<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Courtesy of the <i>Spokesman Review</i> at:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/nov/18/report-idaho-football-coach-paul-petrino-wont-retu/?fbclid=IwAR1Us_bxSUxotGLyWq4qSKZDJn32arE5JwIeg0tvVy4okueD0zc9ja30UgA">https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/nov/18/report-idaho-football-coach-paul-petrino-wont-retu/?fbclid=IwAR1Us_bxSUxotGLyWq4qSKZDJn32arE5JwIeg0tvVy4okueD0zc9ja30UgA</a></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></span></font><div><h1 class="f3 f2-l sans-serif mt0 mb2 fw8 lh-solid" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2.25rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "avenir next", avenir, helvetica, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, roboto, noto, "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">————————————————-</span></h1><h1 class="f3 f2-l sans-serif mt0 mb2 fw8 lh-solid" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2.25rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "avenir next", avenir, helvetica, "helvetica neue", ubuntu, roboto, noto, "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Report: Vandals football coach Paul Petrino won’t return to Idaho in 2022</h1></div><div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MOSCOW – Paul Petrino, the longest-tenured football coach in University of Idaho history, will not be returning to the Vandals’ sideline next season</span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Tubs at the Club, a prominent Vandal fan site, reported Thursday that Petrino and his staff will coach their final game for Idaho on Saturday against Idaho State in Pocatello.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Idaho boosters have raised funds with the intention of buying out the remainder of Petrino’s contract, per the report, which cited anonymous sources “close to University of Idaho Athletics.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed the news to The Spokesman-Review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Petrino has been at the Vandals’ helm since 2013. He was hired to rebuild a program that was left in shambles after former coach Robb Akey was fired during the 2012 season.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But Petrino’s Vandals never found consistent success in both the Sun Belt Conference (2014-17) and the Big Sky Conference (2018-present).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Idaho has compiled a 33-66 record in his tenure, including a 14-25 mark since 2018, when the Vandals returned to the Big Sky after 22 seasons in the FBS. Idaho became the first and only FBS program to drop to the FCS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Vandals posted one winning season in nine years under Petrino, a 9-4 campaign in 2016 that concluded with a 61-50 win over Colorado State at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Petrino’s contract runs through June 30, 2022 and his base salary is listed at $446,214.40 – the highest among Big Sky coaches.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Idaho athletic department did not immediately respond when asked for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Petrino, 54, grew up in Helena, Montana, and played quarterback at Carroll College under his late father, coach Bob Petrino Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">He got his coaching start at Carroll before a three-year stint at Idaho from 1992-94 under John L. Smith. Petrino coached the Vandals’ receivers, running backs and special teams then.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Other coaching stops include Utah State, Louisville, Southern Miss, Arkansas, Illinois and the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. Petrino worked as offensive coordinator for the Razorbacks from 2008-09, and returned to Arkansas in the same role in 2012 after a two-year stay as the Fighting Illini’s OC.</span></p></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></body></html>