[2] At first Akbaş wanted to become a basketball player, however as he missed the date of the qualification, found himself in volleyball.
[1] He began his technical staff career as a statistics coach at Galatasaray women's volleyball team in 2004, and continued until 2006.
His next post was the assistant coach of Lang Ping at Türk Telekom Ankara in the 2011–12 season.
[1] During his time in China, he received an offer from Vakıfbank women's team to serve as assistant coach of Giovanni Guidetti.
[1] In 2013, he became the assistant coach of Massimo Barbolini at Turkey women's national volleyball team.