High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Chris Tormey (born May 1, 1955 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American football coach. Formerly the head coach at Idaho and Nevada, he is currently an assistant at Washington State, coaching the linebackers. Tormey was an assistant coach for 16 seasons at Washington, 1984–94 and 2004-08; he also spent two seasons as a UW graduate assistant (1980-81).