Robert Anae Hometown: Lai'e, Hawaii Last College: BYU '86 Position: Offensive Line Coach Year at Arizona: Second; 26th overall

Anae joined the Arizona staff in January 2011 and was re-hired by Rich Rodriguez last December. He coaches the Wildcat offensive line.

An 18-year Division I coaching veteran, he brought extensive experience with the spread attack from stints at BYU and Texas Tech.

Anae was offensive coordinator and inside receivers coach at Brigham Young from 2005-10 and has a strong background in offensive football as a former BYU player under LaVell Edwards and five years spent in Lubbock, Texas, on then coach Mike Leach's staff from 2000-04

Anae began his coaching career as a graduate assistant working with the offensive line at Hawaii in 1986-87, working Dick Tomey's final season in Honolulu before he took the Arizona job. He then was a grad assistant for a pair of years at BYU in 1990 and 1991 before coaching the offensive line at Ricks College in Idaho from 1992-95.

He coached at Boise State and UNLV before joining the Tech staff. He was the line coach for Leach in five seasons, crossing paths with current UA assistant Dave Nichol, then a G.A. for Leach. Anae was a Frank Broyles Award nominee for assistant coach of the year in 2003.

He was born in Lai'e on Hawaii's north shore. He served a Mormon mission stateside in Tulsa, Okla. He graduated from BYU in 1986, took a master's degree in sociology from BYU in 1990 and earned his doctorate from Brigham Young in 1999 while serving as an assistant director in the BYU student-athlete center and NCAA Life Skills director. He is Arizona's first-ever football coach with a doctoral degree.

Anae and his wife, Liane, have two sons, Famika and Max, and a daughter, Penny. His son was a freshman lineman for the Cougars in 2010. Anae's father, Famika, and brothers Brad and Matt, also played football for BYU.

Anae's Coaching History
2011	Offensive Line, Arizon
2005-10	Offensive Coordinator, Inside Receivers, BYU
2000-04	Offensive Line, Texas Tech
1998	Offensive Line, running game coordinator, UNLV
1997	Offensive Line, UNLV
1996	Offensive Line, Boise State
1992-95	Offensive Line, Ricks College
1990-91	Offensive Line grad assistant, BYU
1986-87	Offensive Line coach, Hawaii
Anae in the Bowls
2010 	New Mexico Bowl, BYU coordinator
2009	 Las Vegas Bowl, BYU coordinator
2008 	Las Vegas Bowl, BYU coordinator
2007 	Las Vegas Bowl, BYU coordinator
2006 	Las Vegas Bowl, BYU coordinator
2005 	Las Vegas Bowl, BYU coordinator
2004 	Holiday Bowl, Texas Tech assistant
2003	 Houston Bowl, Texas Tech assistant
2002 	Tangerine Bowl, Texas Tech assistant
2001 	Alamo Bowl, Texas Tech assistant
2000 	Gallery Furniture Bowl, Texas Tech assistant
1992-95	Real Dairy Bowl, Ricks College assistant (4)
1991 	Holiday Bowl, BYU grad assistant
1990	Holiday Bowl, BYU grad assistant
1984 	Holiday Bowl, BYU player
1983 	Holiday Bowl, BYU player
1982 	Holiday Bowl, BYU player
1981 	Holiday Bowl, BYU player
ROBERT ANAE FILE
Pronunciation:	Uh-NIGH
College: 	Brigham Young `'86; M.S. Hawaii `90, Ph.D. BYU `99
Career: 	BYU 1981-84, offensive line
Family: 	Wife Liane, sons Famika Jr. and Max, daughter Penny
Recruits:       Northern Los Angeles, Utah, Hawaii, Arizona