Washington Hires a RISING STAR in Arizona Head Coach Jedd Fisch | Washington Coaching Search

[@loganb.1984]

This is GREAT for the Huskies up here in Seattle, but man I feel awful for all the Wildcats.

[@nicksemerikoff9805]

As a ducks fan, great signing by Washington

[@Wu.Tang.Financial]

Thanks dude, I feel like this was a great hire. I feel like Lanning is gonna kick the shit out of us next season though, gonna take time to build back up. Long live the PNW rivalry

[@laptinek5753]

As a husky fan I'm impressed with Lanning he's loyal and knows how to recruit and use the transfer portal

[@marklarson601]

Fisch is a solid hire. Worked for Carroll, Harbaugh, McVay, and Belichek. Washington is in capable hands

[@CalebTrask]

Until he takes his next leap up the ladder.

[@SPTO]

Great hire for Washington. Fisch is a guy who did the near impossible with Arizona building it back up from the ground floor. He should do a real good job at UW considering there's more to work with potentially.

[@dwightvoeks9970]

Well guess what he's walking into at Washington? Rebuild from the ground floor. We lost 20 players in less than a week and that doesn't include the 19 seniors who graduated

[@joshdye4893]

Fisch had one good year, and quite frankly got lucky with the emergence of Fafita at QB. I could see this going either way. Fisch may be the real deal, but it's also possible last year's success at Arizona was a fluke.

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

Nice rebound by Washington, everything else considered. That arizona team Fisch had this past season going into next year, imo, had a chance to do what washington did this year. I could've easily seen Arizona be preseason ranked somewhere between 10-12. First order of business for Fisch should be to get Furtitta to transfer from Arizona to Washington. Huskies have a pretty easy schedule next year, and could win 10 games in their inagural Big 10 season.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

I would not call that a easy schedule on the road against Oregon and you have to play Michigan and there usually is someone else that has a great year out of nowhere in the conference, UW does get lucky not playing Ohio St. With all the turnover, new coach etc UW will be maybe 9-3.

[@danagregory9789]

No! Washington doesn't have Will Rogers any longer! He immediately went back into the transfer portal when Deboer announced was leaving Washington.😮

[@danagregory9789]

Along with about (6) or so other players! 😢

[@markzylstra2947]

​@@deanfirnatine7814we have to play at Penn State and we also get USC next year.

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

@@markzylstra2947 ya'll are naming the top schools in the Big 10 (Michigan, Oregon, Ohio State), not the dregs of the conference, which is most of it. I'm not sure just how good either USC or Penn State will be next year. Neither's a national title, CFP or Big 10 conference contender next season imo. Washington can win 9 or 10 games, provided Fisch gets the quarterback from Arizona to follow him there. The kid's really good, and was obviously overlooked by the "experts" who give out stars to these high school prospects.

[@Hope-Vision]

I sure want Arizona to make the playoffs next year. Coach Fisch is one of my favorites indeed. Wow I am shocked UW got him I had a lot of doubts. This is mind blowing. UW I think is going to be really hard to beat in the Big 10.

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

Not that mind blowing at all. Arizona is a pit-stop job, not a destination. Fisch had a really good team returning next year, and was likely going to fight it out with Utah, the Kansas schools, and Oklahoma State for the Big 12 title, and a potential spot in the CFP. More resources, more money at Washington, however. And he's in the Big Ten, a major conference, not the Big 12, a competitive but lesser conference. It was a no-brainer decision for Fisch.

[@Hope-Vision]

wow you broke it down well. I just did see it because he wasn't there that long and barely lost three games and beating OK too in their bowl game that is incredible. At times I'm stuck in a 70s mindset I don't like to shuffle around too much. For example no amount of money could get me in a large Metro area to live. I've had my share of it. But you're right those schools are not to be underestimated they'll probably only get better. I see you're a serious student of the game@@MichaelBrown-ti1un

[@ArlieB7]

Wow. The Huskies beat Arizona in September. If they had played in November, I really believe Arizona would’ve won. If there is ONE coach that could’ve been the PAC 12 COY, it’s Fisch, and I’m a HUSKY FAN! Great hire.

