Ex-Husky coach and player named to College Football Hall of Fame

Chris Petersen and Olin Kreutz, both former members of the Washington Huskies, have been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. The National Football Foundation announced their induction on Wednesday. They will be honored at the 68th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on December 8 in Las Vegas.

Petersen, who coached Washington from 2014 to 2019, previously led Boise State to significant success, including multiple conference championships and two Fiesta Bowl victories. At Washington, he achieved Pac-12 championships in 2016 and 2018 and took the team to three consecutive New Year’s Six bowls, including their first College Football Playoff appearance. Petersen retired with a 55-26 record at Washington.

Olin Kreutz, a standout center at Washington from 1995 to 1997, was a consensus first-team All-American and won the Morris Trophy. Kreutz was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1998, where he had a 14-year NFL career,