On this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber we look back on the career of the first head baseball coach of the Northern Kentucky University Norse Bill Aker. I take some excerpts from past episodes and some bonus content to remember the who built the NKU baseball from the ground up. Coach Akes was a hard working coach who was a no nonsense guy that has the ability to relate with his players and get them to win for him and the program. We start with former sports information director and longtime NKU historian Rick Meyers. Rick joined us on episode number 13 of Nobody’s Safe and one of the subjects was Coach Aker starting the program and his early success on the field. Click here to listen to that entire episode in its entirety. Jeff Hetzer played for Coach Aker at Northern Kentucky for two seasons in the mid-1990’s. He was also an assistant coach the staff before eventually taking over as the head coach at Thomas More University. In episode number 18 of Nobody’s Safe, “Hetz” tells some great Bill Aker stories including how “Akes” helped him get the Saints head coaching job at just 26-years of age. Click here to listen to that entire episode in its entirety. Terry Connor is the athletic director at Thomas More University and the son of legendary Saints head baseball and basketball coach Jim Connor. The elder Connor was not only a great friend of Coach Akes but also a rival on the field. In episode number 11 of Nobody’s Safe, Terry talks about the friendship between these two coaching icons. Click here to listen to that entire episode in its entirety. Chris Hook played and coached for Coach Aker at Northern Kentucky University. He is on of a few select few Norse alumni to make it the big leagues, pitching for the San Francisco Giants and now coaching for the Milwaukee Brewers. In episode number 25 of Nobody’s Safe, “Hooky” talks about his love and respect for Coach Aker including getting emotional telling a story about getting himself ejected from a game when he felt Coach Aker was being disrespected by an umpire. Click here to listen to that entire episode in its entirety. Next, he break out a sound clip from the old NKU Sports Show where Brady interviewed NKU head baseball coach Todd Asalon about Coach Aker and how much he has meant to him as a mentor and as a man. You can follow the NKU athletics department on Twitter @NKUNorse and the men’s basketball program @NKUNorseBSB. You can follow Brady Laber on Twitter @BradyLaber1 please use the hashtag #NobodysSafe Check out the Nobody’s Safe website at nobodysssafe.fireside.fm to listen to all episodes on demand and in their entirety. For more information on Stove Leg Media go the website StoveLeg.com or send an email to Podcasts@stoveleg.com Intro music for the podcast was provided by bensoud.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices