Duane Akina is joining Jedd Fisch's staff at Arizona as a defensive analyst.
Justin Spears Even though Arizona didn't add anyone to its 2023 recruiting class during National Signing Day on Wednesday, the Wildcats"signed a five-star coach," according to head coach Jedd Fisch.
Akina is the latest member of Fisch's staff with ties to previous regimes at Arizona, joining safeties coach Chuck Cecil, defensive line coach Ricky Hunley, high school relations coordinator Brandon Sanders and advisor Tedy Bruschi."To be a part of Arizona football," Fisch said. At Arizona, Akina held multiple roles, including defensive backs coach, associate head coach, defensive coordinator and offensive coordinator. Following the 2000 season, Akina had a similar role under Mack Brown at Texas. Most recently, Akina worked for David Shaw as Stanford's defensive backs coach from 2014 to this past season.
"We went through the process of what we wanted to do, what he wanted to do at this point of his career. We spoke with Dave Heeke and came up with a plan in place. We expect the NCAA to open up some more rules in terms of who can coach, who can't coach; that's been a big part of discussions.
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