At 11:00 am on Tuesday, the University of Washington held a press conference officially introducing new head coach Jedd Fisch into the program.

With Fisch was his entire offensive staff from Arizona, including Arizona’s WR coach Kevin Cummings, who would be a huge addition to the Washington staff if hired for his ties with current players on the Arizona roster.

When Athletic Director Troy Dannen opened up the press conference, he stated right away what he was looking for.

“I’ll tell you what we want,” Dannen said. “We want a recruiter.”

Dannen emphasized he found his guy, and officially introduced Fisch as the next head coach.

“Today is a day filled of emotion because it represents a new beginning,” Fisch said. “Rarely in life does one have to leave someone or something that they love, but 48 hours ago, that is something that me and my family did. We did it so we could join the Husky family.”

“We are here for the W,” Fisch said. “The W for winning, the W for work, and the W for Washington.”

One of the major components behind a hire is whether someone can stand behind the words that they say. Fisch mentioned how he promised he would bring the University of Arizona back to national prominence, and make the program better off than he found it, and he delivered. Now, he is ready to do the same for the University of Washington.

“Winning in football is a priority in Seattle and as I look out and see the future and potential, I can tell you my opportunity to work for Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks I know how important football is at the University of Washington,” Fisch said. “I know how important football is in the state of Seattle, and I am so thrilled that Coach Carroll will be a mentor.”

Fisch was on the Seahawks staff and worked with Pete Carroll in 2010. Given his experience coaching in the city, Fisch knows how special the 14-1 season was at Washington a year ago, and ensures that the high expectations of Husky football will continue.

“We are not going to rebuild but we are going to reconstruct,” Fisch said. “There’s a roster that has a lot of changes. There’s going to be a lot of new players, new faces, and new support staff.”

With DeBoer’s departure coming as a shock to much of the fanbase, it was fair to wonder what to expect when it came to how long Fisch was willing to stay at the program. When asked about it, Fisch commented on his loyalty to the future of the University of Washington without getting into too many specifics.

“The College Football landscape is about getting to the CFP and there’s 12 teams that will be competing every year to get into the college football playoffs, Fisch said. “If you look at what teams traditionally compete, it’s the same 12 to 14 teams. The University of Washington is one of those teams.”

“That’s why we coach. We coach to be able to give yourself a chance every single year with resources beyond belief and a fanbase that’s dying to continue to win that has won national championships. The idea of staying is why you come. The idea of being here is to win National Championships”

With only 65 players on the roster with a total of 17 players in the portal, there is a lot of work to be done to reconstruct the team. There is a very limited pool of players to pick from for the University of Washington to improve the talent on the roster. Fisch is well aware and has a plan.

“We want to maniacally recruit daily for as long as we are here,” Fisch said. “And we are going to recruit the 25′ class, the 26′ class, the 27′ class, the 28′ class, and continue to build a roster that we will all be very proud of. We’re about development here… We would love to be a team that can sign 20 high school guys a year, 25 potentially.”

Recruitment and development will be a priority for this new coaching staff, and the first objective will be to retain as many players as possible who were initially leaving. Fisch will have work to do, but his introduction is promising for a fanbase looking to immediately return to its winning ways.

“I have the greatest office view of all time,” Fisch said. “When you look out there and you see the stadium and you see the water and you just know that every seat is going to be full, you can just imagine what that’s going to feel like. Running out of the tunnel that very first game, the jitters of both calling the game and running out of the tunnel, will be at a high end, but we’re gonna be excited about it, and can’t wait.”