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Column Urges Oregon State to Consider Nick Rolovich in Head-Coach Search

The university is targeting a six-to-eight-week timeline to evaluate candidates before deciding on Trent Bray’s replacement.

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FILE – This file photo from Oct. 26, 2019 shows Penn State coach James Franklin as he watches the team warm before an NCAA college football game against Michigan State, in East Lansing, Mich. A football player who transferred from Penn State claims in a lawsuit filed Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, against the university, and head coach James Franklin, that other Nittany Lions players hazed him and other younger teammates, including allegations they imitated sexual acts in the shower and invoked Jerry Sandusky’s name. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Overview

  • Bay Area News Group columnist Jon Wilner argues Oregon State should make Nick Rolovich a leading candidate for its vacancy.
  • Wilner emphasizes this is an opinion as the athletic department has not formed an official shortlist and remains early in its process.
  • AD Scott Barnes plans to hire a search firm and assemble a committee to assess candidates through the remainder of the season.
  • Rolovich’s résumé includes a 10-win season at Hawaii and a 4-3 second year at Washington State before he was dismissed for refusing Washington’s COVID vaccine mandate, a lawsuit he later lost.
  • Rolovich currently serves as Cal’s senior offensive analyst, and Wilner cites his offensive acumen and regional recruiting ties as reasons he fits Oregon State’s needs.