Arizona Football Coach Jedd Fisch Likely To Accept Washington Huskies Job, Per Reports
Jan 14, 2024, 2:58 PM | Updated: Jan 16, 2024, 10:51 am
PHOENIX – Arizona football head coach Jedd Fisch is reportedly nearing a deal with the Washington Huskies to become their next head coach, according to Jason Scheer.
Fisch interviewed with Washington on Saturday afternoon before a deal was finalized on Sunday, according to reports.
Fisch recently led Arizona to an Alamo Bowl victory after a 9-3 regular season and the Wildcats’ first bowl berth since 2017. Last year was also the first time since 2014, and only the fourth time in school history, the program has reached 10 wins. Arizona also ended the season on a seven-game winning streak, the longest since 1998 and finished with a No. 11 ranking — its best finish in 25 years.
Arizona football head coach Jedd Fisch is reportedly nearing a deal with the Washington Huskies to become their next head coach.https://t.co/SgCIzf9ISn
— Arizona Sports (@AZSports) January 14, 2024
This comes after Fisch arrived in Tucson with the Wildcats having lost 12 games in a row. The Florida alum was able to turn the program around after he went 1-11 in his first year and 5-7 in 2022.
Arizona hired Fisch in December 2020 on a five-year deal before he inked an extension that would have kept him in Tucson through 2027. The $16.3 million contract signed in December 2022 included $15.9 million in salary and bonuses, and a $400,000 bonus that would have been activated if Fisch was still at Arizona through November.
Arizona has called a team meeting within the next few hours. Fisch is expected to inform them that he leaving for Washington.
— Jason Scheer (@jasonscheer) January 14, 2024
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Fisch was set to earn $3 million in 2024, $3.2 million in 2025, $3.25 million in 2026 and $3.6 million in 2027 at Arizona.
Fisch returns to Seattle after he worked as the Seahawks quarterbacks coach in 2010 on Pete Carroll’s staff. Fisch also worked in the Big Ten on Jim Harbaugh’s staff at Michigan from 2015-16.
Before Fisch joined the Wildcats in December 2020, he worked a one-year stint with the New England Patriots as quarterbacks coach in 2020.
Prior to that, he was an assistant with the Los Angeles Rams under head coach Sean McVay but had never been a hired head coach in college or the pros, though he went 1-1 as interim head coach at UCLA for part of the 2017 season.
