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30 college football head coaches cooler than your coolest uncle

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Oklahoma State Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy watches warm ups prior to 13 - 10 win over the Texas Longhorns on October 21, 2017 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX. (Photo by John Rivera/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Oklahoma State Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy watches warm ups prior to 13 - 10 win over the Texas Longhorns on October 21, 2017 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX. (Photo by John Rivera/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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GLENDALE, AZ – DECEMBER 30: Head coach Chris Petersen of the Washington Huskies argues a call with headlinesman Al Green during a game against the Penn State Nittany Lions during the Playstation Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium on December 30, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. Penn State won 35-28. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ – DECEMBER 30: Head coach Chris Petersen of the Washington Huskies argues a call with headlinesman Al Green during a game against the Penn State Nittany Lions during the Playstation Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium on December 30, 2017 in Glendale, Arizona. Penn State won 35-28. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) /

One of the most telling signs of a popular head coach comes on the recruiting trail. That’s exactly the display of how much some players really like playing for the head coach of the Washington Huskies in Chris Petersen. Following his departure from the Boise State Broncos, Petersen took a middling UW squad and turned it into one of the consistently best programs in the Pac-12.

UW even made its first appearance in the College Football Playoff during the 2016 campaign, taking the program to new heights entirely. That same season Petersen also knocked off the Colorado Buffaloes from the Pac-12 South to bring back a Pac-12 Championship to Seattle.

Now, Petersen has an interesting debacle on his hands with possibly the deepest quarterback depth chart in the nation. The Huskies have four quality quarterbacks between the rising senior projected starter Jake Browning, former Georgia Bulldogs transfer Jacob Eason, and two highly-touted four-star incoming freshmen recruits.

This should be a very interesting season for Petersen and the Huskies, as this program could be the Pac-12 favorite officially entering Week 1. Another popular and underrated head coach, with the Stanford Cardinal, in David Shaw, could be the biggest competitor for Petersen this fall.

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