Freelancer Howie Stalwick filed this report Sunday morning on the job status of Washington State football coach Paul Wulff:
SEATTLE — Bill Stevens, sports information director at
Washington State, said Sunday morning that a decision on football
coach Paul Wulff’s future with the Cougars could be made as soon as
today.
“No decision has been made,” Stevens said. “Bill
(athletic director Bill Moos) said he will not make a decision
until he has met with Paul, and he has not met with Paul
yet.”
Wullf and Moos were scheduled to meet sometime Sunday afternoon.
Three sources with ties to the football program, all of whom
requested that their names not be used, said Sunday they expect
Wulff to be let go with one year left on the original five-year
contract he signed with WSU.
Moos did not return multiple phone calls.
Wulff is 9-40 overall and 4-32 in the Pacific-12/10 Conference
in four years at WSU. Only the 1979-82 Oregon State Beavers
(3-40-1) have lost as many as 40 games in four years in the history
of the Pac-12, which traces back to the Pacific Coast Conference in
1916. The 32 conference losses is also a four-year record in the
league.
WSU players strongly supported Wulff following the
season-ending, 38-21 loss to Washington on Saturday night at
Seattle’s CenturyLink Field.
After the game, Wulff said he’ll meet with Moos “in the next
day or two” to discuss his future. Moos, as he did last year,
maintained all season that he would wait until the season was over
before making a decision on Wulff.
The Cougars, forced to utilize three starting quarterbacks due
to injuries, finished the season 4-8 overall and 2-7 in the Pac-12.
Wulff’s previous four teams were 5-32 overall and 2-25 in the
Pac-10. His first team finished next to last in 2008; the past
three teams have come in last.