[@Hope-Vision]

AZ was no joke they came really close and they lost their other two games in overtime. Great point they could beat just about anyone if they were on their game. I think barely anyone wanted to face them. WA would have had to play at their very best to think about winning in November against AZ

[@c.ryan.shryock]

As a UW alum, I don't want this to sound like sour grapes, but in Jedd Fisch you get a guy who is a proven recruiter with extensive experience in both the college ranks and the NFL. Imagine sitting a a kid's living room telling him you worked with the likes of Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll, Jim Harbaugh, etc. and knows what it takes to get to the pros. Kalen DeBoer has never been anywhere long enough to build a program, and his recruiting acumen is incomplete at best. Frankly, I think the Dawgs may have won the coaching lottery.

[@Hope-Vision]

Wow I am stunned you guys got him. He's outstanding you are going to be brutal in the Big-10. I am from Illinois back in the 80s I went to Everett and two nice, highly educated gals asked to sit by a friend and I to watch a Drive-In on the lawn. I could tell they were special they said they were from "U-DUB" never heard that before. I was impressed ever since. We departed afterwards but it was very pleasant indeed. Amazing tradition there in many areas no doubt

[@c.ryan.shryock]

@@Hope-VisionIt may take a few years to adjust to the brutality of the Big Ten. The incoming Pac-4 teams are a a little more finesse and not used to the physical pounding they will see on a weekly basis. I know USC and UCLA are the prize catches due to geography, but don't be surprised to see Oregon and UW be the best of the bunch.

[@Hope-Vision]

amazing comprehensive analysis. I'd like to add underestimating OR or WA like other great traditions will more than likely equate to a tough Loss@@c.ryan.shryock

[@Jleed989]

@@c.ryan.shryocknot to mention playing in some tough weather

[@mbo7613]

Deboer blanked on in-state recruiting. National recruiting rank @40 tells you his "network" is limited to his roots in Sioux Falls and Fresno. Glam hire @ Bama.

[@TFT_guy]

Let’s go baby ! ☔️

[@richardsather6010]

Fisch on the Montlake Cut!

[@jamesdylandean614]

Hope he stays more than two years!

[@PvtPooter]

He won't

[@spebat]

I remember being pissed that UW hired some bumpkin from Fresno State named DeBoer, instead of making a splash with a big name like Lincoln Riley. Well, we saw how that played out, so I can give Fisch a chance. At least I’m a little bit familiar with him. Let’s see what he can do 🤷🏻‍♂️ If he has similar success, hopefully he doesn’t pull a DeBoer on us (like he’s doing to AZ right now).

[@markzylstra2947]

Idk, his dream job is Florida so hopefully we have a big buyout.

[@richardsather6010]

Who do you rout for sir?

[@Jason-lk9yi]

Don't hold your breath, Fisch has been with 17 different teams since 1997.......

[@Andrejarquinrealtor]

Solid hire by UW not going to lie…

[@allgoodanimals6769]

All I know is he’ll miss the blue sky and sunshine in AZ.

[@Jleed989]

Not the 110 degrees. Oh but it’s a “dry” heat

[@justjake247]

LFG! It’s a new day. Also, it does suck since dominoes are not done falling

[@joerogers7782]

Wow feel bad for Arizona fans that sucks.

[@baseballdude8491]

We finally got a Fisch on Lake Washington

[@stuvo1977]

I feel bad for Arizona. Washington loses their coach to Alabama. Washington steals Arizona's coach. This cannot continue.

[@brutusvonmanhammer]

It's all good they'll get their karma repaid when Jedd Fisch bails on Stepping Stone University to take his dream job at Florida after this coming season 😂😂😂

[@gregm4441]

Dog U has already experienced their Karma. Ded Fish will give them the dead leg in a couple of years, and do an end run. Wait and see!@@brutusvonmanhammer

[@Duckswag87]

@@brutusvonmanhammerthat would be my worry but I’m still hopeful we are in a day and age that coaches are gunna start staying put more often

[@bradrook3919]

Unfortunately money talks..and nowadays it seems every coach only looks out for his wallet book...Mark Few of Gonzaga Basketball is one of the few (no pun intended) that still has enough integrity to say No to other schools

[@chrislosm]

It’s been this way since the inception of college football. 🤡

[@abcchiropractic9759]

Great hire- feelbad for AZ 😮

[@dwightvoeks9970]

Interesting hire. I heard his name being tossed around. He kind of did a DeBoer job at AZ. With Washington only getting half share in TV money for 5 years you have to wonder how much that hurts them in expanding their staff. Is it true that Alabama has 40 recruiters and Washington only has 8?

[@jimsomerville3924]

Arizona ought to hire Grubb

[@brianmyers4444]

Going to Bama…..

