Petersen in 2010
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Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | Washington |
Conference | Pac-12 |
Record | 27–14 |
Annual salary | $3.6 million |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Yuba City, California |
October 13, 1964
Alma mater |
University of California, Davis B.S. (1988), M.Ed. Sacramento City College, A.A. |
Playing career | |
1983–1984 | Sacramento C.C. |
1985–1986 | UC Davis |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1987–1988 | UC Davis (freshman) |
1989–1991 | UC Davis (WR) |
1992 | Pittsburgh (QB) |
1993–1994 | Portland State (QB) |
1995–2000 | Oregon (WR) |
2001–2005 | Boise State (OC) |
2006–2013 | Boise State |
2014–present | Washington |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 119–26 |
Bowls | 6–4 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 Pac-12 (2016) 1 Pac-12 North Division (2016) 4 WAC (2006, 2008–2010) 1 Mountain West (2012) |
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Awards | |
2× Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2006, 2009) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (2010) |
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Christopher Scott "Chris" Petersen (born October 13, 1964) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Washington.
Previously the head coach for eight seasons at Boise State University, Petersen guided the Broncos to two BCS bowl wins, the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. He is the only two-time winner of the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, which he won in 2006 and 2009. Petersen also won the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award in 2010.
Born and raised in Yuba City, California, Petersen played safety and quarterback for the Honkers at Yuba City High School. After graduation in 1983, he played quarterback for the Sacramento City College Panthers for two seasons, then transferred to non-scholarship UC Davis, then in Division II. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1988 and a master's degree in education from UC Davis.