Monday, November 01, 2004
GILBERTSON TO RESIGN AT END OF SEASON
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Keith Gilbertson will resign at the end of the season as Washington head coach, according to the Associated Press.
Thanks to Doug Taylor for giving us a heads up in the comments box in David's post below. And David has mentioned that there will be news conference at 2:30 Pacific.
The Huskies are 1-7, 0-5 in the Pac-10, the program's worst record in 35 years. Gilbertson took over for Rick Neuheisel shortly before the 2003 season. He had previously been an assistant on Neuheisel's staff. Gilbertson had previous head coaching experience at Idaho and California.
The remaining schedule for the Huskies is as follows:
This Saturday vs Arizona, Nov. 13 vs Cal, and Nov. 20 at Washington State (Apple Cup)
Speculation can be fun, so why not mention a few guys that will be considered for the vacant head coaching position at UW:
---Jeff Tedford, Cal head coach. There's been reports that Tedford may bolt Berkeley if the athletic department doesn't make the necessary improvements that are needed.
---Urban Meyer, Utah head coach. One of the best young coaches in the country. Look at what he's done with the Utes.
---Norm Chow, USC offensive coordinator. He has turned down various head coaching positions to stay at USC. But Washington arguably has more prestige than the jobs that he had turned down.
---Dennis Erickson, 49ers head coach. Don't snicker. I really think he's a possible candidate. There's no doubt that Erickson is one hell of a college coach. The 49ers organization is a mess. I wouldn't be shocked to see Erickson get out of San Francisco after this season.
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One thing to keep in mind here is that Washington president Mark Emmert is no stranger to hiring a big name head coach. When he was at LSU, he hired Nick Saban. You know how that ended up.
I'm not a Huskies fan, far from it. But I'm a college football fan and I know that the game is better off when the Huskies are playing well. We'll see how this search ends up.
This should be an interesting next couple of weeks at Montlake...
Keith Gilbertson will resign at the end of the season as Washington head coach, according to the Associated Press.
Thanks to Doug Taylor for giving us a heads up in the comments box in David's post below. And David has mentioned that there will be news conference at 2:30 Pacific.
The Huskies are 1-7, 0-5 in the Pac-10, the program's worst record in 35 years. Gilbertson took over for Rick Neuheisel shortly before the 2003 season. He had previously been an assistant on Neuheisel's staff. Gilbertson had previous head coaching experience at Idaho and California.
The remaining schedule for the Huskies is as follows:
This Saturday vs Arizona, Nov. 13 vs Cal, and Nov. 20 at Washington State (Apple Cup)
Speculation can be fun, so why not mention a few guys that will be considered for the vacant head coaching position at UW:
---Jeff Tedford, Cal head coach. There's been reports that Tedford may bolt Berkeley if the athletic department doesn't make the necessary improvements that are needed.
---Urban Meyer, Utah head coach. One of the best young coaches in the country. Look at what he's done with the Utes.
---Norm Chow, USC offensive coordinator. He has turned down various head coaching positions to stay at USC. But Washington arguably has more prestige than the jobs that he had turned down.
---Dennis Erickson, 49ers head coach. Don't snicker. I really think he's a possible candidate. There's no doubt that Erickson is one hell of a college coach. The 49ers organization is a mess. I wouldn't be shocked to see Erickson get out of San Francisco after this season.
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
One thing to keep in mind here is that Washington president Mark Emmert is no stranger to hiring a big name head coach. When he was at LSU, he hired Nick Saban. You know how that ended up.
I'm not a Huskies fan, far from it. But I'm a college football fan and I know that the game is better off when the Huskies are playing well. We'll see how this search ends up.
This should be an interesting next couple of weeks at Montlake...
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