Ready or Not, Huskies Begin Spring Football Practice on March 6

The UW will hold three workouts before winter quarter ends.

Dan Raley | Feb 14, 2023

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Changing things up from previous years, Kalen DeBoer's second University of Washington football team will open spring practice earlier than anyone can recall, on Monday, March 6 — less than three weeks away — and finish up with a spring game more than six weeks later on Saturday, April 22.

The athletic department hadn't made any official pronouncement of the spring schedule, but a few football staff members such as co-defensive coordinator William Inge obviously couldn't wait and posted the dates on social media.

In the middle of the NCAA-prescribed 15 spring football workouts will be a 19-day gap between March 10 and 29th to deal with the end of winter quarter.

Practicing from 8:30 to 10:30 each morning, the Huskies will conduct three practices on March 6, 8 and 10 before the quarter lets out and spring break takes over.

The UW football players will return for 12 more practices, with no more than three days separating each session thereafter.

After resorting to what was labeled a Spring Preview and involved plays mixed in with assorted drills, DeBoer's Huskies will conclude with a Spring Game on April 22, the only Saturday utilized for spring football purposes, in an event that begins at 1 p.m.

2023 UW SPRING FOOTBALL

Monday, March 6, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, March 8, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Friday, March 10, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, March 29, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Friday, March 31, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Monday, April 3, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, April 5, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Friday, April 7, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Monday, April 10, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, April 12, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Friday, April 14, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Monday, April 17, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, April 19, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Friday, April 21, practice, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Saturday, April 22, Spring Game, 1 p.m.

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Published Feb 14, 2023

DAN RALEY

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.