Dots: A Pair Of UW Coordinators Mentioned In OSU Head Coaching Search

Offensive Coordinator Jonathan Smith and Co-Defensive Coordinator Jimmy Lake have been mentioned as possible replacements for Gary Andersen

By Lucas Shannon Oct 10, 2017, 10:23am PDT

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Jonathan Smith #9 — Huskies Offensive Coordinator Jonathan Smith (above) led the Beavers to an 11-1 record in 2000, capped by a 41-9 victory over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. He is now considered an early favorite to replace Gary Andersen at Oregon State.

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Onto the Dots!

Football Dots:

The College football world was stunned Monday when Oregon State announced that head football coach Gary Andersen had agreed to mutually part ways with the school. Andersen struggled during his time at Corvallis, he was just 7-23 through roughly 2 ¹⁄₂ years, but Monday’s announcement was still shocking.
The most shocking development? Andersen left over 12 million the table when he agreed to part ways with the Beavs.
John Canzano from the Oregonian had a great article breaking down why Andersen decided to walk away from Oregon State.
Speculation about who will take over for Andersen has started, and it includes two Huskies coordinators. Bruce Feldman from Sports Illustrated has mentioned Offensive Coordinator Jonathan Smith as one of the two early favorites for the job. Feldman also says that fans shouldn’t be surprised if OSU decides to target Co-Defensive Coordinator Jimmy Lake.
The Huskies moved up to #5 in the AP Poll, and to #4 in the Coaches Poll following their 38-7 victory over Cal Saturday.
UW’s Football Recruiting Twitter account had a cool highlight video from last Saturday’s game. Spoiler alert: Our defense hits hard.
Kirk Herbstreit went on 710 ESPN Radio to explain the comments he made on Gameday last saturday. Adam Jude of the Seattle Times has the transcription of those comments here.

Basketball Dot:

The Men’s basketball team had their team photo shoot yesterday. Here is a behind the scenes video of yesterday’s shoot, courtesy of the UW Men’s Basketball twitter account.