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Univ. of Washington Coach to resign

SEATTLE, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- University of Washington football Coach Keith Gilbertson is resigning at the end of the season.

"Coach Gilbertson and I have talked for several weeks about the football program and we mutually agreed that it needs an immediate boost," said Athletic Director Todd Turner Monday.

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"Keith will finish this season as our head coach and has agreed to assist me beyond that time to develop a strategy for reinvestment by our university in its football program."

Turner said the search for a successor would begin immediately.

Gilbertson became Huskies' 24th head coach in July 2003 after the school fired Rick Neuheisel a month earlier.

Gilbertson, 56, is in his second year of a four-year contract. His rcord at Washington is 7-13, including 1-7 this season.

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