All Access with Tom Akers, head track and field coach: Akers follows brother’s path
Eastern head coach Tom Akers has led the Eastern men’s and women’s track field program since 1996. Akers is a graduate of Northern Iowa. (Jordan Boner/The Daily Eastern News)
All Access with Tom Akers, head track and field coach: Akers follows brother’s path
When Tom Akers, Eastern head coach and director of track and field, was in junior high school he was a three-sport athlete. Akers enjoyed playing basketball, football and track and field, but it was his brother Steve who really got him interested in continuing to compete in track and field.