[@ParlayDre_]

If the QB comes we can win 10 games

[@jimcampbell4410]

Good young qb he has .

[@ryanb5099]

I hope fifties stays put but I’ll cheer for him if he ends up at Washington too.

[@kennethrohen5963]

So, why did he bail out of Arizona? How long will he be at the UW before he bails, like DeBoring?

[@popeyesailorman911]

Easy to Overlook 1-11 and 5-7 with 10-3 7-year, $7.75 million ✌✌

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Good hire but I am a bit surprised he left, Arizona along with Utah was set for dominating the Big 12, would have expected them to win the conference every 3-4 years, make the playoffs etc job for life, Arizona is a easy place to recruit to with the weather and girls. At UW the pressure will be much higher and a program at that level and in the Big Ten, they will not tolerate another long losing streak against Oregon like they had until recently (lost 13 out of 16) or a losing streak against Michigan or Ohio st, expectations are very high with that rich fan base.

[@bharp375]

Big 12 is still second tier to the Big 10.

[@Jleed989]

AZ is easy to recruit? Then why don’t they ever have top 20 classes? There are beautiful girls on every campus

[@richardsather6010]

His former employer lost 240Mil and couldn't find the time to re'negotiate Fisch's contract.

[@TheLAGopher]

The Big 12 champ will be the only team from the conference . B1G and SEC will get 3 or 4 in the playoffs each season

[@TheLAGopher]

The Big 12 champ will be the only team from the conference . B1G and SEC will get 3 or 4 in the playoffs each season

[@RickHorejsi]

Right before the end of regular season pac12 play , Arizona had a chance to be in the pac12 championship game instead of Oregon and at the time they were on a roll , and when it was determined that Washington was to play Oregon in the pac12 championship game i was kinda relieved because i felt Oregon was a easier game for Washington than Arizona

[@elicole4039]

Oregon was easier than Arizona??? Are you high or just stupid

[@deanfirnatine7814]

You were the only one in the country that thought that, two nail biter 3 point wins one of which was gifted to you three times in one game by Lanning.

[@hutchjr8541]

Man this guy was going into dorms and bars begging for support and got ppl to buy in.....and look at what he does. He could of pulled a Lanning and stayed LOYAL. ....Quack Quack.

[@Hope-Vision]

Wow I am glad you guys kept Lanning his speech blew my mind it was so good. “The Cinderella story is over, men. They’re fighting for clicks, we’re fighting for wins. There’s a difference. This game ain’t going to be played in Hollywood. It’s going to be played on the grass,” If anyone is offended from this from thus being so frail they need a solid self analysis. OR is a great program and tradition bottom line

[@baseballdude8491]

When a job like Alabama opens up it's going to always be a domino effect I do t like it but it's the way it is

[@Hope-Vision]

I did not know this at this level but wow you're right maybe we can even deem it a domino earthquake LOL

[@rylian21]

This hire makes me a little more hopeful.

[@dwharton8983]

I don't know I'm not in love with Jedd fisch simply because for a 2 or 3 year stretch I'm seemed that he was always campaigning for a head coaching job whether it was in college or the NFL and remember he made his bones in the NFL so you might wonder if he'll be gone in a few years if he has success at Washington

[@CalebTrask]

Hey Husky faithful, you are kidding yourself if you believe that Fisch will show you any more loyalty than he showed to Arizona. Aside from that, it's a good hire. Looking forward to the Border War, in the inaugural B1G season.

[@MeatballMedic]

I didn’t see this coming. I would have thought he stayed at Arizona because they are set up much better than Washington for next year.

[@brianmyers4444]

Hopefully his star qb and star wr will join him….

[@mikeysquo]

17-22 record yikes

[@Stinkinbadgez]

Fisch to DeBoer. "Mind if I use your speech? Did you yank hair from your nose to cry?"

[@rollbamaroll6518]

Arizona needs to take Tavaris Robinson or Glenn Schuman or some other young and upcoming coach who has worked under an elite head coach for years

[@Jleed989]

I’m thinking Matt Campbell. He’s maxed out what can be done at Iowa state

[@programmingwithmesh1285]

Washington and Arizona beat Texas and Oklahoma. Just noticed that the Pac12 beat BOTH big name teams from the Big12.

[@elvisguitar5394]

There were rumors Coach Pete was a candidate

[@billcollins2240]

Resign our guys that got away

[@keithfarnsworth7217]

Now you have a taste of how Washington feels

[@ramborogueraider]

Must be nice to have deeper pockets of money to steal someone else’s coach, huh?

