The Washington Huskies have hired former Boise State Broncos football head coach Chris Petersen to replace Steve Sarkisian, who accepted the head coaching position with the USC Trojans earlier in the week. The move has been confirmed by Jeremy Fowler and CBS Sports, who say that Petersen has agreed to a five-year contract with the Huskies.
The contract is expected to make Petersen one of the highest paid head coaches in the Pac-12 conference, although the exact terms of the deal are yet to have been released. Washington just watched Sarkisian leave for USC a few days ago, but acted quickly to appoint a successor.
Petersen has been extremely successful leading Boise State during his tenure with the Broncos, compiling a record of 92-12 and winning five Mountain West conference championships. It is worth noting that he has turned down multiple job offers over the past few years from other programs, but felt that it would be the “right fit” at Washington.
Well, we have seen quite a shake up in the Pac-12 head coaching ranks over the past couple of months. USC fired Lane Kiffin and named Ed Orgeron the interim head coach of the Trojans. After turning the season around in dramatic fashion, the Trojans hired Sarkisian away from Washington, prompting Orgeron to resign immediately. Washington went out and hired Petersen away from the Broncos in what many will actually see as an upgrade.
Now, will Boise State go out and hire Kiffin or Orgeron to complete this whole thing full circle? That is extremely doubtful, although Orgeron may be on a lot of teams’ radars. Kiffin should be nowhere to be found when it comes to coaching any college football – or NFL team, for that matter – in the near future.
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