Robert Anae Invited to NCAA Expert Coaches Academy

PROVO, Utah – BYU offensive coordinator Robert Anae has been invited to participate in the 2009 NCAA Expert Coaches Football Academy in Orlando, Fla., from June 18-20, the NCAA announced today.

Anae is one of 19 coaches selected to take part in the 2009 Academy, which is being held in conjunction with the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) convention.

The Expert Coaches Academy is an NCAA program that addresses the critical shortage of ethnic minorities in head coaching positions in the sport of college football, primarily at the Division I level. The Academy is designed to assist coaches with career advancement, networking and exposure opportunities.

The NCAA National Office is able to provide programming that better prepares coaches for many of the issues they will experience at the head coaching level through program sessions and networking opportunities with current head coaches and athletics administrators. The participants have expressed an interest in being a head coach at an NCAA college or university within their current division or in another NCAA division.

In addition to the Expert Coaches Academy, the NCAA Diversity and Inclusion group also directs the Future Coaches Academy for student-athletes, the Football Coaches Academy (less than eight years of experience) and the top tier most recently added program--the Champions Forum, which links participants from past Expert Coaches Academies with NCAA athletics directors who have hiring power and networks with other athletics directors. BYU defensive coordinator Jaime Hill was one of 11 past participants of the Expert Academy to be selected for this year's Champions Forum.

The coaches selected for the 2009 Expert Coaches Academy:

Olabaniji Abanishe, head football coach, Lincoln University (PA)

Robert Anae, offensive coordinator, Brigham Young University

Kurt Barber, defensive coordinator, Kentucky State University

Corey Batoon, assistant head coach/defensive coordinator, Northern Arizona University

Chennis Berry, offensive coordinator/o-line coach, North Carolina A&T University

Nigel Burton, defensive coordinator, University of Nevada

Stephon Healey, associate head coach, Bridgewater College

Eric Jackson, defensive backs coach, Princeton University

Shannon Jackson, defensive coordinator, Indiana State University

James Joe, assistant head football coach, Miles College

Michael Morand, co-offensive coordinator, North Carolina A&T University

Herbert Parham, assistant head coach/defensive coordinator, Morgan State University

Cedric Pearl, offensive coordinator, Alabama A&M University

Darrell Perkins, defensive backs/recruiting coordinator, University of Louisiana at Monroe

Frederick Reed, defensive coordinator, University of Buffalo

Payam Saadat, co-defensive coordinator, United States Military Academy

Chris Vaughn, recruiting coordinator/defensive assistant, University of Mississippi

Alexander Wood, defensive coordinator, Wayne State University

Sherman Wood, head football coach, Salisbury University