Editing Bill Walsh (section)

==College coaching career==
He served under Bob Bronzan as a graduate assistant coach on the [[San José State Spartans|Spartans]] football coaching staff and graduated with a [[master's degree]] in physical education from San Jose State in 1959.<ref>{{cite press release |title=San Jose State Legend Bill Walsh Dies |publisher=[[San Jose State University]] |date=July 30, 2007 |url=http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=1139580 |access-date=October 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110001159/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=1139580 |archive-date=January 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His master's [[thesis]] was entitled ''Flank Formation Football -- Stress: Defense''. Thesis 796.W228f.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.mercurynews.com/billwalsh/ci_6505664 | title=Coaching legend Bill Walsh dies at 75 | author=Daniel Brown, Jon Wilner and Mack Lundstrom | date=July 31, 2007 | work=[[San Jose Mercury News]] | access-date=October 1, 2007 }}</ref>

Following graduation, Walsh coached the football and swim teams at [[Washington High School (Fremont, California)|Washington High School]] in [[Fremont, California]].  While there he interviewed for an assistant coaching position with the new head coach of the [[University of California, Berkeley]] [[California Golden Bears football|California Golden Bears]] football team, [[Marv Levy]].

"I was very impressed, individually, by his knowledge, by his intelligence, by his personality, and hired him," Levy said.  Levy and Walsh, two future NFL Hall of Famers, would never produce a winning season for the Golden Bears.

Leaving Berkeley, Walsh did a stint at [[Stanford University]] as an assistant coach of its [[Stanford Cardinal football|Cardinal]] football team before beginning his pro coaching career.