SEATTLE — Washington hired Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen on Saturday to fill its vacant AD position.
He will replace Jen Cohen, who left Washington for Southern California in August, not long after the Huskies announced they would be following USC and leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten next year.
Now Dannen will oversee that transition at Washington. The school said Dannen will start Monday and a news conference to introduce him at the Seattle school is scheduled for Tuesday.
“Throughout this process, the passion, love and spirit of the UW was evident in every conversation, as was the alignment necessary for comprehensive success,” Dannen said in a statement. “We will compete for championships, and we will provide an unmatched experience for our student-athletes. The future has never been brighter for Husky Athletics, and I am humbled to steward the next chapter in our storied history.”
The Iowa native has been with Tulane since 2015. He has served on various NCAA committees in recent years, including the Division I Transformation Committee and the Football Oversight Committee.
During his time at Tulane, Dannen hired football coach Willie Fritz and helped turn the Green Wave into one of the strongest Group of Five programs in the country in the American Athletic Conference.
Before his time at Tulane, Dannen was athletic director at Northern Iowa.
This weekend, College GameDay is coming to Seattle.
The UW Huskies and Oregon Ducks are the top two-rated teams in the conference right now, making this weekend’s matchup one of the biggest showdowns in college football.
It’s the first time both teams are ranked in the top 10 during a matchup. The Huskies have a Heisman hopeful as well.
This will be the first time since 2016 that GameDay will be in the Emerald City.
Back then, the Dawgs hosted USC in their only regular-season loss before making the playoffs.
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