SEATTLE – Washington State University Hall of Fame football coach Mike Price was announced as one of four members of the 2023 class being inducted into the Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame, it was announced recently.
 
The 2023 PNW Hall of Fame class will be inducted as part of the Seattle Sports Commission's Seattle Sports Star of the Year Awards Show, February 28 at the Westin Seattle. In addition to Price, the 2023 class includes former Seattle Seahawks Kam Chancellor and Michael Jackson, and University Oregon defensive back Mel Renfro.
 
"The Sports Star of the Year Awards Show has long been an established piece of Washington sports culture – bringing in the nearly 30-year breadth of the Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame is a fitting and exciting addition that allows us to better emphasize and celebrate the diversity of sports in Washington state," said Beth Knox, SSC President and CEO. "This will certainly be a year to remember, as we recognize the irrefutable legacy of Ken Griffey Jr., honor the four newest members of the PNW Football Hall of Fame, and so much more to be revealed in the coming weeks about this year's awards show."
 
Honorees are selected by the Sports Star Nominating Committee, composed of local sports historians, media, and industry colleagues. The Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame (PNW FHoF) class is selected by the PNW FHoF Committee, which includes representatives at the university, amateur, and professional levels across the Greater Northwest Region.
 
A new addition to the Sports Star of the Year Awards Show is the enshrinement of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame Class presented by Swire Coca-Cola. Since 1990, the PNW FHoF has recognized the region's long history of players, coaches, broadcasters, and influential figures across high school, college, and professional football. 
 
Below is a synopsis of each inductee for the 2023 Pacific Northwest Football Hall of Fame Class, presented by Swire Coca-Cola:
 
Mike Price, Washington State University – Mike Price is synonymous with Cougar Football, having served three stints on the Washington State Football Coaching staff during his time in Pullman. His first came as a graduate assistant for Jim Sweeney from 1969-70 then returned to WSU from 1974-77, working with head coaches Sweeney, Jackie Sherrill and Warren Powers. Following eight years as the head coach at Weber State, Price returned to WSU in 1989, this time as head coach, where he stayed for the next 14 seasons. During his tenure with the Cougars, Price compiled an 83-77 record, including back-to-back 10-win seasons in Pullman. Price led the Cougs to a total of three 10-wins seasons (1997, 2001 and 2002) during his tenure. He is the only coach in the 100-plus year history of the program to coach WSU to five bowl games, including the 1992 Copper Bowl, 1994 Alamo Bowl, 1998 Rose Bowl, 2001 Sun Bowl and 2003 Rose Bowl. In 1997, Price earned coach of the year honors from the Pac-10 Conference along with numerous National Coach of the Year Awards, the first Cougar football coach to receive that honor. After posting a 10-2 record in 2001, Price was again named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year and a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award. During his 14 seasons as head coach, Price coached four Cougars picked in the first round of the NFL Draft and mentored WSU quarterbacks Drew Bledsoe, Ryan Leaf and Jason Gesser. With 177 career victories, and eight total bowl game appearances, Price was the sixth-winningest active head coach in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) prior to retiring at the end of the 2012 season after nine years at the University of Texas at El Paso. Price was inducted into the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016.
 
Kam Chancellor, Seattle Seahawks - Kam was a key piece of the Seattle Seahawks' famed Legion of Boom defensive backfield. During his eight-year career in Seattle (2010-2017), he was a 2x All-Pro and 4x Pro-Bowl selection, and was a linchpin of the historic Seahawks defense that won Super Bowl XLVIII.
 
Michael Jackson, University of Washington / Seattle Seahawks - A Pasco native, Michael was an All-American linebacker for the University of Washington and had an eight-year career with the Seattle Seahawks (1979-1986). His interception clinched a 1978 Rose Bowl victory over favored Michigan and helped put him on the UW All-Centennial team.
 
Mel Renfro, University of Oregon - Mel Renfro was a track and football star at Portland's Jefferson High School who became a 2-time All-American at the University of Oregon (1962-63). As an All-Pro defensive back for the Dallas Cowboys, he won two Super Bowls and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1996) and College Football Hall of Fame (1986).
 
Additional Cougar football alumni already members of the PNW Football Hall of Fame include:
Drew Bledsoe
Hugh Campbell
Dan Doornink
Glen "Turk Edwards
Jack Elway
Wayne Foster
James Hasty
Mel Hein
Babe Hollingbery
Keith Jackson
Mike Levenseller
Keith Lincoln
Rueben Mayes
Robertson
Jack Thompson
Robbie Tobeck
Marcus Trufant
Mike Utley
Jim Walden
Clancy Williams