Robert Albert Diaco was born on February 19,1973 and is an American football coach and a former linebacker.
22 Facts About Bob Diaco
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Bob Diaco is a defensive analyst for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference.
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Bob Diaco played college football at the University of Iowa for coach Hayden Fry from 1992 to 1995.
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Bob Diaco then served as the head coach of the UConn Huskies.
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Bob Diaco was previously an assistant at Western Illinois, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Virginia, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Louisiana Tech and Purdue.
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Bob Diaco played college football at the University of Iowa, under head coach Hayden Fry, who described Bob Diaco as "extremely tough, very intelligent".
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Bob Diaco was a two-time All-Big Ten selection as a linebacker and was named the team's co-MVP in 1995, starting in all 23 games over his junior and senior seasons.
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Bob Diaco was teammates with Mike Devlin, Scott Slutzker, Danan Hughes, and Mike Wells.
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Bob Diaco began his coaching career in 1996 as a graduate assistant at Iowa.
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From 2001 to 2004, Bob Diaco was an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan, coaching running backs, linebackers, and special teams.
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Bob Diaco became the linebackers and special teams coach at Virginia in 2006, coaching under Al Groh.
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Bob Diaco served as the defensive coordinator at Cincinnati in 2009 under Brian Kelly.
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Bob Diaco followed Kelly to Notre Dame in 2010, taking the same position as defensive coordinator.
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Bob Diaco was awarded the Broyles Award, which recognizes the top assistant coach in college football.
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In December 2013, Diaco became the head coach at the University of Connecticut, succeeding interim coach T J Weist, who replaced Paul Pasqualoni.
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Bob Diaco finished his head coaching career at the University of Connecticut having the worst winning percentage amongst Huskies' head coaches since 1920.
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In 2017, head coach Mike Riley hired Bob Diaco to serve as the defensive coordinator at Nebraska.
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Bob Diaco joined the University of Oklahoma as a defensive analyst on March 17,2018.
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Bob Diaco was promoted to outside linebackers coach on October 8,2018 after defensive coordinator Mike Stoops was fired by head coach Lincoln Riley.
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Bob Diaco was named defensive coordinator at Louisiana Tech on January 24,2019.
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On January 2,2020, Bob Diaco was named the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Purdue University.
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In March of 2022, Bob Diaco was named the defensive line coach for the New Jersey Generals.