University of Akron football coach Gerry Faust...

University of Akron football coach Gerry Faust learned Thursday he suffered a broken leg Monday when he was knocked down during kickoff drills by 6-3, 235-pound linebacker Darryl Robinson.

Team physicians George Mallo and Herb Thompson discovered the former Notre Dame coach had fractured his fibula bone right below the left knee after taking an X-ray of his leg, university spokesman Ken MacDonald said.

Faust injured his leg at the Zips practice field when Robinson ran into him only five minutes after the coach had delivered the junior starting linebacker a stern lecture about failing to attend classes, MacDonald said.