Duane Akina, Dick Tomey's right-hand man for 14 seasons at Arizona, said his return to the UA as a senior defensive analyst has 'been a positive experience without a doubt.'
Justin Spears One of the most underrated parts about moving back to a city you previously lived in for well over a decade is familiarity. There isn’t angst about settling in or finding your favorite places to eat, even if it’s been two decades.
People are also reading… Where the UA football team practices now is where the Arizona baseball program played its games the last time Akina coached in Tucson. And the weather? “You get a guy like Duane Akina, what a blessing for us first and foremost to be with a guy that’s been to big-time places and coached at the highest level, coached in the highest games,” Arizona tight ends coach Jordan Paopao said.
“This game is a laboratory for life, because everything you learn on the gridiron — put your ego in your back pocket, compete, adversity, getting up at 6 a.m. — is what companies are looking for,” Akina said. “When they leave here, they’re joining another team in the workforce. ... They just transfer it over because that’s their new team.”
'We all pitch in'Once he left Arizona for Texas in 2000 following Tomey’s resignation, Akina held defensive backs coach, defensive coordinator and associate head coach roles under longtime Longhorns coach Mack Brown for 13 seasons, then spent nine seasons as a defensive backs coach under David Shaw at Stanford.
Akina works alongside safeties coach Chuck Cecil and first-year cornerbacks coach John Richardson. Akina’s voice — even with rap music blaring at practice — echoes around the field. He's constantly emphasizing to players — whether it’s 7-on-7 or a team drill — to swarm to the ball.
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