Washington State head football coach Nick Rolovich has applied for a religious exemption from the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
June Jones, Rolovich's mentor and former coach at the University of Hawai'i, told USA Today's Brent Schrotenboer that Rolovich applied for the exemption despite Jones urging him to get vaccinated:
"He and I have had six or seven conversations over the last 60 days, and my advice is for him to take the shot. There's too much at stake to risk losing his job, and it's an unfortunate situation. It may be against what he believes obviously, but there are more people at stake – the university's credibility, the lives of the assistant coaches and their families.