Tyrone Willingham

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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1953)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Tyrone Willingham
| image = Tyrone Willingham.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|12|30}}
| birth_place = [[Kinston, North Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1973–1976
| player_team1 = [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]], [[wide receiver]]
| coach_years1 = 1977
| coach_team1 = [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]] ([[Graduate assistant|GA]])
| coach_years2 = 1978–1979
| coach_team2 = [[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]] (DB)
| coach_years3 = 1980–1982
| coach_team3 = [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan State]] (DB/ST)
| coach_years4 = 1983–1985
| coach_team4 = [[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]] (DB/ST)
| coach_years5 = 1986–1988
| coach_team5 = [[Rice Owls football|Rice]] (WR/ST)
| coach_years6 = 1989–1991
| coach_team6 = [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] (RB)
| coach_years7 = 1992–1994
| coach_team7 = [[Minnesota Vikings]] (RB)
| coach_years8 = 1995–2001
| coach_team8 = [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]]
| coach_years9 = 2002–2004
| coach_team9 = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
| coach_years10 = 2005–2008
| coach_team10 = [[Washington Huskies football|Washington]]
| overall_record = 76–88–1
| bowl_record = 1–4
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 [[Pacific-10 Conference|Pac-10]] (1999)
| awards = [[George Munger Award]] (2002)<br />[[Home Depot Coach of the Year Award]] (2002)
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'''Lionel Tyrone Willingham''' (born December 30, 1953<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tyrone Willingham {{!}} Pro Football History.com |url=https://pro-football-history.com/coach/11850/tyrone-willingham-bio |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=pro-football-history.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ty Willingham |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1745039/bio |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=IMDb |language=en}}</ref>) is an American former [[American football|football]] player and coach. He was the [[head coach]] at [[Stanford University]] (1995–2001), the [[University of Notre Dame]] (2002–2004), and the [[University of Washington]] (2005–2008), compiling a career [[college football]] record of 76–88–1.

==Early career==
Willingham attended Jacksonville Senior High School in [[Jacksonville, North Carolina]] and lettered in football, basketball, and baseball.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} He went on to [[Michigan State University]], where he played football and baseball and graduated in 1977<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tyrone Willingham |url=http://www.coacheshotseat.com/TyroneWillingham.htm |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=www.coacheshotseat.com}}</ref> with a degree in [[physical education]]. Willingham held assistant coaching positions at his alma mater (1977, 1980–82), [[Central Michigan University]] (1978–79), [[North Carolina State University]] (1983–85), [[Rice University]] (1986–88), and [[Stanford University]] (1989–91). When Stanford head coach [[Dennis Green]] was hired as the [[Minnesota Vikings]] head coach in [[1992 NFL season|1992]], Willingham followed him as [[running back]]s coach (1992–94).

==Head coaching positions==
===Stanford===
Following the [[1994 NCAA Division I-A football season|1994]] season, despite having never been more than a position coach at any level, Willingham returned to Stanford as head coach, succeeding [[Bill Walsh (American football coach)|Bill Walsh]]. In his seven seasons (1995–2001) as coach, he led the Cardinal to a 44–36–1 record and four [[bowl game]] appearances. Notably, Willingham's teams went undefeated (7–0) against arch-rival [[California Golden Bears football|California]]. In 2000, he was presented with the Eddie Robinson Coach of Distinction Award that is given annually to honor "an outstanding college football coach and role model for career achievement".<ref name=su20001130/>

His best team was the [[1999 Stanford Cardinal football team|1999 team]], which won the school's first outright [[Pacific-10 Conference]] title in 29 years and appeared in the [[2000 Rose Bowl]]. Willingham's 44 wins were the most by a Stanford coach since [[John Ralston (coach)|John Ralston]], who left the school for the [[Denver Broncos]] of the [[National Football League|NFL]] after the [[1971 NCAA University Division football season|1971 season]].

