SEATTLE – University of Washington head football coach Chris Petersen has signed a contract extension through the 2023 season. UW Athletic Director Jennifer Cohen announced the deal Tuesday.
“Chris Petersen represents all of our core values, and has demonstrated success in every area of his program,” Cohen said. “His teams have performed extremely well on the field and have accomplished remarkable things in the classroom and the community. We are very fortunate to have Chris guiding our program and we want to ensure that he and his staff have everything they need to sustain a championship culture here at Washington.”
Sports Illustrated originally reported the raise Monday night. According to SI, the new 3 year extension will put Petersen’s average compensation at 4.875 million dollars. That’s a sharp salary increase over the 4-million dollars he was scheduled to make over the final two years of his old deal.
Petersen led the Huskies to a 12-and-2 mark and their first ever College Football Playoff game last season, falling to Alabama in the semifinals. His record is 27-and-14 over three seasons at Washington.
(KPUG – Doug Lange)
