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Former UW Standout White Appears to Have New Coaching Job

The one-time Husky linebacker reportedly is headed to San Diego State.
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Scott White, former UW linebacker, was a UCLA associate head coach and LB coach.
Scott White, former UW linebacker, was a UCLA associate head coach and LB coach. | UCLA

Scott White, former University of Washington defensive standout, reportedly will join San Diego State as its linebackers coach following a two-year stint at UCLA that ended with this past season's head-coaching change, according to ESPN.

White brings plenty of credentials when it comes to playing and tutoring that position.

Originally from San Diego, he was a 31-game linebacker starter over three seasons (2004-06) for Husky teams coached by Keith Gilbertson and Tyrone Willingham, surviving one of the darkest periods of Montlake football.

After coming up with 278 tackles, 38 tackles for loss and 11 sacks for the UW, White turned to coaching, with his first jobs coming as an assistant coach for Seattle Preparatory School and Central Washington University.

Gradually, he worked his way back to his native California by coaching two-year Palomar College in San Diego, UCLA for a first time, San Jose State and back to the Bruins.

In 2017, White was the UCLA linebackers coach for a third consecutive year when coach Jim Mora was fired and then-offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch was elevated to interim coach for the final two games.

White has seen it all on the college football level.

In 2004, he was a starting linebacker who labored through a 1-10 season, then the worst in the history of Husky football, which ended with Gibertson getting fired.

Always a fierce competitor and clearly uncomfortable with all of the losing going on, White voiced his displeasure and was left home from the season-ending Apple Cup against Washington State in Pullman that year.

Scott White played LB for the Huskies in 2003-06 and will become the San Diego State LBs coach.
Scott White played LB for the Huskies in 2003-06 and will become the San Diego State LBs coach. | UW

He came back and finished fourth at the UW in tackles with 79 and supplied 3 sacks, 2 pass break-ups and a forced fumble for a 2-9 team in 2005.

As a senior, White finished second in tackles for the Huskies with 90 and had 4 interceptions, 3 sacks, 3 PBUs, 2 fumbles forced and 2 recovered for a 5-7 Husky team in 2006.

At San Diego State, he'll help the Aztecs transition next season to the Pac-12, his old conference, as one of a handful of UW coaches who have turned up on that staff in recent seasons.

In 2024, former Husky edge-rusher coach Eric Schmidt, part of Kalen DeBoer's staff, spent a year as the Aztecs' defensive coordinator before he became the North Dakota head coach this past season.

C.J. McGorisk, a defensive analyst for DeBoer's Huskies, came with Schmidt to San Diego State and remains the safeties coach.

Former UW defensive-line coach Inoke Breckterfield, also a DeBoer coach, initially accepted a San Diego State coaching offer along with the others before ending up at Baylor and now he's at Oregon State.

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Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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