Duck coaches seem to flock to Boise State.
The price of a winning season continued to take its toll on the Oregon coaching staff, as receivers coach Chris Petersen announced Tuesday that he will resign from his six-year position and become offensive coordinator for Boise State’s football team. He will also coach the Bronco quarterbacks.
Petersen’s departure marks the third time since Dec. 2 that an Oregon assistant coach has left the Ducks for Boise State. The head coach of the Broncos is Dan Hawkins, who needs one more coach to fill his staff.
The other two Oregon coaches who joined the Boise State coaching staff are Bob Gregory, three-year defensive secondary coach for the Ducks, and Romeo Bandison, a graduate assistant who will now coach the Broncos’ defensive line.
Now in his 15th year as an intercollegiate coach, Petersen’s first coaching job was with the junior varsity team at UC Davis, his alma mater, in 1987. He became the receivers coach at UC Davis in 1989 and remained there until coaching Pittsburgh’s quarterbacks for one season in 1992.
Petersen returned to the West Coast in 1993 and spent two years coaching quarterbacks at Portland State, where he helped the Vikings advance to the NCAA Division II playoffs both seasons.
He joined the Oregon staff as receivers coach in 1995.
Also gone from the Ducks’ coaching staff is tight ends coach/special teams coordinator Tom Osborne, who rejoins former Oregon offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter as an assistant head coach at Arizona State.
Koetter was hired from Boise State to replace former Sun Devil coach Bruce Snyder.
The 40-year-old Osborne was a member of Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti’s original staff in 1995.
Receivers’ coach is latest to leave the Oregon nest
Daily Emerald
January 9, 2001
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