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American football player and coach (born 1958)Current position | |
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Title | Offensive coordinator |
Team | NC State |
Conference | ACC |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1958-12-21) December 21, 1958 (age 66) Laie, Hawaii |
Playing career | |
1981–1984 | BYU |
Position(s) | Center, offensive guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1986–1987 | Hawaii (GA) |
1990–1991 | BYU (GA) |
1992–1995 | Ricks College (OL) |
1996 | Boise State (OL) |
1997 | UNLV (OL) |
1998 | UNLV (RGC/OL) |
2000–2004 | Texas Tech (OL) |
2005–2010 | BYU (OC/IWR) |
2011 | Arizona (RGC/OL) |
2012 | Arizona (OL) |
2013–2015 | BYU (AHC/OC/IWR) |
2016–2021 | Virginia (OC/IWR) |
2022 | Syracuse (OC) |
2023–present | NC State (OC) |
Robert Anae (born December 21, 1958) is an American football coach and former player who is currently serving as the offensive coordinator (OC) for NC State since December 2022. Prior to NC State, he was the OC at the University of Virginia and Brigham Young University (BYU), his alma mater, each under head coach Bronco Mendenhall, and as the OC at Syracuse under head coach Dino Babers.
Career
Early life and playing career
Anae is of Samoan descent and grew up in Laie, Hawaii before graduating from Kahuku High School. He served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1978 to 1980. He attended BYU and played football for the Cougars, switching from center to offensive guard. He was part of BYU's 1984 National Championship team, and also played in the Holiday Bowl each year from 1981 to 1984, as part of four Western Athletic Conference (WAC) championship squads. Anae was second-team All-WAC as a senior and played in the Hula Bowl before being drafted in the third round of the 1985 USFL Draft by the New Jersey Generals.
Coaching career
Anae began as offensive line coach at University of Hawaii in 1986 and continued through the next year. He came back to BYU for 1990 and 1991 as an offensive line graduate assistant and followed up at Ricks College from 1992 through 1995 as its offensive line coach. He coached offensive line at Boise State University in 1996, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 1997 and 1998, and Texas Tech University from 2000 to 2004. In 2005, he returned to BYU where he served as OC until his resignation Dec. 30, 2010.
Arizona
Anae served the 2011-12 season as the offensive line coach and running game coordinator at the University of Arizona, under head coaches Mike Stoops and Rich Rodriguez. In January 2013, Anae returned to BYU as the OC.
Virginia
On December 9, 2015, Anae announced he had accepted the OC position at the University of Virginia, going from BYU with Bronco Mendenhall who was appointed the university's new head football coach. Anae left this position after Mendenhall announced his retirement from the head coaching job.
Syracuse
Anae was hired as Syracuse's OC on December 26, 2021.
Personal life
Anae's father, Famika, and brothers, Brad and Matt, also played for BYU. His son, Famika, was a BYU offensive lineman before ending his career due to injures in 2012.
References
- Wagner, Bill (25 December 2017). "Coaching connections between Navy and Virginia staffs run deep". Capital Gazette. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- "Robert Anae Staff Bio". BYU. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- Smith, Connor (20 October 2022). "Robert Anae started his coaching career in a small Idaho town 30 years ago". The Daily Orange. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Anae Resigns at BYU". BYU Athletics. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
- "Arizona".
- "Tomey: Hiring of Robert Anae as assistant coach is a 'win-win' - AG's Wildcat Report".
- "BYU football: Robert Anae returning as offensive coordinator".
- "BYU's Robert Anae leaving for Virginia, taking 3 assistants with him". Deseret News. 9 December 2015.
- "OC Robert Anae Out". CBS 19 News. 19 December 2021.
- "Bronco Mendenhall Steps Down". CBS 19 News. 4 December 2021.
- Nate Mink (December 26, 2021). "Syracuse football will hire former Virginia assistants Robert Anae and Jason Beck to help lead offense (report)". Syracuse.com.
- Leiker, Emily (18 August 2022). "Meet the new faces of the SU football coaching staff". syracuse.com. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- Call, Jeff (January 4, 2013). "BYU football: Anae returning to Cougars as offensive coordinator". deseretnews.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
External links
Categories:- Living people
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- Texas Tech Red Raiders football coaches
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