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Chris Tormey Scout.com Headlines:
Why Not Embrace Hope?
Things Can Only Get Better with Sarkisian
-by Scout.com Dec 15, 2008
Coach’s Corner
Searching for a New Beginning, or At Least It’s Almost Over
-by Scout.com Nov 28, 2008
Dawg Blog - Notre Dame
Updated Saturday 7:25 pm
-by Scout.com Oct 25, 2008
Dawg Blog - Oregon State
It's game day!!
-by Scout.com Oct 16, 2008
DawgmanRadio - Arizona
Grinolds, Fleenor and Fetters brave the elements and Tucson's finest to talk Dawgs
-by Scout.com Oct 5, 2008
Dawg Blog - Arizona
It's game time!!
-by Scout.com Oct 2, 2008
There is Undefeated and There’s Defeated
Stanford Adds Injury to Insult
-by Scout.com Oct 1, 2008
Dawg Blog - Stanford
It's game day!!
-by Scout.com Sep 27, 2008
Dawg Blog - Oklahoma
It's game time!!
-by Scout.com Sep 13, 2008
Dawg Blog - BYU
It's game time!!
-by Scout.com Sep 4, 2008
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Chris Tormey
Position: C
Birthplace: Spokane,  WA
High School: Gonzaga Prep School
(Spokane, WA)
College: Idaho


Biography:
Former head coach at Idaho and Nevada, going 49-54 during the past nine years ... guided the Vandals to their first bowl game in school history, the 1998 Humanitarian Bowl, and claimed a victory over favored Southern Mississippi ... In his first year in Moscow, he took Idaho to the 1995 NCAA I-AA playoffs ... Prior to his stay in Moscow, he was part of three straight Rose Bowl squads with the University of Washington, including the 1991 national championship team ... During his 11-year tenure as a position coach (1984-92) and then defensive coordinator (1993-94) for the Huskies, he was part of 10 bowl game squads ... Considered an outstanding recruiter, his signees include Napoleon Kaufman, an All-American and Washington’s all-time leading rusher; Rose Bowl MVP and pro bowl quarterback Mark Brunell and All-PAC-10 running back Rashaan Shehee, among many others ... Among his accomplishments were Big West Conference Coach of the Year in 1998 and also being named Big West/Mid-American/NCAA I-A Independent Coach of the Year by The Sporting News that year ... He helped the Vandals break school attendance records by averaging more than 25,000 per home game in his last season ... Tormey began his college coaching career in 1980 as a graduate assistant at Washington for two years, then took the defensive line coaching position at Idaho in 1982 for two years under head coach Dennis Erickson ... As a player, he was an All-Big Sky conference linebacker in 1976 and 1977 and lettered three years, missing 1975 due to a late-season injury in 1974 ... He also served as the Vandals’ team captain as a senior in 1977 and tried out for the Washington Redskins as a free agent in 1978 ... That spring he earned his bachelor’s degree in Education from Idaho and began coaching at his alma mater, Gonzaga Prep, in Spokane, Wash., where he also taught geography ... married to Kellie and has two daughters, Leah and Emily.