PULLMAN – Washington State isn’t offering a public timeline on the hire of a new football coach, but the people leading the charge are operating with “a sense of urgency.”

That’s the word from WSU interim athletic director Jon Haarlow, who said on Sunday afternoon that he and school brass are working quickly to find a replacement for coach Jimmy Rogers, who decamped for the same job at Iowa State on Friday.

“We want to get the right leader in place, so we’re moving at an appropriate pace there,” Haarlow said in a Zoom news conference. “Understanding we’ve gotta have a sense of urgency. I’m not gonna necessarily pinpoint a timeline. But again, this is obviously high priority for us right now.”

In the meantime, WSU’s interim head coach is defensive coordinator Jesse Bobbit, who is expecte

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