Bob Ligashesky
Special Teams Coordinator at Wisconsin since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 42
- First season
- 1985
- Teams
- 16
Career
18 stints
1980s
- 1985Wake ForestGraduate Assistant
- 1986–1988Arizona StateGraduate Assistant
- 1989–1990Kent StateSpecial Teams CoordinatorOutside Linebackers
1990s
- 1991–1998Bowling GreenSpecial Teams CoordinatorLinebackers
- 1999Bowling GreenAssistant Head CoachSpecial Teams CoordinatorLinebackers
2000s
- 2000–2003PittsburghTight Ends
- 2004Jacksonville JaguarsSpecial Teams Coordinator
- 2005–2006St. Louis RamsSpecial Teams Coordinator
- 2007–2009Pittsburgh SteelersSpecial Teams Coordinator
2010s
- 2010Denver BroncosTight Ends
- 2011Oakland RaidersAssistant Coach
- 2012Tampa Bay BuccaneersSpecial Teams Coordinator
- 2013–2015Houston TexansSpecial Teams Coordinator
- 2016–2020IllinoisSpecial Teams CoordinatorTight Ends
2020s
- 2021Bowling GreenSpecial Teams Coordinator
- 2022–2023SyracuseSpecial Teams Coordinator
- 2024–2025MinnesotaSpecial Teams Coordinator
- 2026–presentWisconsinSpecial Teams Coordinator
Coaching tree
20 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
20
- 2026Luke FickellCoached under · Wisconsin
- 2024–2025P.J. FleckCoached under · Minnesota
- 2023Nunzio CampanileCoached under · Syracuse
- 2022–2023Dino BabersCoached under · Syracuse
- 2021Scot LoefflerCoached under · Bowling Green
- 2020Rod SmithCoached under · Illinois
- 2016–2020Lovie SmithCoached under · Illinois
- 2014–2015Bill O'BrienCoached under · Houston Texans
- 2012Greg SchianoCoached under · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2012Jeff HafleyCoached under · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2011Hue JacksonCoached under · Oakland Raiders
- 2010Josh McDanielsCoached under · Denver Broncos
- 2006Scott LinehanCoached under · St. Louis Rams
- 2004Jack Del RioCoached under · Jacksonville Jaguars
- 2000–2003Walt HarrisCoached under · Pittsburgh
5 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
18
- 2026Daniel Da PratoSucceeded by · Minnesota
- 2026Matt MitchellSucceeded · Wisconsin
- 2024James VollonoSucceeded by · Syracuse
- 2024Rob WengerSucceeded · Minnesota
- 2022Alex BayerSucceeded by · Bowling Green
- 2021Ben MillerSucceeded by · Illinois
- 2016Alex GoleshSucceeded · Illinois
- 2016Jeff HecklinskiSucceeded · Illinois
- 2013Dave WannstedtSucceeded by · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2012Keith BurnsSucceeded by · Oakland Raiders
- 2011Clancy BaroneSucceeded by · Denver Broncos
- 2010Clancy BaroneSucceeded · Denver Broncos
- 2007Al RobertsSucceeded by · St. Louis Rams
- 2005Mike StockSucceeded · St. Louis Rams
- 2004Pete RodriguezSucceeded by · Jacksonville Jaguars
3 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
42 seasons
- Bowling GreenCoordinator · 1991–202110
- IllinoisCoordinator · 2016–20205
- PittsburghPosition coach · 2000–20034
- Houston TexansCoordinator · 2013–20153
- Pittsburgh SteelersCoordinator · 2007–20093
- Arizona StateAnalyst · 1986–19883
- MinnesotaCoordinator · 2024–20252
- SyracuseCoordinator · 2022–20232
- St. Louis RamsCoordinator · 2005–20062
- Kent StateCoordinator · 1989–19902
- WisconsinCoordinator · 2026 · current1
- Tampa Bay BuccaneersCoordinator · 20121
- Oakland RaidersPosition coach · 20111
- Denver BroncosPosition coach · 20101
- Jacksonville JaguarsCoordinator · 20041
- Wake ForestAnalyst · 19851
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Bob Ligashesky. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.