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Football
Gribbin, Kory
Kory Gribbin
- Title:
- Tight Ends | H-Backs | Assistant Special Teams Coordinator
- Email:
- kgribbin@uakron.edu
- Phone:
- (330) 972-7466
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Kory Gribbin moves into a fulltime coaching role in 2018 after spending the last three seasons with the Zips. He serves as the tight ends/H-backs coach and assists with special teams.
“I am incredibly grateful to Coach Bowden for granting me the opportunity to work alongside him and his staff,” Gribbin said. “I look forward to continuing to build on the culture of excellence that Coach Bowden has put in place here at the University of Akron. The 2018 team is a special group of players that I am eager to see flourish in the upcoming season.”
Gribbin joined Akron in 2015 as a defensive graduate assistant coach where he helped with the linebackers and defensive backs for two seasons. Upon graduation, Gribbin moved into quality control for the Zips’ offense for the 2017 season before his promotion to tight ends coach in spring 2018.
Gribbin began his collegiate coaching career at St. Lawrence University where he coached the defensive backs and returners on special teams. Gribbin tutored All-American Honorable Mention CB Leondre Simmons, All-Region S James Holley-Grisham, and All-League S Evan Lapice. During his tenure, the Saints were the No. 1 ranked nationally pass defense, fewest passing yards allowed, and defensive passing efficiency in Division III.
A two-year letterwinner at Westminster College, Gribbin played wide receiver and worked on the return unit. Named the 2013 Unsung Male Athlete of the Year, he was named to the 2014 All-PAC Academic Honor Roll and the 2013 Titan Leadership Council.
A native of Gibsonia, Pa., Gribbin earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Westminster in 2014. He earned a master’s degree in sport science/administration from Akron in 2016.
Gribbin, 27 (born April 4, 1991), and his wife Jenny Rodgers were married in July 2018.
Gribbin’s Year-By-Year Coaching Experience
2014 St. Lawrence (defensive backs | returners)
2015-16 Akron (graduate assistant)
2017 Akron (offensive quality control)
2018- Akron (tight ends | H-backs | assistant special teams coordinator)
Kory Gribbin moves into a fulltime coaching role in 2018 after spending the last three seasons with the Zips. He serves as the tight ends/H-backs coach and assists with special teams.
“I am incredibly grateful to Coach Bowden for granting me the opportunity to work alongside him and his staff,” Gribbin said. “I look forward to continuing to build on the culture of excellence that Coach Bowden has put in place here at the University of Akron. The 2018 team is a special group of players that I am eager to see flourish in the upcoming season.”
Gribbin joined Akron in 2015 as a defensive graduate assistant coach where he helped with the linebackers and defensive backs for two seasons. Upon graduation, Gribbin moved into quality control for the Zips’ offense for the 2017 season before his promotion to tight ends coach in spring 2018.
Gribbin began his collegiate coaching career at St. Lawrence University where he coached the defensive backs and returners on special teams. Gribbin tutored All-American Honorable Mention CB Leondre Simmons, All-Region S James Holley-Grisham, and All-League S Evan Lapice. During his tenure, the Saints were the No. 1 ranked nationally pass defense, fewest passing yards allowed, and defensive passing efficiency in Division III.
A two-year letterwinner at Westminster College, Gribbin played wide receiver and worked on the return unit. Named the 2013 Unsung Male Athlete of the Year, he was named to the 2014 All-PAC Academic Honor Roll and the 2013 Titan Leadership Council.
A native of Gibsonia, Pa., Gribbin earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Westminster in 2014. He earned a master’s degree in sport science/administration from Akron in 2016.
Gribbin, 27 (born April 4, 1991), and his wife Jenny Rodgers were married in July 2018.
Gribbin’s Year-By-Year Coaching Experience
2014 St. Lawrence (defensive backs | returners)
2015-16 Akron (graduate assistant)
2017 Akron (offensive quality control)
2018- Akron (tight ends | H-backs | assistant special teams coordinator)
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