Washington received stunning news this morning as Pete Thamel of ESPN has reported that UW Athletic Director Troy Dannen is leaving Washington after less than 6 months to take the open position at Nebraska on a 6-year deal. This is the second time in the past year that Washington has had an AD leave for another job after Jen Cohen took a position at USC.
Dannen came to Washington from Tulane where he hired Willie Fritz who turned around their football program. Before that he was at Northern Iowa. During Dannen’s first public interview after taking the Washington job, he said “I’m not moving again.