[@HoonAgain]

Every single coach comes from some other team. Peterson left Boise State. DeBoer left Fresno State. Adios DeBoer and hello Coach Fisch. We look forward to dominating college football with your leadership as long as you’re with us. Go Dawgs. Purple Reign. Husky for life.

[@GavinEstes16]

Jedd Fisch can bring the OC from Arizona who is actually Pete Carrol’s son and maybe Pete Carrol could be the DC so he can coach with his son.🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@Civ33]

This might seem like a good thing for Washington right now, but Jedd fisch is an East Coast guy with no ties to the region. If he's bailing on Arizona, then he'll bail on Washington if things don't go well or things do go well and he gets an opportunity to "move up", just like DeBoer just did to Washington. UW needs to find someone who is interested in building a legacy at Washington, or the coach carousel will continue. UW has proven on more than one occasion that it has enough regional talent and recruitment appeal to be a national contender, and now that it is in the B1G, its athletic department will get even more money than it got in the Pac 12.

[@olegranddad.8913]

The Huskies and Ducks are both taking huge financial hits joinging the Big10, at least initially. I believe they get less than half o

[@Civ33]

@@olegranddad.8913 I wouldn't necessarily say "huge" as the pac 12 was doing an abysmal job with payouts to its member schools. The pac 12 organizers got greedy and it backfired and now they are going to be gone. Looks like UW and Oregon will earn half the revenue of the other B1G schools, which turns out to just be a bit less than what they were getting before, but it will go up after the first couple years. I don't expect to see much from UW over the next couple years as its program will need to find stability again after all the losses it sustained at the end of the season

[@brianmyers4444]

His ties are he worked for Pete at the Hawks….

[@Civ33]

@@brianmyers4444 for 1 season.....14 years ago.......as a QB coach..............wherein he left after that 1 season

[@brianmyers4444]

@@Civ33 Pete’s son is also Fisch’s OC……

[@yuane45632]

Great coach but he is a nomad. I don’t think Washington is his destination job. He will likely be gone to the NFL soon

[@davidstith2391]

Fisch took the money and ran because he knew if he didn't deliver in the next two years his value would plummet. Good luck.

[@alta58043]

BREAKING: Napier fired at Florida, Jedd Fisch hired as next Gators coach.

[@kamikaze2666]

Doing so would benefit UW, the buy out would mean our program is flush with new money to reinvest into the program

[@joshuatelem8796]

Jedd Fisch is a coach with a losing record 🤔

[@DTMC00]

Yeah... but he walked into a dumpster fire situation at the start of his AZ stent and turned the program around... He's not afraid of a challenge... good hire imo...

[@Jason-lk9yi]

​@@DTMC001 winning season isn't much to go on though. This guy jumps around more than DeBoer does. 17 different teams since 1997. I mean, the only thing good on his resume is 1 winning season at AZ........UCLA passed on him as their HC after he was named their interim HC for the last 3 games of the 2017 season.

[@DTMC00]

@Jason-lk9yi im not gonna lie i didnt know about the ucla thing. Why did they pass? I dont knock a guy for job hopping though. Wouldn't you jump around if better opportunities came up though? Good coaches get opportunities... and with UW being in the B1G now.... not a lot of better opportunities after the funding stuff gets worked out. I bet the guy stays longer than you think... but only time will tell...

[@Jason-lk9yi]

@@DTMC00 UCLA just didn't think he was the right man for the job. I understand hopping around a bit too, but I believe he went an entire decade staying 1 year max at each team while staying at the QB's coach position. If you're gonna hop around you would think it would be for a better position. I mean, that would be like a fast food counter worker hopping from fast food joint to fast joint just for the same crappy counter position. I think that shows that teams didn't value him enough or think he was capable enough to promote him or pay him to stay and climb the ranks. I hope I'm wrong, but I would never call a coach with only one winning season a great hire. To me, this is a massively risky hire.

[@programmingwithmesh1285]

@@Jason-lk9yi He wanted to learn as much as he could from as many top football minds as possible. Now he has all that knowledge to take UW football up a notch.

[@FrankHowell-if8pl]

He's just the newest player in the game of hop scotch. He'll be gone as soon as there is another offer. Ask the Arizona fans.

