The news of Matt Lubick leaving the UW football program wasn't a surprise when it came out Sunday night via Bruce Feldman. Lubick did not feel comfortable discussing the Huskies lone WR signee during media day at the Rose Bowl, noting that he didn't want to 'chance' anything.
That said it's the third time Chris Petersen has found himself need a new receivers coach since coming to Washington. So the third time factors to be a cant-miss opportunity with the program viewed as one of the elites in college football.
Here are five names I've gathered to watch as the search develops (in no order):
- Kirby Moore (Fresno State WR coach): This could be a similar choice to when Petersen tabbed Hamdan to replace Brent Pease after the 2015 season. Moore, a former player at Boise State from 2009-13 (redshirted his sophomore year in 2010) under Petersen, spent the 2015-16 season as a graduate assistant at Washington helping coach the WR's. He followed former offensive analyst Jeff Tedford to Fresno State, named the Bulldogs WR coach as his first full-time coaching position.
Moore had one of the nations best receivers in 2018, senior KeeSean Johnson, who finished sixth in the FBS with 1,340 yards and fourth in receptions with 95.
- Junior Adams (Appalachian State offensive analyst): Not directly off the Petersen / Boise State tree, Adams is a former Oregon State / Montana State product who spent two seasons on the Broncos staff after Petersen left. He's also spent time with a current UW assistant, co-defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, when the two were at Montana State in 2004-05. Adams was recently at Western Kentucky as Co-OC/WR coach under head coach Mike Sanford, another former Bronco.
- Tyler Osborne: (UW WR graduate assistant coach): Osborne is an unlikely to be named the permanent receivers coach, but he could certainly be an option for Petersen. The son of long time CFB coach Tom Osborne, Tyler spent five seasons serving in various roles at Oregon, under both Chip Kelly and Mark Helfrich, before moving north to Seattle for the 2017 season.
- Two other potential moves:
Bush Hamdan returning to receivers coach, and Petersen hiring another QB coach / OC. This is unlikely for a few reasons, however. With Hamdan just finishing his first full season as the Huskies offensive play-caller and redshirt sophomore Jacob Eason spending the past year learning his system, changing coordinators would almost be a step backward for the program.
Petersen has a vast network of coaching connections, so other names to watch that still aren't likely to be the eventual choice, include Butch Jones (Maryland assistant), Billy Napier (Louisiana-Lafayette) among others.
That said it's the third time Chris Petersen has found himself need a new receivers coach since coming to Washington. So the third time factors to be a cant-miss opportunity with the program viewed as one of the elites in college football.
Here are five names I've gathered to watch as the search develops (in no order):
- Kirby Moore (Fresno State WR coach): This could be a similar choice to when Petersen tabbed Hamdan to replace Brent Pease after the 2015 season. Moore, a former player at Boise State from 2009-13 (redshirted his sophomore year in 2010) under Petersen, spent the 2015-16 season as a graduate assistant at Washington helping coach the WR's. He followed former offensive analyst Jeff Tedford to Fresno State, named the Bulldogs WR coach as his first full-time coaching position.
Moore had one of the nations best receivers in 2018, senior KeeSean Johnson, who finished sixth in the FBS with 1,340 yards and fourth in receptions with 95.
- Junior Adams (Appalachian State offensive analyst): Not directly off the Petersen / Boise State tree, Adams is a former Oregon State / Montana State product who spent two seasons on the Broncos staff after Petersen left. He's also spent time with a current UW assistant, co-defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, when the two were at Montana State in 2004-05. Adams was recently at Western Kentucky as Co-OC/WR coach under head coach Mike Sanford, another former Bronco.
- Tyler Osborne: (UW WR graduate assistant coach): Osborne is an unlikely to be named the permanent receivers coach, but he could certainly be an option for Petersen. The son of long time CFB coach Tom Osborne, Tyler spent five seasons serving in various roles at Oregon, under both Chip Kelly and Mark Helfrich, before moving north to Seattle for the 2017 season.
- Two other potential moves:
Bush Hamdan returning to receivers coach, and Petersen hiring another QB coach / OC. This is unlikely for a few reasons, however. With Hamdan just finishing his first full season as the Huskies offensive play-caller and redshirt sophomore Jacob Eason spending the past year learning his system, changing coordinators would almost be a step backward for the program.
Petersen has a vast network of coaching connections, so other names to watch that still aren't likely to be the eventual choice, include Butch Jones (Maryland assistant), Billy Napier (Louisiana-Lafayette) among others.
