Duane Akina
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| Place of birth | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
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| Sport | Football | |
| College | Texas | |
| Title | Co-Defensive coordinator | |
| School as a player | ||
| 1976-1979 | Washington | |
| Position | QB | |
| Coaching positions | ||
| 2004-present 2003 2001-2002 1996-2000 1992-1995 1987-1991 1986 1984-1985 1983 1981-1982 1979-1980 |
Texas (Co-Def. Coord./DBs coach) Texas (Ass. Head coach/DBs coach) Texas (DBs coach) Arizona (DBs coach) Arizona (Offensive coord.) Arizona (DBs coach) Calgary Stampeders (DBs coach) Hawaii (DBs coach) Hawaii (OLBs coach) Hawaii (DBs coach) Washington (Grad. Assistant) |
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Duane Akina is the co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach for the University of Texas Longhorn football team. Although he shares the defensive coordinator position with Larry Mac Duff, it is believed that Akina will be calling the defensive plays for the 2007-08 season.[1]
In 28 years of coaching football, Akina has coached 3 Thorpe Award winners in Darryll Lewis (1990), Michael Huff (2005), and Aaron Ross (2006), as well as five finalists for the award. Twenty of his defensive backs have also gone on to play in the NFL.