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Liam Coen

American football coach

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ99991561
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Liam Patrick Coen (born November 8, 1985) is an American professional football coach who is the head coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2024 season, as well as in 2022 for the Los Angeles Rams. Before that, Coen was an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky, University of Maine, UMass, University of Rhode Island, and Brown University.

Early life and playing career

Coen was born in Warwick, Rhode Island on November 8, 1985. He was raised in South Kingstown, Coen played for his father, Tim, at La Salle Academy in Providence where he was named Rhode Island's Gatorade Player of the Year. Coen also played quarterback at UMass from 2004 to 2008 where he was a four-year starter, wearing the jersey number 12 in honor of his favorite athlete, Tom Brady; he was roommates with future NFL wide receiver Victor Cruz.

Coen holds six of the eight UMass career passing records, the other two being career interceptions and career yards per game average. In 2022, he was inducted into UMass Athletics Hall of Fame.

Coen played two seasons of professional football. In July 2009, Coen signed with the Manchester Wolves of the af2 to serve as the team's backup quarterback for the playoffs.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 2024, 2022, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985-11-08. For this dossier, Liam, Coen and American is the immediate research focus.
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