Bobby Elliott was a hometown kid that joined the Hawkeye program after graduating from West High. He was a three year letter winner and graduated from Iowa as a candidate for a Rhodes Scholarship. However, he joined the Hawkeye coaching staff in 1976 as a Graduate Assistant for one season. He left to take over the Secondary Coaching duties as Kent state the following season. He left after one season to take the same position with Ball State in 1978 and took over as Defensive Coordinator in 1980. In 1981 he came back to his home state but joined the rival Cyclone program as their Secondary Coach. After two seasons, Elliott went to the other side of the ball and began coaching Wide Receivers and Tight Ends at North Carolina. He remained at North Carolina from 1983 through 1986 before he rejoined his alma mater and flipped back to defense. He began in 1987 as the Secondary Coach before adding the Defensive Coordinator title in 1996. In his final season with the Hawkeyes on Hayden Fry’s staff he was also the Assistant Head Coach. After a year away, Elliott headed back to Ames and in 2000 took over as Associate Head Coach, Secondary Coach and Special Teams Coach. He remained there for two seasons before joining the Kansas State coaching staff as the Defensive Coordinator in 2002. He held that position until 2006 when he was former Hawkeye Chuck Long’s first hire as Head Coach of San Diego State University. Elliott took the position of Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator as well as adding the Inside Linebackers to his responsibility in 2008. He remained at SDSU in the athletic department for a year then rejoined the Cyclone football program in 2010 as Secondary Coach and Recruiting Coordinator.