As he takes over a program coming off its first CFP title-game appearance, the new Huskies coach looks back on several of his stops and shares what he learned from the coaches he worked for on his long, winding journey.
Some college football programs produce Hall of Famers. Washington brings them in. Bill Belichick and Pete Carroll each spent several days at the Huskies’ facility during spring practice, and it would surprise no one if Steve Spurrier were to show up. Belichick’s son Steve is Washington’s defensive coordinator, and Carroll’s son Brennan coordinates the offense, but the Huskies’ ties to the elder Belichick and Carroll are not just familial.
After spending two years as a quality control assistant with the Texans, from 2002–03, Fisch got a job as an offensive assistant with Billick’s Ravens. With the Vikings, Billick had been the hottest offensive coordinator in the NFL, but his Ravens teams were built around a fierce defense led by linebacker Ray Lewis and safety Ed Reed.. He inspired it. He was able to command a room, run a team meeting in a manner that everybody believed we were going to win.
We were down three. They had the ball. Second down. He called a reverse. Nobody was going to take those risks. But he understands the game of football.Pete Carroll We showcased it. It was an automatic game ball if you took the ball away. It just struck me I was missing the most basic Pete Carroll principle.
We don’t do that—don’t do the hard hats, per se. But we message it in the same manner. Our guys recognize that there is a toughness we expect out of them. There is a relentlessness.
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