1. Christopher Scott Petersen was born on October 13,1964 and is an American former college football coach.
18 Facts About Chris Petersen
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Chris Petersen was the head coach for eight seasons at Boise State University; Petersen guided the Broncos to two BCS bowl wins in the 2007 and 2010 Fiesta Bowls.
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Chris Petersen is the first two-time winner of the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, which he won in 2006 and 2009.
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At the University of Washington, Chris Petersen led the Huskies to the College Football Playoff in 2016, but fell to Alabama in the Peach Bowl.
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Chris Petersen announced his resignation on December 2,2019, effective after the team's bowl game.
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Chris Petersen earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1988 and a master's degree in education from UC Davis.
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Chris Petersen began his coaching career in 1987 as the head freshman coach at UC Davis under Hall of Fame coach Jim Sochor.
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Chris Petersen moved back west in 1993 to coach the quarterbacks at Portland State under Tim Walsh; the Vikings advanced to the Division II playoffs in both 1993 and 1994.
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Chris Petersen moved over to Oregon in 1995 as the receivers coach, and spent six years as an assistant for the Ducks under head coach Mike Bellotti.
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Chris Petersen was going to recruit people just like himself.
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Chris Petersen became the fourth rookie head coach to lead a team to a BCS bowl game; Boise State was the only undefeated team in Division I FBS for the 2006 season.
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Chris Petersen drew particular attention for his bold play calling after the Broncos, who were leading most of the game, trailed the Sooners by a touchdown late in the contest.
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The contract included automatic one-year extensions to the contract each time Chris Petersen won at least eight regular.
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On December 6,2013, Chris Petersen agreed to a five-year, $18 million contract to become the new head coach at Washington.
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Chris Petersen replaced Steve Sarkisian, who announced that he was leaving Washington to take the same position at USC three days after the 2013 Apple Cup.
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Chris Petersen signed a two-year contract extension near the end of the 2015 season.
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Chris Petersen led the Huskies to another Pac-12 title in 2018.
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Chris Petersen's father, Ron Petersen, is a Seattle native who grew up watching University of Washington football games on television as a boy.