Report: WSU football coach Nick Rolovich fired after refusing to take COVID-19 vaccine

[RandySF]

Nick Rolovich came to Washington State as a fun-loving coach, known nationally for his off-the-wall antics and an ability to win.

Less than two years and 11 games later, Rolovich is apparently gone, and will be known nationally as the football coach who lost his job for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Rolovich had applied for a religious exemption to the mandate that all state employees be vaccinated by Oct. 18, but his tenure at WSU reportedly came to end Monday.

According to John Canzano of The Oregonian, Rolovich was terminated for cause along with other unvaccinated WSU assistant coaches. Further details weren’t immediately available.

The Cougars were 5-6 during Rolovich’s 1½ seasons as WSU’s coach.

But Rolovich’s tenure has been marked more by his polarizing stance on the vaccines than what happened on the field. His view was in stark contrast to the one held by his bosses, WSU President Kirk Schultz and Athletic Director Patrick Chun, who adhere to the science that the vaccines are a safe and effective way to prevent COVID-19.




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[LW1977]

1. Good riddance, Buh-bye..

[Paladin]

3. Good. (nt)

[Bleacher Creature]

4. Imagine throwing away your career because you fell for a conspiracy theory.

I hope he never gets another job again, but I'm guessing that a school in a RW state will snap him up eventually. In the meantime, he's now tailor made for multiple appearances on Fox News.

[Tribetime]

5. The question I have is if they were undefeated would he be fired

They have already played 11 games and are 5 and 6

[Nevilledog]

8. That's over 2 years

[FrankBooth]

6. Religious zealot

Rolovich is a real asshole, and a religious bigot. Belongs to some right-wing strain of Catholicism that believes they know more than the pope himself. Was fired for cause too, so won't see a penny more of his multi-million dollar salary. And it won't be long until he's banging the martyr drum on Fox News.

[Sewa]

7. Glad to hear the asshole has been fired

Maybe the next coach won’t be a right wing idiot. 💀🤙