Tyrone Willingham to Step Down as University of Washington Football Coach, Huskies on Losing Streak

Less than a week after Lute Olson announced his retirement from the University of Arizona basketball team, University of Washington football coach Tyrone Willingham has announced that he will step down at the end of the season. While the Huskies were hardly kicking ass previously, Willingham hasn’t exactly turned the team around either, losing the past nine games in a row. So now he’s resigning, or being forced to resign, or something.
 

The AP reports:

Washington coach Tyrone Willingham says he will step down at the end of the 2008 season.

The Huskies fell to 0-7 on Saturday after a 33-7 loss to Notre Dame. Willingham and athletic director Scott Woodward made the announcement at a news conference Monday.

Willingham has been under fire for being unable to turn around the Washington program. He is 11-32 overall in his four seasons. Washington currently has a nine-game losing streak dating back to last season, tied with North Texas for the longest in the country among major schools.

Willingham graduated from Michigan State University and coached at MSU, Central Michigan, North Carolina State, Rice, and Stanford before landing at U-Dub. He is the current President of the American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustees.