No other team in college football history has faced a situation quite like this.
After winning three straight games to improve to 4-3, the Washington State Cougars now must rebuild their coaching staff in the middle of the season after five coaches were fired Monday over their refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
That includes head coach Nick Rolovich, who was hired at WSU less than two years ago after a stint as Hawaii's head coach.
Here’s a look at how this happened and where it’s headed with five regular-season games remaining, including a home game Saturday against Brigham Young on Saturday:
Why they didn’t get vaccinated
Rolovich, 42, never publicly has explained this after announcing in July that he had elected not to get vaccinated.