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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 4086861, member: 6809"] Didn't know if any of his "stats"/ "coaching career" were posted yet, apologies if this is a repeat - Bob has been around! [IMG alt="Bob Ligashesky"]https://bgsufalcons.com/images/2021/5/12/Ligashesky_Bob.jpg?width=300[/IMG] [HEADING=1]BOB LIGASHESKY[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]TITLE Special Teams Coordinator (Safeties) [*]EMAIL [EMAIL]falconrecruit@bgsu.edu[/EMAIL] [*]PHONE 419-372-7083 [/LIST] Bringing 36 years of coaching experience, Bob Ligashesky was named Special Teams Coordinator and Safeties Coach in March, 2021. He adds another veteran presence to an already experienced and knowledgeable staff. He has worked on seven NFL staffs as well as Power Five programs at Pittsburgh and Illinois. He has experience in the MAC, serving as outside linebackers coach and special teams coach at Kent State along with his time at BGSU. Ligashesky was also a graduate assistant at Wake Forest and Arizona State. Ligashesky most recently coached Blake Hayes to the 2019 Big Ten Punter of the Year award. Kicker Chase McLaughlin was the 2018 Bakken-Anderson Big Ten Kicker of the Year after tying for the FBS lead with nine 40+ field goals made and ranking second in the FBS with four 50+ yard field goals. He ended his career ranked first in Illinois history with five 50+ yard field goals, tied for first with perfect extra point accuracy, fourth in field goals made and fourth in field goal accuracy. Ligashesky spent the first 19 years of his coaching career in college football before spending the next 12 seasons in the NFL. He won a Super Bowl as Special Teams Coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008 and led outstanding units in Houston and Tampa Bay, where the Buccaneers led the NFL with four blocked punts. Following a two-year stop at Kent State as outside linebackers/special teams coach, Ligashesky came to Bowling Green in 1991. He initially served as outside linebackers coach until adding the role of special teams coordinator from 1996-98. He was named assistant head coach in 1999 before moving on to the NFL. Under first year head coach Gary Blackney, Ligashesky made an immediate impact on the Falcons in 1991. The program improved from 3-5-2 to 11-1 in just one season. The Falcons then went 10-2 in 1992 and were 9-2 in 1994. The program went 58-41-2 in his nine seasons, winning a pair of MAC Championships (1991 and 1992). The Pittsburgh-area native graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) with a degree in sport management, where he was a defensive back and three-year letterman (1982-84). He and his wife, Shelley, have on daughter, Sydney, who was born in 2009. [B]LIGASHESKY'S COACHING CAREER[/B] 2021-pr: Bowling Green (Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties) 2018-20: Illinois (Special Teams Coodinator) 2016-17: Illinois (Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends) 2014-15: Houston Texans (Special Teams Coordinator) 2013: Houston Texans (Interim Special Teams Coordinator/Special Teams Assistant) 2012: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties) 2011: Oakland Raiders (Special Teams Assistant) 2010: Denver Broncos (Tight Ends) 2007-09: Pittsburgh Steelers (Special Teams Coordinator) 2005-06: St. Louis Rams (Special Teams Coordinator) 2004: Jacksonville Jaguars (Assistant Special Teams Coach) 2000-03: Pittsburgh (Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator) 1999: Bowling Green (Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers/Special Teams) 1991-98: Bowling Green (Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator) 1989-90: Kent State (Outside Linebackers/Special Teams Coach) 1986-88: Arizona State (Graduate Assistant) 1985: Wake Forest (Graduate Assistant) [/QUOTE]

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