Washington has discovered a brand new head coach.
In response to a number of sources, Jedd Fisch has agreed to depart Arizona and develop into the thirty first head coach in Washington program historical past, changing Kalen DeBoer, who departed for Alabama following Nick Saban’s retirement.
Fisch leaves behind a program he helped mildew into the 14th-ranked crew within the nation. Nevertheless, Arizona might not have finished a lot to maintain him round.
The 2 sides have been engaged in contract negotiations following the crew’s first 10-win season since 2014. Nonetheless, Arizona balked on the accelerated price ticket for Fisch’s providers as soon as the Washington alternative offered itself.
Per Brett McMurphy of the Motion Community, a brand new deal for Fisch “wasn’t a precedence” for the college.
Fisch’s exit is beautiful, particularly contemplating his latest feedback. Lower than two weeks earlier than leaving Arizona, he mentioned he had “no curiosity” in going wherever else.
“I feel proper now we’re simply working by schematics to get this deal finished. I feel we’re very, very shut,” Fisch mentioned on the Jan. 4 episode of ‘The Jim Rome Present.’ “We wanna be finished right here fairly quickly, and we need to be part of this program for a very long time. I’ve moved rather a lot on this enterprise to have the ability to be right here at the moment. To develop into a head coach of a Energy 5 program, to win 10 video games, to be a prime 15 crew — hopefully a prime 10.”
Fisch will meet together with his Arizona gamers on Sunday afternoon to announce his intention to depart for Washington, per Chris Low of ESPN.
Whereas the Huskies’ fortunes could also be trying up, Fisch’s exit may trigger a ripple impact all through this system.
Arizona was to return 18 of twenty-two starters in 2024, however that would change given Sunday’s improvement.