===Notre Dame===
{{Main|Notre Dame Fighting Irish football under Tyrone Willingham}}

====2002====
On December 31, 2001, Willingham was hired as head coach at [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/123101aaa.html|title=Tyrone Willingham Named Notre Dame Football Coach|publisher=UND.cstv.com|date=December 31, 2001|access-date=2007-08-27|archive-date=November 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114084412/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/123101aaa.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Willingham began the [[2002 NCAA Division I-A football season|2002]] season by going 8–0, and went on to become the only first-year coach in Notre Dame history to win 10 games. For his efforts, he was named the [[Sporting News Sportsman of the Year|SN Sportsman of the year]], ESPN/Home Depot College Coach of the Year,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120902aab.html|title=Tyrone Willingham Named Home Depot National Coach Of The Year|publisher=UND.cstv.com|date=December 9, 2002|access-date=2007-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721011510/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120902aab.html|archive-date=July 21, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Scripps College Coach of the Year, the Black Coaches Association Male Coach of the Year, and the [[George Munger Award]] College Coach of the Year by the [[Maxwell Football Club]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121302aaa.html|title=Tyrone Willingham Wins George Munger Award for College Coach of the Year|publisher=UND.cstv.com|date=December 13, 2002|access-date=2007-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302221459/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121302aaa.html|archive-date=March 2, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 2002 regular-season finale, ND was blown out by arch-rival [[USC Trojans football|USC]], 44–13, and was outgained 610–109—the worst such margin in school history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/113002aaa.html |title=No. 7 Irish Fall To Trojans - UND.COM - University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site |publisher=Und.cstv.com |date=2002-11-30 |access-date=2012-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220134600/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/113002aaa.html |archive-date=February 20, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> That loss knocked ND from a likely [[Bowl Championship Series]] berth down to the [[2003 Gator Bowl]]—where they were beaten by [[NC State Wolfpack football|North Carolina State]], 28–6.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/010103aaa.html |title=No. 11 Irish Fall To No. 17 NC State In Gator Bowl, 28-6 - UND.COM - University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site |publisher=Und.cstv.com |date=2003-01-01 |access-date=2012-10-07 |archive-date=February 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216025349/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/010103aaa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====2003====
The [[2003 NCAA Division I-A football season|2003]] team finished 5–7 and was beaten badly in four of those losses, getting shut out twice in one season for the first time since 1960, including a 37–0 loss to Florida State and finishing with a point differential of 243–315<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/independents/notre_dame/yearly_results.php?year=2000 |title=Notre Dame Game by Game Results |access-date=2008-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023231547/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/independents/notre_dame/yearly_results.php?year=2000 |archive-date=2008-10-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>—the worst of any Fighting Irish team since the 2–8 team of 1956.

====2004====
In [[2004 NCAA Division I-A football season|2004]], Notre Dame posted a 6–5 record in the regular season, including a 41–16 loss to [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] (the second-worst home loss ever to Purdue) and ending with Willingham's third consecutive loss to [[USC Trojans football|USC]] for his fifth loss by 30 points or more, and eighth by 22 points or more, in his three seasons. The following Tuesday, November 30, after an overall record in South Bend of 21–15 (an 8–0 start followed by a 13-15 finish), Notre Dame [[dismissal (employment)|terminated]] Willingham as head coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/113004aab.html|title=Statement From Director Of Athletics Kevin White|publisher=UND.cstv.com|date=November 30, 2004|access-date=2007-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114084357/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/113004aab.html|archive-date=November 14, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Defensive coordinator [[Kent Baer]] served as acting head coach for the [[Insight Bowl]], a 38–21 loss to [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]].

===Washington===
On December 13, 2004, Willingham was hired as the new head coach at [[Washington Huskies football|Washington]], succeeding [[Keith Gilbertson]]. The Huskies returned 19 of 22 starters from the previous season, in which they had gone 1–10 (0–8 in conference play).

Willingham's primary task was to change the program's image, which had been marred by off-the-field legal problems under [[Rick Neuheisel]]. He instituted a strict hair policy and was known to occasionally show up in his players' classes unannounced to make sure they were attending.<ref name="WinProperly">{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004152901_rbtoday30.html |title=Local News | Emmert: "You can win, and you can win properly" | Seattle Times Newspaper |website=seattletimes.nwsource.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604094904/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004152901_rbtoday30.html |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====2005====
Willingham faced his former team on September 24, 2005. Notre Dame prevailed, 36–17. His first season at Washington ended with a 2–9 record (1–7 in conference play, tied for 9th place), capped by a scuffle after a close loss to Washington State.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=apple20&date=20051120 |title=The Seattle Times: Search Results |website=archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428201047/http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=apple20&date=20051120 |archive-date=28 April 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====2006====
His 2006 Washington team started October with a 4–1 record, with its most notable victory a stunning 29–19 upset over previously undefeated [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]], before losing its next 6 games after starting [[quarterback]] [[Isaiah Stanback]] suffered a season-ending foot injury in a loss to Oregon State in their sixth game. The Huskies ended the season at 5–7 (3–6 in conference play, 9th place), this time defeating state rival [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] (WSU) by three points. This win held WSU from defeating the Huskies for three consecutive seasons years, something that has never happened in the history of the century-long rivalry.

