Robert Bala

Robert Bala is an American college football coach. He is the Inside linebackers coach for the Washington Huskies.

Coaching career
Bala got his first coaching job in 2009 as the linebackers coach for Snow College. In 2011, Bala was hired by Palomar College to be the team's defensive coordinator. In 2014, Bala joined the Oakland Raiders as a linebackers coach and special teams intern, where after one season he returned to Palomar. In 2017, Bala was hired by Ottawa University in Arizona to be the team's special teams coordinator. In 2018, Bala was hired by his alma mater Southern Utah as the team's Cornerback's coach. Over the next few years, Bala was promoted in 2019 to coach the team's cornerbacks and be the co-special team's coordinator, and then in 2020 he was promoted as the team's safeties coach and defensive coordinator, and in 2021 he became the team's linebackers coach and defensive coordinator. In 2022, Bala was hired by the Liberty Flames to be a defensive analyst. For the 2023 season, Bala joined the Alabama Crimson Tide to coach the team's linebackers. After the conclusion of the 2023 season, Bala was not retained under new head coach Kalen DeBoer. After not being retained by Alabama, Bala would head to Western Michigan as the team's defensive coordinator.