The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has appointed Pat Chun to serve as its 17th Director of Athletics, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce announced today. He will begin his duties Wednesday, March 27.


The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has appointed Pat Chun to serve as its 17th Director of Athletics, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce announced today. He will begin his duties Wednesday, March 27.

At Monday’s CFP National Championship Game in Houston, Husky Nation turned out, proud in purple and gold, and cheering on a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ team that was undefeated this season. Tens of thousands of fans packed NRG Stadium – some fresh off the Huskies’ Sugar Bowl win in New Orleans – and stayed to the end. Though Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ lost to Michigan, as one fan said, “We’ll get there again.â€�

Holly Barker, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ teaching professor of anthropology, and three current members of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ football team — Ulumoo Ale, Makell Esteen and Faatui Tuitele — are studying how the skills they develop to maximize their chances of victory on the field have applications outside the stadium. Their work, which is ongoing, is showing that the research methods and analytical abilities of student-athletes are applicable in academic and research settings, as well as jobs in a variety of fields.

Edefuan Ulofoshio, who started his Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ football career as a walk-on, was named a second-team All-American and received first-team All-Pac-12 recognition this season.

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has appointed Troy Dannen to serve as its 16th Director of Athletics, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce announced today. Dannen most recently served as the Director of Athletics at Tulane University, where during his eight-year tenure the Green Wave had 49 All-Americans and 21 conference champions, and made 41 postseason appearances, including a Cotton Bowl victory over USC earlier this year. Dannen will begin his duties at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ on Monday, Oct. 9, and will be…

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ will join the Big Ten Conference, leaving the Pac-12 Conference, effective in August 2024, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce announced Friday.

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ today announced that PepsiCo will become its official beverage partner beginning July 1.