I grew up in the Bay Area in the 1980s, so Bill Walsh is the first coach I think of when it comes to the San Francisco 49ers. He will be greatly missed.
Nicknamed “The Genius” for his creative schemes that became known as the West Coast offense, Walsh died at his Woodside home Monday morning following a long battle with leukemia. He was 75.
“He gave me the opportunity to come to a winner, San Francisco out of Mississippi...