====2007====
The [[2007 Washington Huskies football team]] faced what a preseason [[CBS Sports]] opinion piece called "the toughest schedule in the country" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/10299697|title=NCAA Football - CBSSports.com}}</ref> Washington went on to a 4–9 record overall (2–7 in conference play, 10th place) with wins against [[2007 Syracuse Orange football team|Syracuse]], [[2007 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State]], [[2007 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]], and [[2007 California Golden Bears football team|California]]. There was considerable debate after the season over whether Willingham should be fired as no other coach in the history of the program had ever tallied three straight losing seasons. [[2007 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]] won the Apple Cup again, making it three out of the last four.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2008 |title=UW alum pledged $100K if Willingham were fired |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3190308 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In the end, it was decided that he would return for the upcoming season with the expectation that the team become more competitive.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskies/2004054571_webty05.html |title=Huskies | Willingham will return to coach Huskies | Seattle Times Newspaper |website=seattletimes.nwsource.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524123443/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskies/2004054571_webty05.html |archive-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Additionally, several boosters were pleased at Willingham's effort to clean up the program.<ref name="WinProperly"/>

====2008====
Willingham's stiff demeanor resulted in a somewhat acrimonious relationship with fans, boosters, and the Seattle media. The turning point came at the end of his third (losing) season when there was a big question as to whether he would be retained. However, President Emmert gave him a vote of confidence and he was retained for a fourth year.

The 2008 season started off inauspiciously with #21 [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] defeating Washington 44–10. This marked the first time Oregon had ever beaten Washington five consecutive times in the history of the century-long rivalry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/w/washington/opponents_records.php?teamid=2424 |title=Washington Game by Game against Opponents |publisher=Cfbdatawarehouse.com |access-date=2012-10-07 |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010174219/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/w/washington/opponents_records.php?teamid=2424 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The second game against #15 [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]] was a nail biter and Washington scored the final touchdown in the final minute. The [[point after touchdown|PAT]] would have tied the game, however an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called against quarterback [[Jake Locker]] who had thrown the ball up in the air in celebration after scoring the touchdown. This moved the PAT attempt to 35 yards which was blocked and the BYU escaped with a 28–27 victory. In the next game, the Huskies were dismantled 55–14 by the #3 [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma Sooners]], giving the overmatched Huskies their greatest margin of defeat at home since 1929.<ref>{{cite web|author=GREGG BELL, AP Sports Writer Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recap?gid=200809130065 |title=Bradford's 6 TDs led No. 3 Oklahoma over UW 55-14 - College Football - Rivals.com |publisher=Rivals.yahoo.com |date=2008-09-14 |access-date=2012-10-07}}</ref> In the fourth game, the Huskies lost to [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] leaving them as the only winless team in a BCS conference. The Huskies were without a sack, leaving them as the only school without a sack at this point of the season.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/huskyfootball/2008/09/28/the_mourning_after_1.html | work=The Seattle Times | title=Husky Football | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032426/http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/huskyfootball/2008/09/28/the_mourning_after_1.html | archive-date=2011-09-29 }}</ref> It was the second 0–4 start in the last five years and only the fourth time ever in the history of the program. Starting quarterback Jake Locker was lost for the season, injuring his left hand during a block on a reverse.

In the fifth game, [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]] put Washington away early and the game ended with a 48–14 wipeout of the Huskies. This was the biggest margin of victory by Arizona over Washington ever, and started a watch of just how bad the team could get. The Huskies had a flat performance in their sixth game to lose to [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]] 34–13. This was the fifth consecutive loss to the Beavers, something that had never happened in the long history of the series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/washington/opponents_records.php?teamid=2428 |title=Washington Game by Game against Opponents |publisher=Cfbdatawarehouse.com |access-date=2012-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010095027/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/washington/opponents_records.php?teamid=2428 |archive-date=2012-10-10 }}</ref> Game 7 was another loss versus his former team [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]. The Huskies were nearly shutout in suffering a 33–7 loss that left them 0–7 and ineligible for a bowl game yet again. On October 27, 2008, seven games into the 2008 season, Willingham announced that his contract was being terminated and he would be leaving UW after the regular season.<ref name=AP102708>[https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3667258 Willingham to step down as Huskies coach at season's end], Associated Press, October 27, 2008, Accessed October 27, 2008.</ref> Game 8 was a shutout by [[USC Trojans football|USC]].

