Rob Likens
Associate Head Coach at SMU since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 34
- First season
- 1992
- Teams
- 10
Career
15 stints
1990s
- 1992North AlabamaRunning Backs
- 1993–1997North AlabamaWide Receivers
- 1998–2003TempleWide Receivers
2000s
- 2004–2005Southeast Missouri StateOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacksWide Receivers
- 2006–2009Central ConnecticutOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
2010s
- 2010–2012Louisiana TechAssistant Head CoachWide Receivers
- 2013–2014CaliforniaAssistant Head CoachPassing Game Coordinator
- 2015–2017KansasOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2017Arizona StateWide Receivers
- 2018–2019Arizona StateOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
2020s
Coaching tree
12 mentors, 0 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Mentors
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
15
- 2025–2026Rhett LashleeCoached under · SMU
- 2022–2023Rhett LashleeCoached under · SMU
- 2021Jess SimpsonCoached under · Miami
- 2020–2021Manny DiazCoached under · Miami
- 2018–2019Herm EdwardsCoached under · Arizona State
- 2017–2019Jordan SomervilleCoached under · Arizona State
- 2017Todd GrahamCoached under · Arizona State
- 2015–2017David BeatyCoached under · Kansas
- 2013–2014Sonny DykesCoached under · California
- 2010–2012Sonny DykesCoached under · Louisiana Tech
- 2006–2009Jeff McInerneyCoached under · Central Connecticut
- 2004–2005Tim BillingsCoached under · Southeast Missouri State
- 1998Ashley IngramCoached under · Temple
- 1998–2003Bobby WallaceCoached under · Temple
- 1992–1997Bobby WallaceCoached under · North Alabama
Succeeded
9
- 2022Frank PonceSucceeded by · Miami
- 2022Ra'Shaad SamplesSucceeded · SMU
- 2020Zak HillSucceeded by · Arizona State
- 2018Billy NapierSucceeded · Arizona State
- 2017Doug MeachamSucceeded by · Kansas
- 2015John ReaganSucceeded · Kansas
- 2015Mark TommerdahlSucceeded by · California
- 2013Kenwick ThompsonSucceeded · California
- 2013Matt MooreSucceeded by · Louisiana Tech
Tenure
34 seasons
- TemplePosition coach · 1998–20036
- North AlabamaPosition coach · 1992–19976
- SMUCoordinator · 2022–2026 · current4
- Central ConnecticutCoordinator · 2006–20094
- KansasCoordinator · 2015–20173
- Louisiana TechCoordinator · 2010–20123
- Arizona StateCoordinator · 2018–20192
- CaliforniaCoordinator · 2013–20142
- Southeast Missouri StateCoordinator · 2004–20052
- MiamiCoordinator · 20211
- MiamiPosition coach · 20201
- Arizona StatePosition coach · 20171
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Rob Likens. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.