LudacrisFan
01-23-2005, 04:13 AM
ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Rams have hired Bob Ligashesky as special teams coach, replacing Mike Stock.
Ligashesky (pronounced lig-a-SHES-kee) will enter his second NFL season in 2005 after serving as the assistant special teams coach for Jacksonville last season. The Jaguars finished the 2004 season ranked sixth in the AFC (10th in the NFL) in punt return average with 9.6 yards per return, and third in the AFC (sixth in the NFL) in kickoff return average defense, allowing only 19.9 yards per opponent return. Jacksonville was also seventh in the AFC (10th in the NFL) in gross punting average with 42.8 yard per return, and sixth in the AFC (10th in the NFL) in net punting average allowed.
"He’s what I’m looking for in an assistant coach, with the passion for what he does, the high energy level,” Rams’ head coach Mike Martz said. “He’s a terrific teacher. He knows the details and the fundamentals of the kicking game."
Ligashesky, a Pittsburgh native, coached collegiately for 19 years prior to joining the Jaguars in 2004. He served as the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh from 2000-03, after spending the previous nine seasons (1991-99) at Bowling Green, coaching linebackers and special teams. Ligashesky was promoted to assistant head coach prior to the 1999 season with the Falcons.
Prior to Bowling Green, he coached the outside linebackers and worked with the special teams at Kent State for two years (1989-90), and was a graduate assistant at Arizona State from 1986-88, working with the outside linebackers and defensive line. Ligashesky began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Wake Forest in 1985.
Ligashesky (pronounced lig-a-SHES-kee) will enter his second NFL season in 2005 after serving as the assistant special teams coach for Jacksonville last season. The Jaguars finished the 2004 season ranked sixth in the AFC (10th in the NFL) in punt return average with 9.6 yards per return, and third in the AFC (sixth in the NFL) in kickoff return average defense, allowing only 19.9 yards per opponent return. Jacksonville was also seventh in the AFC (10th in the NFL) in gross punting average with 42.8 yard per return, and sixth in the AFC (10th in the NFL) in net punting average allowed.
"He’s what I’m looking for in an assistant coach, with the passion for what he does, the high energy level,” Rams’ head coach Mike Martz said. “He’s a terrific teacher. He knows the details and the fundamentals of the kicking game."
Ligashesky, a Pittsburgh native, coached collegiately for 19 years prior to joining the Jaguars in 2004. He served as the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh from 2000-03, after spending the previous nine seasons (1991-99) at Bowling Green, coaching linebackers and special teams. Ligashesky was promoted to assistant head coach prior to the 1999 season with the Falcons.
Prior to Bowling Green, he coached the outside linebackers and worked with the special teams at Kent State for two years (1989-90), and was a graduate assistant at Arizona State from 1986-88, working with the outside linebackers and defensive line. Ligashesky began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Wake Forest in 1985.