OGDEN, Utah-Weber State football head coach Jay Hill announced the hiring of Robert Conley as a new assistant coach with the Wildcats Wednesday.
Conley, a former University of Utah guard (2005-2008), comes to the Weber State program with 10 years of coaching experience. Conley started 42 consecutive games for the Utes and played in 50 of 51 career games overall. Conley’s durability helped him earn all-Mountain West Conference honors three times, including first-team honors during his senior season in 2008.
During his senior campaign, Conley served as a team co-captain, helping to lead the Utes to an undefeated campaign and a victory over Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.
Conley spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Port Arthur Memorial High School (Texas). In addition to his time spent with the Titans, Conley has also has several years of coaching experience in college football.
He commenced his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Midwestern State University and later served as a graduate assistant at Utah State in 2011.
He later spent three seasons at Utah as a graduate assistant coach. During this time, he coached on the offensive side of the ball for two seasons and spent the 2014 season as a linebackers coach under defensive coordinator Kalani Sitake.
He also spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Texas-Permian Basin (offensive line coach/recruiting coordinator) and was the offensive analyst for the 2017 season at the University of Houston.
Conley graduated from Utah with a degree in Economics in 2008 and a master’s degree in sports management in 2014.
