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Vikings assistant defensive line coach hired by Washington

By Chris Miller

February 3, 2015 at 12:22PM

Robb Akey, shown during his days as Idaho's head coach, is leaving his job as Vikings assistant defensive line coach to become defensive line coach of the Washington Redskins. (Randy Johnson — ASSOCIATED PRESS/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Vikings assistant defensive line coach Robb Akey has been hired by the Washington Redskins to be their defensive line coach.

Washington coach Jay Gruden added Akey to his staff today, the team reported via, of course, Twitter.

The interesting story of Akey's journey to the NFL was told in November by our own Mark Craig here.

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Chris Miller supervises coverage of professional sports teams. He has been at the Minnesota Star Tribune since 1999 and is a former sports editor of the Duluth News-Tribune and the Mesabi Daily News.