Robby LaPlante has been coaching Special Teams in Arizona for over 7 years. He started at Apollo High School and has been at Desert Ridge High School in Mesa, AZ for 11 years now. He has helped numerous specialist reach the next level and continues to do so as a Kohl's Regional Coach in the Southtwest
Robby played in high school and was voted ALL-LA Times in 1999, ALL - AV Press and state honors. He holds multiple records at Lancaster High in California.
Robby and his wife are both teachers in Mesa, AZ and he has a 7 year old daughter and a 5 year old son.
With three kickers overall taken in the NFL Draft, the sixth round was a big one. All with similar attributes, when the first was selected, other teams knew they had to act fast. Within the span of ten draft picks, all three top kickers on draft boards were taken by teams looking for a kicker.
36 of the last 46 NFL drafted specialists over the past 10 years have been Kohl's attendees. Here's a look at all 44 Kohl's athletes taken in the NFL Draft and how involved they were with the Kohl's Staff.
