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Chris Tormey
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Christopher Joseph Tormey (born May 1, 1955) is a former American football coach.
Formerly the head coach at and Nevada and Idaho, his alma mater, Tormey was an assistant coach for 16 seasons at Washington (1984–94 & 2004–08); he also spent two seasons there as a graduate assistant (1980–81). He returned to the high school level in 2014 as the head coach at South Whidbey in Langley, Washington. then moved up to CFL as an assistant in 2015.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Tormey grew up in Spokane, Washington, where he played high school football at Gonzaga Prep under longtime head coach Bill Frazier (1908–2000). All-city as a junior in 1971, a mid-season knee injury in 1972 ended his high school career early.
After graduation in 1973, he played college football at the University of Idaho in Moscow, to the south. Tormey had a standout sophomore season in 1974 for the Vandals under first-year head coach Ed Troxel, but incurred a knee injury in final game of the season which required surgery.
Tormey redshirted in 1975, and returned in 1976 and was named the team's outstanding defensive player. He was all-conference (Big Sky) in 1976 at defensive end and at outside linebacker in 1977; Idaho changed from a five-man defensive line to a 4–3 defense after the 1976 season. Tormey was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, and completed his bachelor's degree in education in 1978.
Tormey had a brief stop with the Washington Redskins of the NFL in July 1978, then began his coaching career as a high school assistant back at Gonzaga Prep in Spokane, where he also taught geography. In 1980, his collegiate coaching career began as a graduate assistant at Washington in Seattle, a position he left in 1982 to coach the defensive line at his alma mater in Moscow, serving under newly hired Idaho Vandals' head coach Dennis Erickson.
After two years on the Palouse, Tormey returned to the Huskies in Seattle for eleven seasons, 1984–94, coaching tight ends, linebackers, and the secondary for Don James and Jim Lambright.
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