 Akey in January 2010 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Special Assistant to Head Coach |
| Team | Oregon State |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1966-07-24)July 24, 1966 (age 58) Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1984–1987 | Weber State |
| Position(s) | Defensive lineman,linebacker,tight end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988–1994 | Weber State (DL/ST) |
| 1995 | Northern Arizona (ST) |
| 1996–1998 | Northern Arizona (DC) |
| 1999–2002 | Washington State (DL) |
| 2003–2006 | Washington State (DC) |
| 2007–2012 | Idaho |
| 2014 | Minnesota Vikings (ADL) |
| 2015–2016 | Washington Redskins (DL) |
| 2017 | Florida (DA) |
| 2017 | Florida (interim DL) |
| 2019–2024 | Central Michigan (DC) |
| 2025-present | Oregon State (SAHC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 20–50 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
Robb Alan Akey (born July 24, 1966) is anAmerican football coach. He was recently thedefensive coordinator atCentral Michigan University, a position he had held since 2019. Akey served as the head football coach at theUniversity of Idaho from 2007 to 2012.
Born and raised inColorado Springs, Colorado, Akey graduated fromRoy J. Wasson High School in 1984, having lettered in three sports.[1][2] Akey played atoutside linebacker,defensive end, andtight end for head coachMike Price atWeber State, where he was an all-Big Sky and honorable mention All-American at defensive end in his senior season of 1987.[3]
Akey was a college assistant coach for 19 seasons, beginning in 1988 as assistant defensive line coach at Weber State. From 1989 to 1994, Akey was defensive line coach, recruiting coordinator, and special teams coordinator at Weber State.[1] From 1995 to 1998, Akey was an assistant atNorthern Arizona, first as special teams coordinator and linebackers coach in 1995 then as defensive coordinator from 1996 to 1998.[1]
In 1999, Akey reunited with Mike Price and began an eight-year stint as an assistant atWashington State. After being defensive line coach from 1999 to 2002, Akey added defensive coordinator to his duties in 2003 under new headBill Doba, who was previouslydefensive coordinator under Price.[1]
Akey became Idaho's fourth head coach in 37 months when he was hired on December 20, 2006, byathletic director Rob Spear. He was the first Idaho head coach sinceJerry Davitch (1978–81) without previous ties to theVandals, either as a former player or assistant coach.[4]
Akey succeededDennis Erickson, who left his second stint at Idaho after just ten months forArizona State of thePac-10. Erickson was preceded byNick Holt, who voluntarily departed after only two seasons, compiling nine losses in each.Tom Cable was fired in late2003, after four disappointing seasons (11–35, .239).
When hired as the Vandals' new head coach, Akey stated that he was opposed to holding theBattle of the Palouse rivalry game withWashington State every year. He said he preferred it as a "once-in-a-while thing," to minimize possible "off-field" problems between rival programs only eight miles apart.[5] The annual game was revived in1998 and played for ten consecutive years; it was last played in Akey's first season of2007 and was renewed for a game in2013.[6]
Akey led the Vandals to victory in their firstbowl game in more than a decade in December2009, but his tenure ended in2012 on October 21, when Idaho fired him following a 70–28 loss toLouisiana Tech, moving the team's overall record to 1–7 for the season.[7][8] He achieved a 20–50 (.286) record while head coach at Idaho, and the Vandals lost their final four games in 2012 after his termination.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Vandals(Western Athletic Conference)(2007–2012) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Idaho | 1–11 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
| 2008 | Idaho | 2–10 | 1–7 | 9th | |||||
| 2009 | Idaho | 8–5 | 4–4 | 4th | WHumanitarian | ||||
| 2010 | Idaho | 6–7 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2011 | Idaho | 2–10 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| 2012 | Idaho | 1–7 | 1–2 | ||||||
| Idaho: | 20–50 | 10–32 | |||||||
| Total: | 20–50 | ||||||||