football
January 9, 2025
Lakes, links, legend
Catch up with Seattle Seahawks legend and UW grad Jermaine Kearse, who spends his days golfing and supporting youth in military families.
October 15, 2024
Happy 100th, Don Coryell!
A UW Magazine reader asked us to dig up Don Coryell's 1951 thesis, so we did.
October 9, 2024
Game day greeter
John Clinton Cohn, who ran John’s Parking for many years, cheered with Husky fans as they passed the lot on game days—a tradition he upheld through his 94th year.
October 8, 2024
From the football field to the boardroom
After 13 years in the NFL, Jeff Jaeger—a star Husky placekicker—transitioned to a career in business. He explains how in this Q&A.
February 23, 2024
Fisch takes helm
A season of stunning success brings big expectations for new Husky Coach Jedd Fisch.
January 27, 2024
City Hall's top dawg
Bruce Harrell, ’81, ’84, talks about football, family and Seattle's transformation in an exclusive Q&A.
February 25, 2023
Confetti for the Dawgs
Kalen DeBoer led the Huskies to an 11-2 record and a convincing 27-20 victory over Texas and former Husky head coach Steve Sarkisian in the Alamo Bowl.
February 13, 2023
Hall of famer
It took 36 years, but Don Coryell, the former Husky defensive back-turned-offensive genius in the NFL, gets the glory he long deserved.
December 8, 2022
Return of the Sark
Steve Sarkisian, who turned Huskies around in his five years as UW’s coach, faces first-year UW coach Kalen DeBoer, who also made the Huskies a powerhouse.
November 27, 2022
A Husky who did it all
Rick Redman was a star on both sides of the ball for the UW football team, playing guard and linebacker, and he shined on special teams as a punter.
September 16, 2022
Hall of famer
The former Husky defensive back turned football upside down with his unstoppable “Air Coryell” passing attack.
Touch Down
There's a new head coach in town: Kalen DeBoer shares his insights on the upcoming season with editor Jon Marmor.
May 17, 2022
One who dared
A gifted actor and director—and one of "The Five Who Dared"—Harvy Blanks made history.
March 17, 2020
‘Whenever you get, give back’
Jim McCurdy’s mantra spurred support of higher education.
September 2, 2019
Ahead of the herd
Kasia Omilian wants to become the first woman general manager in the National Football League.
October 3, 2018
Headed to the Hall?
Corey Dillon headlines the Huskies in the running for pro football's highest honor.
June 4, 2018
Running man
Junior Coffey went from the NFL to training racehorses. He's been one of the most successful trainers at Emerald Downs.
August 18, 2017
Vocal legend
It’s Bob Rondeau’s last season as the Husky play-by-play man after 37 years.
December 29, 2016
Gridiron giant
Under head coach Gilmour Dobie, the UW Football team went undefeated for 10 years.
September 1, 2016
Character: Dave Torrell
Dave Torrell is the founding curator of the Husky Fever Hall of Fame, which opened in 2002. There are 500 pieces of memorabilia celebrating 21 sports, plus 200 Husky Hall of Fame inductees.
June 1, 2016
True hued
Brock and Damon Huard both found NFL careers and success after their UW playing days, and both felt drawn to come home.
September 1, 2014
Editor's Eye: Quake
A lot of Husky fans feel something new is in the air, something we haven’t really felt in a long time: hope.
June 1, 2014
Our kind of guy
After eight remarkable seasons at Boise State, Chris Petersen was finally ready for the next challenge, becoming the head football coach at the University of Washington.
December 1, 2008
David Kopay's homecoming
David Kopay, '64, became the first professional athlete from a major team sport (he retired from the NFL in 1972) to announce publicly that he was gay.
September 1, 2002
Football outlook
Armed with an experienced offense, the Washington Huskies figure to fight it out with Oregon and Washington State in the 2002 Pac-10 football race for the prized berth in the Rose Bowl.
March 1, 2002
Rolling forward
He was a top defender on the field, but now Curtis Williams is tackling his greatest challenge: life after a devastating football injury.
September 1, 1999
Chandler doing super
Last season, the former UW quarterback led the Atlanta Falcons to their dream season, a 14-2 record and berth in the Super Bowl.
September 1, 1994
Football penalties
Retreating from a possible yearlong television ban, the NCAA infractions committee imposed additional penalties on the UW football program.
June 1, 1993
Football alumni give back
Ten former UW football players, including five from the 1991 national championship team, announced the UW Professional Athlete Academic Scholarship Team.
March 1, 1992
Top Dawg speaks
Excerpts from "James," the new autobiography of UW football coach Don James.
The champs wore roses
It was a season of superlatives. For the first time since 1915, the Washington football team went undefeated and untied, posting a flawless 12-0 record.
December 1, 1990
Rose Bowl bound
For the first time in nine years, the University of Washington football team was set to play in the Rose Bowl.