Unity High School Boys Basketball Coach

• 21 Years as UHS Assistant Principal and Principal.

• Akers coached the Unity High School boys’ basketball team during multiple periods in the 1980s and 1990s.

• Early 1980s:

  • 1981–82: 23–6 record

  • 1982–83: 16–11 record

  • 1983–84: 12–14 record

• Akers returned to lead the team again in the 1990s, including:

  • 1991–92 season

  • 1992–93: 22–6

  • 1993–94: 27–1

  • 1994–95: 27–4

  • 1995–96: 23–4

  • 1996–97: 22–7

  • Overall during this second period, his teams compiled 131 wins and 37 losses over six seasons — a very strong winning percentage (~78%).

Impact and Notable Achievements

• Under Akers’s leadership in the 1990s, Unity High School was a competitive state-level team in Illinois, consistently winning a high percentage of games and making playoff appearances.

• He coached players who went on to higher levels of basketball, including future NBA player Brian Cardinal, whom Akers coached at Unity before Cardinal became a standout at Purdue University.