Ex-BYU QB Sarkisian gets Washington gig
"I'm excited. It's been a great program in the past and they're obviously down now. But I'm going to get them back to fighting for a championship," Sarkisian said following USC's 28-7 win over the Bruins.
Word about Sarkisian and the head job at Washington leaked on Thursday night after Fresno State's Pat Hill and Texas Tech's Mike Leach both pulled their names from consideration for the job. Sarkisian has been an assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at USC for the last two seasons.
Both Washington and USC wanted to wait until after the teams concluded their regular seasons on Saturday before a formal announcement was made. The Huskies concluded the first 0-12 season in Pac-10 Conference history with a 48-7 loss to California on Saturday afternoon.
Sarkisian, 34, will become the third-youngest head coach in college football behind Tennessee's Lane Kiffin and Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald both 33.
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Hope he does well at UW.
Sharp Guy. | Dec. 8, 2008 at 10:18 a.m.
Best of Luck to Sarkisian. I hope he returns the Husky program to...
AK Cougar | Dec. 7, 2008 at 11:31 a.m.
Sarkisian will have his team prepared and he'll turn that program...
nottyou | Dec. 7, 2008 at 7:19 a.m.
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