QBFG Academy

Coach Ry

Coach Ry Akana is the founder and head coach of the Quarterback Field General Academy (QBFG). QBFG Academy has helped many young men learn to correctly play the quarterback position, develop their QB skills and hone their QB I.Q. He also volunteers as the quarterbacks coach at Russell Wilsons' Passing Academy camps in Seattle and Portland. He also coaches the middle school and prep quarterbacks at USA Footballs' U.S National Development camp, and at FBU's (Football University) Regional camps in Seattle.

Coach Ry is originally from the beautiful island of Molokai in Hawaii. He moved his family to the Pacific Northwest in 1993. For the last 29 years, he has been coaching football in the Bellevue area, at the youth and high school levels.

He has coached every position, both offensively and defensively. But, his real passion lies in coaching the quarterback position.

He started the QBFG Academy, after having had the opportunity to intern with the "QB Guru" George Whitfield. George is credited for further developing the QB I.Q, skills and talents of collegiate and NFL quarterbacks such as Cam Newton, Jameis Winston, Andrew Luck, Johnny Manziel, Connor Cook and Josh Rosen. Ry, learned a great deal from shadowing George at his "Black Ops" camps, and at his "Slay On" tour in Seattle. More than just chasing quarterbacks around the field with a broom, George

Coach Ry with Superbowl XLVIII champion quarterback

Russell Wilson at his inaugural camp in Seattle.

Coach Ry with George Whitfield., at the "Slay On" Tour

camp in Seattle.

Whitfield is an innovator at developing the quarterbacks "Sixth Sense", with his unconventional, but clearly proven, training methods.

In 2022, Coach Ry was invited by Galu Tagovailoa to be on staff as a quarterbacks coach, at the 2022 Polynesian Bowl combine held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Polynesian Bowl holds its annual combine to select worthy players to participate in the coveted Polynesian Bowl held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Galu is also the owner and head coach at Raising Champions, LLC. His organizations develops quarterbacks and athletes through its core foundation values of; family, faith and Culture.

Galu's two sons, Tua (current NFL QB for the Miami Dolphins) and Taulia (current NCAA QB for the Maryland Terapins). Both, are products of the vision and exceptional skills training given by their father.

Coach Ry is most proud of the one element of the QBFG Academy, which he deems and believes prepares young men to become better prepared leaders, on and off the field. Understanding the natural leadership qualities inherent at the quarterback position, Coach Ry saw an opportunity to create a leadership model that would help young men get a better understanding on how to be a more effective leader, at an earlier stage in a young man's life. Leadership Alliance is that model.

Coach Ry with Galu Tagovailoa at the 2022 Polynesian Bowl combine in Las Vegas. Galu is the owner and head coach of

Rasing Champions, LLC and proud father of Tua & Taulia Tagovailoa

The Leadership Alliance model goes through all the different leadership styles, identifies leadership types, and how to best utilize their given personalities to be more effective leaders. Through the leadership alliance course, they become part of the "Leadership Alliance" fraternity. This quarterback brotherhood allows them to stay in touch wth one another, talk about their challenges and successes, and help each other grow. As they grow and learn, it is our belief that these learned kills will aid them as they progress through life.

Contact Coach Ry

Ph: (425) 269-8836

email: coachry@qbfgacademy.com

Twitter: @coachryakana

Instagram: @coachryakana

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Coach Akana

Coach Stanton Akana is the recruiter and camp director for the QBFG Academy. He primarily oversees the recruitment of talent for QB training. He handles all logistics for Boot Camps, Jr. Field General Quarterback camps, Intermediate Core Training (I.CT), Advanced Field Training (A.F.T) & OFFCON 6 Training models.

As a defensive coach and coordinator, Coach Akana is influential in helping design drills in our "Mayhem Training", to better help our QB's see and react to tough, complex defenses they will actually see on the field of play.

Stanton attended High School at Kamehameha Schools and was a three-sport Letterman in

Football, Basketball, and Baseball where he was a 1st- team All - I.L.H. Linebacker, 1st team All-State Linebacker, and Prep All-American. Was on two State Championship teams his junior and senior years. Went on to play football at Ricks College where he was a two time All-American as a linebacker. Moved on to BYU and played linebacker.

Graduated from BYU in education and has been teaching for the past 25 years. Has been coaching football for 25 years between Timpview, Provo, Orem, and Timpanogos high schools.

Currently, he is the Outside linebackers coach at Wasatch H.S in Heber City, UT.

Coach Rooney

Coach Patrick Rooney is from Bellevue, WA. He attended Sammamish high school from 2003-2007. In 2007, Patrick received 2nd team All-Kingco honors at quarterback.

Patrick went on to play collegiate football at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps college in California. He played quarterback there from 2008-2011. Patrick obtained his college degree in business finance, and works as a accountant for a national firm in Seattle.

Coach Rooney loves sharing the experiences he gained playing the position of quarterback, with the youth.