Petersen out at Washington

[Kaplony]

Washington Huskies

Chris Petersen announced Monday that he will step down from his position as University of Washington head football coach following the Huskies' bowl game. UW Director of Athletics Jennifer Cohen has named current defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake the new head coach of the Huskies. Petersen will transition into a leadership advisory role for Husky Athletics.

"It has been a privilege and a professional dream fulfilled to be part of this world-class institution," Petersen said. "I will forever be grateful, honored and humbled to have had the opportunity to coach our fine young men on Montlake for these past six seasons. I thank each of them, as well as our coaches and administrative staff for the incredible commitment they've made to Husky football during my tenure. The football program and Husky Athletics across the board will continue to prosper – and do it the right way – with Jen Cohen's leadership and the University administration's commitment to excellence. I'll be a Husky for life, but now is the right time for me to step away from my head coaching duties, and recharge."

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Washington Huskies
Petersen To Step Down, Lake Named New Huskies' Head Coach

 

[steelerssb]

 

[RegentDenali]

OMFG. Did not see this coming.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Is Jimmy Lake the long-term answer or just interim? Never heard of him

 

[Wild Turkey]

Lane Kiffin to Washington.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Lane Kiffin to Washington.

Peterson to LA

 

[Wild Turkey]

Peterson to LA

Saban to FAU

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Is Jimmy Lake the long-term answer or just interim? Never heard of him

He's UW's DC and a good one at that but he has zero HC experience tmk.

 

[RegentDenali]

Is Jimmy Lake the long-term answer or just interim? Never heard of him

He's been the co-DC for two years now and was considered very close to landing a HC position somewhere.
He's very well liked by players and I think he'll make a great HC for the dawgs. But he needs to find a real.OC cause our current one is way out of his league and was brought in to just be kind of a yes man to Petersen who wants alot control over the offense and game planning.
But this is still pretty shocking.
7 wins was pretty bad this year and wonder if he's not evolving with the PAC and other confs.

His heart may not be in it anymore. Very weird.

 

[Wild Turkey]

He's UW's DC and a good one at that but he has zero HC experience tmk.

Basically what you are saying is he is the biggest midget in Munchkin Land.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

He's UW's DC and a good one at that but he has zero HC experience tmk.

 

[kburjr]

Another bald guy wearing a topless hat. hahahaha

 

[Hang_On_Sloopy08]

He'll get healthy in Saban's halfway house for coaches.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Might be time to drop my guns off at my brother's cabin until I get over this.

 

[RegentDenali]

God lord. We got a beautiful recruit class for 2020. Hope the damage is minimal, but think this is going to hurt bad, especially on the offense side. Yikes.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

God lord. We got a beautiful recruit class for 2020. Hope the damage is minimal, but think this is going to hurt bad, especially on the offense side. Yikes.

This ^^. Petersen's program is what a lot of player's parents admired about him. Jimmy Lake on the other hand is a skirt chaser like no other. One of his ex gf's was in our Washington FB group and she said he was fvcking everything on two legs from Redmond to Bellevue.

 

[kburjr]

Might be time to drop my guns off at my brother's cabin until I get over this.

I don't mean to laugh, but that is funny.

 

[Hitman Hart]

This ^^. Petersen's program is what a lot of player's parents admired about him. Jimmy Lake on the other hand is a skirt chaser like no other. His ex GF was in our Washington FB group and she said he was fvcking everything on two legs from Redmond to Bellevue.

now this is the type of juicy info that the hoop needs

 

[AlaskaGuy]

I don't mean to laugh, but that is funny.

I'm numb atm.