Update >> Fisch has accepted the opportunity at Washington.
On the heels of Arizona's best season in nearly a decade, Jedd Fisch is on the verge of departing the Wildcats program.
Multiple sources with direct knowledge tell FootballScoop Sunday afternoon that Fisch will be the next head coach at Washington.
He's set to replace Kalen DeBoer, hired Friday by Alabama as Nick Saban's replacement.
Both DeBoer and Fisch just led transcendent seasons for PAC-12 programs that will no longer be conference rivals moving forward.
Washington is joining the Big Ten and preparing to have Fisch as its new leader into the transition.
A former longtime NFL assistant who left the New England Patriots to take over at Arizona for the fired Kevin Sumlin three seasons ago, Fisch generated the program's first 10-win season since 2014.
Sources told FootballScoop that Fisch is expected to receive a long-term contract from Washington, in the range of six years, worth in the neighborhood of $9 million per year.
Washington athletics director Troy Dannen had narrowed his search down to Kansas coach Lance Leipold and Fisch as the weekend unfolded.
Leipold, despite emerging as a top target for the Huskies and also with what sources told FootballScoop was a similar offer in the range of $9 million, has elected to remain atop the Jayhawks program.
A New Jersey native and Florida Gators alum, Fisch has coached for seven different NFL franchises and several college programs, including UCLA.
But the Arizona job was his first time to be a full-time head coach, and after a 1-11 debut campaign in 2021, Fisch improved the Wildcats to a five-win 2022 season and then doubled that tally in 2023.
DeBoer led Washington to an 13-1 2023 season that culminated in the College Football Playoff Championship, where the Huskies fell to Michigan.
DeBoer then agreed to terms to become Nick Saban's replacement at Alabama in a deal that sources told FootballScoop was to be worth more than $10 million annually.