Last 4 WSU DCs Not To Get Fired Or Resign

[FnuLnu]

Alex Grinch (now DC at Oklahoma)
Robb Akey (now DC for Jim McElwain at Central Michigan)
Mike Zimmer (head coach of Minnesota Vikings)
John L Smith (most recently head coach at Kentucky State, age 70)

That takes it up to 1987

 

[etowncoug]

Bill Doba?

 

[FnuLnu]

Bill Doba?

IIRC, Doba was DC and head coach when he was fired in 2007.

Akey was never replaced when he took the Idaho head coach job.

 

[Brent H.]

IIRC, Doba was DC and head coach when he was fired in 2007.

Akey was never replaced when he took the Idaho head coach job.

Doba wasn’t fired. He stepped down.

 

[FnuLnu]

Doba wasn’t fired. He stepped down.

He was fire-tired.

If he wasn't fired, he couldn't have collected $1.8 million in severance.

And yes, he was on the Coach Search Committee and did in fact ask Sterk for an extension at the start of their discussions

 

[etowncoug]

IIRC, Doba was DC and head coach when he was fired in 2007.

Akey was never replaced when he took the Idaho head coach job.

Good catch, had forgotten that quirk. If memory serves, we just didn't field a defense in 2007.