There will be plenty of focus this weekend on who has left Washington State’s football program. The coach and four on-field assistants who decided to not get vaccinated, which cost them their jobs.
Former Washington State coach Nick Rolovich has become the highest-profile football coach to lose his job after declining the COVID-19 vaccine. Four assistant coaches were fired with him — defensive line coach Ricky Logo, corners coach John Richardson, co-offensive coordinator Craig Stutzmann and offensive line coach Mark Weber.
Essentially half the on-field staff exited midseason, a situation that athletic director Pat Chun called “unprecedented.