward with any dash-cam or CCTV footage taken in the area around the time of the attack. They also believe the incident is a "deliberate" and "targeted" attack. "What we don't know is the why, and we will get to the why. We will do everything we can to bring these individuals before the courts," Murray said. "We are throwing everything at this," he said. How much damage was done to the Adass Israel synagogue? It's believed the damage caused to the inside of the synagogue is significant. One congregation member estimated millions of dollars worth of holy books and valuable handwritten Torah scrolls were inside, which were carefully loaded into a car later in the day. Some scrolls could not be retrieved as they were in an area where the roof had collapsed. Source: AAP / Con Chronis Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said "every available resource" would be deployed to find the arsonists and committed $100,000 to help rebuild the synagogue. "We stand with the entire Jewish community who have every right to go to shul, pray openly, and be proud of who they are — without fearing personal consequences," she said. 'Shul' is a word for synagogue that derives from Yiddish — the language spoken by European Jews for centuries and largely kept alive by Orthodox communities today. Allan also confirmed there would be increased police presence in the Jewish community over the coming days, including at synagogues and in public community spaces. What is Adass Israel? Adass Israel is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect and regular attendees of the Adass Israel synagogue were largely members of this community — the male members of which are recognisable by their white collared shirts, long black coats, broad-brimmed black hats and circular fur hats (shtreimel). However, like any Jewish house of worship, Jews from outside this community would attend events at the synagogue such as weddings and bar mitzvahs — a Jewish rite of passage into adulthood for boys. Melbourne's Adass Israel community — which is known to be highly insular and observant of halakhah (Jewish religious law) — traces its origins to Holocaust survivors who emigrated from countries like Hungary and Czechoslovakia. 17/04/2016 07:57 Play Many of the community's members, which several years ago was estimated at around 2,000 people , are second, third and fourth-generation descendants of those survivors. The Adass Israel cemetery was Melbourne's first Jewish cemetery, according to Dan Goldberg and Danny Ben-Moshe, who created a documentary on the community broadcast on SBS in 2016. Reaction to the fire Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said antisemitism had "absolutely no place in Australia". "This violence and intimidation and destruction at a place of worship is an outrage," he said in a statement shared on X. "This attack has risked lives and is clearly aimed at creating fear in the community. "This deliberate, unlawful act goes against everything we are as Australians and everything we have worked so hard to build as a nation." Opposition leader Peter Dutton echoed Albanese's remarks, saying the attack had "no place" in Australia. "That has been a sad and shocking turn of events in Melbourne overnight," he said. Israel's ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon, also spoke of the incident during an unrelated event at the German embassy today. "Antisemitism is not a relic of the past, but a growing threat that demands immediate actions," he said. "'Never again' has become a hollow promise as the very evils it sought to prevent are happening once more. "Jewish people around the world are under siege, enduring, relentless acts of intimidation and violence." Jewish organisation the New Israel Fund said the "terrible attack" could not be tolerated as it welcomed bipartisan condemnation. "We must respond swiftly to ensure that Jewish Australians are protected and continue to feel safe and secure in the multicultural Australia that we all know and cherish," New Israel Fund executive director Michael Chaitow said in a statement. 09/07/2024 07:27 Play Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Daniel Aghion said it was a "tragic day", adding that his organisation and community "have been warning about the risk of this since last year 7 October". Jewish Community Council of Victoria chief executive Naomi Levin said the suspected attack was "not just a crime against a place of worship, but an affront to the values of tolerance". Australian Multicultural Foundation executive director Hass Dellal said antisemitism must not be tolerated and that it would be a "distressing time" for synagogue members and the broader Jewish community. "We are a multicultural and multifaith society where people have the right to practice and express their religion without fear of vilification or violence," Dellal said in a statement. "This is not who we are as a multicultural nation." The Australian Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) has also condemned the incident in a statement on Instagram. "Attacks on religious institutions have no place in our community," the group said. "Racist attacks rooted in antisemitism, Islamophobia or anti-Palestinian racism must be opposed and condemned in equal measure."
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