[@bachrattler4771]

JEB DIDNT WANT NONE OF THAT BIG12 PACK

[@williamselby-nq5tk]

Look him up in Wikipedia. He rarely remains anyplace more than a year or two. Chances are he’ll be gone after a winning season.

[@utopia90able]

This is collateral damage from conference realignment. BIG 10 $$ > Big 12 $$

[@Hope-Vision]

Phenomenal hire a few people need awareness that great coaches are not like picking fruit from your local tree LOL. Being realistic helps

[@Benvyious]

Hoping usc can get fifita 😂

[@brianmyers4444]

He’s going to UW….along with the star wr….USC already got their portal qb…..

[@shallojalloh]

The 8 Big12 fans on suicide watch... Somebody check on'em LOL

[@lisasimpson507]

Bittersweet. Genuinely sorry, Arizona. You’ll always have basketball tho

[@Brandbmy1979]

This has to be just money. Arizona was gonna turn a corner next year.

[@PPyle]

Unfortunately, Jedd Fisch will leave at the first chance he gets for something better. Sorry Folks, but this is his history and in 2-3 years we will be looking for another coach! If I were a high school recruit I would never commit to Jedd knowing that he will jump to the SEC as soon as an opening comes. As much as I hate Dann Lanning, I to to give him prompts for sticking to his word.

[@PvtPooter]

I don't want Jedd. WTF.

[@constantineandreu9377]

Wow! With all the commitments....he just bailed? UW bypasses Grubb for HC? Damn.......disloyal and stupidity at it's best👌

[@billcollins2240]

Without nil cash uw wont field a team close to 2023 team

[@jimcampbell4410]

Debor could coach but didn't seem to be great recruiter imo.

[@BSPotter]

yeah they say he isn't a great recruiter, but recruiting is pretty easy at ALA

[@GhostofBama]

You can have Deboer back. What a terrible hire

[@loganmurillo]

😮😮

[@TAGATOR]

With these good coaches around how did Stricklin hire another lame ass coach?

[@richardsayala9698]

CFB sucks, am a pac12 fan and used to love UCLA. I stopped watchinh pros after Collin Jerkanicks knee fiasco. Now am done watching college. Zero loyalty and no more pac12. Am only watching and rooting tor Utah and Ill start following Kansas just because of their rare loyal coaches. Whittinham.is bad ass. Once he retires Ill never watch another down of coll3ge football ever again. Just like I never watched pros ever again since Collin Stupidnick. Football sucks championwhips are bought not won anymore. All I know is that deboer will fail. Alabama was hot garbage b4 stan. And its the next florida and LSU garbage And Fishk will b th3 next frost he will fail at UW. At least itll b fun watchung them.get fired.

[@Dpixtion]

I so wanted Pete Carroll….

[@brutusvonmanhammer]

Sooooo...lemme get this straight...UW fans bawl their eyes out and curse DeBoer for leaving, and Bama for taking him just to turn around and do the same thing to Arizona, and then rejoice about it on Twitter? Do they seriously not realize that Jedd Fisch's dream job will likely be available after this season when Florida fires Sunbelt Billy? This was a panic hire. UW had become the laughing stock of college football less than a week after getting blown out in the Natty. Truly remarkable incompetence from a truly unremarkable program 😂😂😂

[@sergeant_salty]

Oregon fans coping so hard with losing both games to Washington in the final PAC season🤣 trying to scrape some sense of victory thru our coaching change lol. "There's no way Washington beats Oregon at a neutral site"

[@moses88mc]

Unremarkable is Oregons big 0 nattys. Neat uniforms thought 😂

[@brutusvonmanhammer]

​@sergeant_salty Thank you for returning to where Husky fans belong: reliving past glories, reminding us all of the has-been program you were always destined to be. Do me a favor and give me a rundown of all those games in the past where Washington beat Oregon 😂 "Buh buh buh...we beat you before DERRRRRR"

[@DocNinini]

1000 uniforms, zero nattys

[@brutusvonmanhammer]

​@@moses88mcThanks! Our recruits seem to love them. See your little program in Eugene, Mr. Stepping Stone 😂😂😂

[@davidmuttillo2806]

Would rather had Pete Carroll.

[@alisonmills4409]

Well Pete Carrol’s son is his offensive coordinator

[@davidmuttillo2806]

@@alisonmills4409 yes. But, still would love to have Pete on that sideline.

[@elgalloblanco]

Wow they must have offered him way more than UA to jump ship to that dump.

[@brianmyers4444]

Clueless🤡