WSU head coach Nick Rolovich fired from $3m-a-year post over vaccine refusal

• Washington requires all state employees to be vaccinated
• 42-year-old had sought religious exemption from vaccine

Washington State fired football coach Nick Rolovich and four of his assistants on Monday for refusing a state mandate that all employees get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Washington's governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat, had set a deadline of Monday for thousands of state employees, including the Cougars' coach, to be vaccinated. Rolovich applied for a religious exemption, which was denied on Monday, Washington State athletic director Pat Chun said.