Washington requires all state employees to be vaccinated42-year-old had sought religious exemption from vaccineWashington 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.
![WSU head coach Nick Rolovich fired from $3m-a-year post over vaccine refusal](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/748053999233df34ef8167c841d5ef1b7174e6df/0_196_2946_1768/master/2946.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=e35c23c137a01366943bd0f4edc163b5)
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.