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Mar. 26—PULLMAN — Washington State’s athletic department is losing brass by the day.
Athletic director Pat Chun is leaving for the same job at rival Washington, according to multiple reports, leaving WSU without two key figures: an athletic director and a men’s basketball coach, following Kyle Smith’s departure for Stanford on Monday.
Chun, whose WSU tenure began in January 2018, is filling the vacancy left by previous UW AD Troy Dannen’s exit for Nebraska last week. At Washington State, Chun worked as a representative on the College Football Playoff committee and oversaw WSU’s place in conference realignment following the Pac-12’s dissolution last summer.
Chun, who also worked for 15 years at Big Ten school Ohio State, made several key hires at WSU: Smith, who led the men’s hoops program to its first NCAA Tournament since 2008; women’s basketball coach Kamie Ethridge, whose team won the Pac-12 Tournament title last year and is enjoying its third straight postseason bid; and football coach Jake Dickert, whose promotion from defensive coordinator to head coach has led to a 15-16 record with two wins over Wisconsin.
Chun also hired former WSU football coach Nick Rolovich, who was fired early in the 2021 season for failing to comply with the state COVID-19 vaccine mandate. That led to Dickert’s initial promotion to interim head coach and his eventual move to full-time head coach.
“It is truly an honor for my family and I to join the University of Washington family,” Chun said in a news release, “and I look forward to doing my part to help elevate the athletics program and the University.”
Chun’s candidacy for the UW job, according to ESPN, was made possible by the experience he gained at Ohio State. There, one of his duties included working as the administrative liaison with the football program and learning the ways of…
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Author : The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Publish date : 2024-03-27 02:02:00
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