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I haven't heard anything, and it seems kind of odd for Akina to be a DB coach for years and years and then suddenly decide he wants to do something else.

Actually, I think just the opposite is more likely.  Akina was accomplished and secure for a long time.  Then, the lightning bolt struck and he was cut loose from all that.  Stanford, wisely, picked him up.  But now he's looking at things  or has been forced by events to consider his future more broadly.  All the things that kept him in a comfortable , predictable view of the future got blown away at Texas.  He might not be looking favorably on the movable life of an assistant coach all over again  or he might figure what-the-hell and go for positions and responsibilities he'd ruled out previously.

[Redrum]

I haven't heard anything, and it seems kind of odd for Akina to be a DB coach for years and years and then suddenly decide he wants to do something else.

Actually, I think just the opposite is more likely.  Akina was accomplished and secure for a long time.  Then, the lightning bolt struck and he was cut loose from all that.  Stanford, wisely, picked him up.  But now he's looking at things  or has been forced by events to consider his future more broadly.  All the things that kept him in a comfortable , predictable view of the future got blown away at Texas.  He might not be looking favorably on the movable life of an assistant coach all over again  or he might figure what-the-hell and go for positions and responsibilities he'd ruled out previously.