Meet the Hosts
Connor
The Couch GM
Connor's path to WSU wasn't about football — it was about family. His older brother was already attending Washington State University, and after visiting Pullman for Dad's Weekend a few times, Connor knew exactly where he wanted to go to school. He had played baseball growing up and was good enough that the community college route was a real option. He chose the four-year university experience instead. He knew baseball wasn't going to pay the bills.
Connor graduated from WSU Pullman in 2016 with a double major in finance and marketing — a degree that put him on the career path he's still on today as a full-time mortgage lender. About four and a half years ago, he launched The Couch GM, a sports media brand built on genuine fandom, real research, and zero spin. Cougs on the Couch grew out of that as a natural offshoot.
During his senior year at WSU in fall 2015, Connor and Dylan helped found the WSU Club Baseball team — a program that played its first season in spring 2016 and is still active on campus today. That shared history gives the show a chemistry you can't manufacture.
Away from football, Connor is a diehard Mariners fan — the kind who tracks pitch mix tendencies, launch angles, and bullpen sequencing. He follows baseball with the same obsessive detail he brings to the two-deep. One sport was never going to be enough.
Dylan Haugh
WSU Murrow College · Class of 2017
Dylan Haugh graduated from WSU's Edward R. Murrow College of Communication in 2017 — one year behind Connor. He's since settled in San Diego, but his ties to the Palouse run deep. The two go back to fall 2015 — Connor's senior year at WSU — when they teamed up to help found the WSU Club Baseball program. It played its first season in spring 2016 and is still active on campus today.
Cougs on the Couch started with Dylan. When the Pac-12 began its collapse — conference members bailing, WSU's future suddenly uncertain — Dylan was watching Connor build The Couch GM and saw an opportunity. He came to Connor with the pitch: carve out a dedicated WSU show inside the brand and give Coug fans a real home for honest conversation about their program. That pitch became this show.
Dylan brings the journalism background and the accountability on the mic. He'll challenge a take when it deserves it, and he'll push back when Connor's analytics need a reality check.