Assistant coach Moe Ankney shares a light moment with participants at the UA's football camp, June 17, 1982. Jack Sheaffer / Arizona Daily Star file photo

Former UA coach Ankney survives emergency surgeryΒ 

Hunley’s coach at Arizona,Β Moe Ankney, the UA’s defensive coordinator from 1980-85, survived emergency heart surgery last week in Oregon. Ankney had a six-bypass surgery. After leaving Arizona to become head coach at Bowling Green, Ankney coached at Purdue, Minnesota, Missouri and in the Italian pro football league before retiring three years ago, at 70.Β 


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