If you’re a local blue-chip prospect these days, chances are you’ve got the Huskies on your short list. For much of the past 15 years, that wasn’t always the case.
Eastside Catholic coach Jeremy Thielbahr played running back at Washington State, got his first coaching job as a graduate assistant on Mike Price’s staff in Pullman and remains, in his words, as ardent in his support of the Cougars as anyone you’ll find.
And yet Thielbahr has no problem acknowledging the appreciation he has for what Washington coach Chris Petersen and his staff have done over the past two years to reshape the recruiting landscape in the state.