Bob Diaco

Who is Bob Diaco?

Bob Diaco is the current head coach of the Connecticut Huskies football team. He has previously been a coach at Western Illinois, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Virginia, Cincinnati, and Notre Dame. He played college football at Iowa.

In December of 2013, Diaco agreed to become the head coach at the University of Connecticut, and was replaced at Notre Dame by Brian VanGorder.

Diaco was awarded the Broyles Award in 2012, which recognizes the top assistant coach in college football. He already has been a semi-finalist in 2011.

He played college football at the University of Iowa, under head coach Hayden Fry, who described Diaco as "extremely tough, very intelligent". Diaco was teammates with Mike Devlin, Scott Slutzker, Danan Hughes, and Mike Wells.