1. Robb Alan Akey was born on July 24,1966 and is an American football coach.
12 Facts About Robb Akey
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Robb Akey was recently the defensive coordinator at Central Michigan University, a position he had held since 2019.
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Robb Akey played at outside linebacker, defensive end, and tight end for head coach Mike Price at Weber State, where he was an all-Big Sky and honorable mention All-American at defensive end in his senior season of 1987.
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Robb Akey was a college assistant coach for 19 seasons, beginning in 1988 as assistant defensive line coach at Weber State.
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From 1989 to 1994, Robb Akey was defensive line coach, recruiting coordinator, and special teams coordinator at Weber State.
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From 1995 to 1998, Robb Akey was an assistant at Northern Arizona, first as special teams coordinator and linebackers coach in 1995 then as defensive coordinator from 1996 to 1998.
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In 1999, Robb Akey reunited with Mike Price and began an eight-year stint as an assistant at Washington State.
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Robb Akey became Idaho's fourth head coach in 37 months when he was hired on December 20,2006, by athletic director Rob Spear.
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Robb Akey was the first Idaho head coach since Jerry Davitch without previous ties to the Vandals, either as a former player or assistant coach.
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Robb Akey succeeded Dennis Erickson, who left his second stint at Idaho after just ten months for Arizona State of the Pac-10.
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When hired as the Vandals' new head coach, Robb Akey stated that he was opposed to holding the Battle of the Palouse rivalry game with Washington State every year.
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Robb Akey said he preferred it as a "once-in-a-while thing," to minimize possible "off-field" problems between rival programs only eight miles apart.