After compiling a 15-12 record through his first two seasons at Washington, Chris Petersen steered the Huskies to a breakthrough campaign in his third season in Seattle. The architect of Boise State's run to national prominence turned Washington into a Pac-12 champion, leading the Huskies to a 12-2 campaign highlighted by a berth to the College Football Playoff.
Now, comes the hard part, says Petersen. It's one thing to lead a team to a conference championship in a given year; it's another thing to turn a program into a perennial Top 25 program like he did at Boise State and like he's trying to do in the Emerald City.