Chris Petersen is an American college football coach who has a net worth of $11 million. Born in Yuba City, California, in 1964, Chris Petersen played college football as a quarterback with Sacramento City College. He later transferred to UC Davis, where he earned his bachelor's and later master's degree. Petersen's first foray into coaching came with his alma mater from 1987 until 1991. In 1992, Petersen coached quarterbacks at Pittsburgh before he took a job with Portland State for the next two seasons. In 1995, Petersen began a five-year stint as Oregon's wide receivers coach before Boise State hired him as an offensive coordinator.
In 2006, Petersen was promoted to head coach at Boise State, where he made a name for himself on the national radar as he turned the Broncos into a perennial powerhouse despite the team not playing in a highly touted BCS conference. Petersen's Broncos won four WAC championships and one Mountain West title. In 2014, Petersen accepted a job as the head coach of Washington. He is 99-17 all-time as a head coach with a 5-2 record in bowl games midway through the 2014 season. Petersen is a two-time Paul Bear Bryant Award winner (2006, 2009). He has two sons with his wife, Barbara.
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