Fred Akers
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- Seasons coached
- 26
- First season
- 1966
- Teams
- 4
Career
8 stints
Coaching tree
1 mentor, 20 protégés, 10 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
25
- 1999Dan LounsburyMentored · Shreveport Knights
- 1990Pat HendersonMentored · Purdue
- 1989–1990Fred JacksonMentored · Purdue
- 1989–1990Greg BrownMentored · Purdue
- 1989–1990Pete HoenerMentored · Purdue
- 1988–1989Bill KollarMentored · Purdue
- 1987–1990Bill MichaelMentored · Purdue
- 1987–1988Brian CabralMentored · Purdue
- 1987–1990Dan LounsburyMentored · Purdue
- 1987–1988Mike Sanford Sr.Mentored · Purdue
- 1987–1990Phil BennettMentored · Purdue
- 1986Bill MichaelMentored · Texas
- 1986Bob StanleyMentored · Texas
- 1986Bobby Jack WrightMentored · Texas
- 1986Dan LounsburyMentored · Texas
10 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
8
- 1991Jim CollettoSucceeded by · Purdue
- 1987David McWilliamsSucceeded by · Texas
- 1987Leon BurtnettSucceeded · Purdue
- 1977Bill LewisSucceeded by · Wyoming
- 1977Darrell RoyalSucceeded · Texas
- 1975Fritz ShurmurSucceeded · Wyoming
- 1972Spike DykesSucceeded by · Texas
- 1972Willie ZapalacSucceeded · Texas
Tenure
26 seasons
Pipeline
5 of 11 coordinators
- 26 seasonsFred Jacksonunder at Purdue 1989 · head coach at Ypsilanti Community HS (MI)2016
- 12 seasonsPhil Bennettunder at Purdue 1987 · head coach at SMU2002
- 9 seasonsPat Hendersonunder at Purdue 1990 · head coach at Tulsa1999
- 1 seasonDavid McWilliamsunder at Texas 1982 · head coach at Texas Tech1986
- 1 seasonLeon Fullerunder at Texas 1977 · head coach at Colorado State1982
- 6 seasonsLeon Fullerunder at Wyoming 1975 · head coach at Colorado State1982
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Fred Akers. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.