At 0–11, Washington was the only winless team in the [[Division I (NCAA)|FBS]], and the owner of a 13-game losing streak stretching from the last season. Washington closed out the season with a loss at [[2008 Washington State Cougars football team|1–10 Washington State]] in double-overtime, making it four of the last five, and with a season-ending loss at [[California Golden Bears football|California]]. Willingham finished the season with an 0–12 record, the Huskies' first winless season in 119 years, as well as the only winless season in the PAC-10, PAC-12 era.

==Post coaching career==
In 2014, Willingham was named as a member of the [[College Football Playoff]] selection committee. Willingham also volunteered as a coach on the Stanford women's golf team in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/5-for-friday-tyrone-willingham-notre-dame-stanford-coach-playoff-selection-committee-090514 |title = College Football News, Videos, Scores, Teams, Standings, Stats {{!}} FOX Sports}}</ref> Willingham served as president on the [[American Football Coaches Association]] (AFCA) Board of Trustees in 2008.<ref name=afca20080109/> On July 18, 2010, at the age of 56 and nearly two years after he had coached his last game, Willingham announced he was retired from coaching.<ref name=kutsunis20100720/>

==Personal life==
Willingham is married and has three children.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = both }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford Cardinal]]
| conf = [[Pacific-10 Conference]]
| startyear = 1995
| endyear = 2001
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1995 NCAA Division I-A football season|1995]]
| name = [[1995 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]
| overall = 7–4–1
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname = [[1995 Liberty Bowl|Liberty]]
| bowloutcome = L
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1996 NCAA Division I-A football season|1996]]
| name = [[1996 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname = [[1996 Sun Bowl|Sun]]
| bowloutcome = W
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1997 NCAA Division I-A football season|1997]]
| name = [[1997 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = T–7th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1998 NCAA Division I-A football season|1998]]
| name = [[1998 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–8th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1999 NCAA Division I-A football season|1999]]
| name = [[1999 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = [[2000 Rose Bowl|Rose]]
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl = yes
| ranking = 24
| ranking2 =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2000 NCAA Division I-A football season|2000]]
| name = [[2000 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 4th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season|2001]]
| name = [[2001 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = [[2001 Seattle Bowl|Seattle]]
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 17
| ranking2 = 16
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Stanford
| overall = 44–36–1
| confrecord = 32–24
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]]
| conf = [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
| startyear = 2002
| endyear = 2004
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2002 NCAA Division I-A football season|2002]]
| name = [[2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]
| overall = 10–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = [[2003 Gator Bowl|Gator]]
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 17
| ranking2 = 17
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2003 NCAA Division I-A football season|2003]]
| name = [[2003 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]
| overall = 5–7
| conference =
| confstanding =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2004 NCAA Division I-A football season|2004]]
| name = [[2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]
| overall = 6–5*
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = [[2004 Insight Bowl|Insight]]*
| bowloutcome =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Notre Dame
| overall = 21–15
| confrecord =
}}*{{small|Fired before Insight Bowl}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Washington Huskies football|Washington Huskies]]
| conf = [[Pacific-10 Conference]]
| startyear = 2005
| endyear = 2009
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2005 NCAA Division I-A football season|2005]]
| name = [[2005 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = 10th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2006]]
| name = [[2006 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]
| overall = 5–7
| conference = 3–6
| confstanding = 9th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2007]]
| name = [[2007 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]
| overall = 4–9
| conference = 2–7
| confstanding = 10th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2008]]
| name = [[2008 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]
| overall = 0–12
| conference = 0–9
| confstanding = 10th
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Washington
| overall = 11–37
| confrecord = 6–29
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 76–88–1
| yearstart = 1999
| yearend = 1999
| poll = two
| polltype =
}}

==References==
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<ref name=afca20080109>{{cite news | author=Staff | title=Washington's Tyrone Willingham Named 2008 AFCA President | date=January 9, 2008 | publisher=American Football Coaches Association | url=http://www.afca.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&ATCLID=1365922 | access-date=2010-08-17 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name=su20001130>{{cite web | title=Tyrone Willingham Presented Eddie Robinson Coach of Distinction Award | date=November 30, 2000 | work=Stanford University Football | publisher=Stanford University | url=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/113000aaa.html | access-date=2010-08-17 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318031251/http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/113000aaa.html | archive-date=March 18, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name=kutsunis20100720>{{cite web | first=Joe | last=Kutsunis | date=July 20, 2010 | title=In case you were curious, yes, Tyrone is retired | work=SBNation | url=https://www.sbnation.com/2010/7/20/1579008/in-case-you-were-curious-yes | access-date=2010-08-17 }}</ref>

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