Sarkisian Offered U-Dub Job

Multiple sources are reporting that the University of Washington has chosen their new Head Coach, but he hasn't chosen them yet...

It's USC Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator Steve Sarkisian ((pictured, thanks KIRO-TV))

If he accepts the offer,no announcement will be made until after the USC-UCLA game Saturday in Los Angeles.

UW Athletic Director Steve Woodward was asked about the progress of the coaching search at a Washington-Oklahoma State basketball game earlier Thursday.

Molly Yanity and Dan Raley report the following from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

Woodward was asked by the Seattle P-I about supposedly sending text messages to potential recruits that said "We have a new coach," and he responded adamantly, "That's not true."

Once inside the media workroom and surrounded by reporters, Woodward said, "We do not have an announcement to make. We're not going to talk about it until I have something to talk about."

Asked specifically about ESPN's unattributed crawl report that Sarkisian had been hired, Woodward responded coyly, "I haven't seen it."

Pressed further about the stated or reported withdrawals earlier in the day of two candidates -- Texas Tech's Mike Leach and Fresno State's Pat Hill -- which would appear to indicate a UW coach had been hired, Woodward again teased, saying, "That's a good observation."

The new AD took a few more questions, refusing to offer anything of substantive use, saying, "We'll see when the announcement comes. Stay tuned. Thanks guys. Sorry. We will make the announcement at the proper time."

Sarkisian met with reporters to talk about the UCLA game and deflected any talk of the job opening in Seattle- maintaining his focus was the game with the Bruins.