Rob Likens (born September 5, 1967) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

coach who is currently the wide receivers coach at

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. He is the former

offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of an American football or Canadian football team who is in charge of the team's offense. Generally, along with the defensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator, this coach re ...

and

quarterbacks coach In American football, a position coach is a team official in charge of coaching a specific position group. Position coaches have more specialized duties than the head coach, assistant coach, and the offensive and defensive coordinators. Common ...

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

. Likens was born in

Warren, Ohio Warren is a city in and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Ohio, Warren lies approximately northwest of Youngstown and southeast of Cleveland. The population was 39,201 at the 2020 census. The his ...

and attended

Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Unive ...

. He began his coaching career in 1992, joining the

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as running backs coach. He switched to coaching North Alabama's wide receivers coach in 1993. He left North Alabama in 1998, joining the

Temple Owls The Temple Owls are the athletic teams that represent Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The current athletic director is Arthur Johnson. The owl has been the symbol and mascot for Temple University since its founding in the 18 ...

as a wide receivers coach. He left Temple in 2004, accepting a job as wide receivers coach, quarterbacks coach, and offensive coordinator for the

Southeast Missouri State Redhawks The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks are the athletic teams of Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO), located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. The Redhawks athletic program is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and comp ...

. He was there until 2005, leaving to join the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He left Central Connecticut in 2009 when he was hired by

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters, commonly abbreviated La. Tech and Dawgs, refer to the sports teams of Louisiana Tech University, in Ruston, Louisiana. The teams compete in Division I of NCAA sports. Since 2013, Louisiana Tech has been ...

as assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach. He followed

Sonny Dykes Daniel "Sonny" Dykes (born November 9, 1969) is an American football coach, and a former college baseball player. He is currently the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU), and previously served in the same role at Southern Meth ...

to the

California Golden Bears The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as ''California'' or ''Cal'', the university fields 30 varsity athletic programs and various club te ...

as an assistant head coach and outside receivers coach. In 2014, he was named passing game coordinator. He then accepted a job offer as the offensive coordinator for the

Kansas Jayhawks The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as simply KU or Kansas, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a mem ...

. He was at Kansas for two seasons before accepting a position with

Arizona State Sun Devils The Arizona State Sun Devils are the athletic teams that represent Arizona State University. ASU has nine men's and eleven women's varsity teams competing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member o ...

as wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. In 2018, he was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. In December 2019, he left Arizona State to join

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...

as the Wide receivers coach In December 2021, he left Miami to join SMU as the Assistant To Head Coach & Wide Receivers coach .

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Arizona State profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Likens, Rob 1967 births Living people Arizona State Sun Devils football coaches California Golden Bears football coaches Central Connecticut Blue Devils football coaches Kansas Jayhawks football coaches Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football coaches North Alabama Lions football coaches Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football coaches Temple Owls football coaches Mississippi State University alumni University of North Alabama alumni Sportspeople from Warren, Ohio