Rob Spence (American football)

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Rob Spence
Current position
Title Offensive coordinator/Tight ends coach
Team Georgetown
Conference Patriot
Biographical details
Born (1958-10-10) October 10, 1958 (age 66)
Playing career
1978–1980 Iona
Position(s) Tight end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981 Pelham Memorial HS (NY) (OC)
1982 Iona Prep (NY) (OC)
1983Iona Prep (NY) (JV)
1984–1988Iona Prep (NY)
1989 Iona (OC)
1990 Hofstra (OC)
1991 Holy Cross (QB)
1992–1996 Maryland (assistant)
1997–1999Hofstra (OC/QB)
2000 Louisiana Tech (co-OC)
2001–2004 Toledo (OC/QB)
2005–2008 Clemson (OC/QB)
2009 Syracuse (OC)
2010 Temple (WR)
2011 Bethune–Cookman (OC)
2012–2013 Rutgers (QB)
2014–2015 Chattanooga Christian HS (TN)
2016 Chattanooga (WR)
2017 Morgan State (OC/QB)
2018–present Georgetown (OC)

Rob Spence (born October 10, 1958) is an American college football coach, currently serving as the offensive coordinator and tight ends coach of the Georgetown Hoyas.

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Playing career

Spence played tailback and receiver at Saint Andrews School in Middletown, Delaware, and tight end at Iona. He graduated with a degree in social work from Iona in 1981. [1]

Coaching career

Spence began his career as offensive coordinator at Pelham Memorial High School in Pelham, New York. After one season, he became offensive coordinator at Iona Preparatory School, and was later promoted to junior varsity coach and head coach. He then spent single seasons as offensive coordinator at Iona College and Hofstra, before joining Mark Duffner's staff at Holy Cross as quarterbacks coach. He moved with Duffner to Maryland from 1992 to 1996. After Maryland, Spence returned to Hofstra for three seasons as OC, then spent one season as co-offensive coordinator at Louisiana Tech. He then moved to Toledo as OC for four seasons. [2]

Spence was hired at Clemson for the 2005 season as head coach Tommy Bowden's fourth offensive coordinator in seven seasons. [3] He was fired by incoming coach Dabo Swinney after Bowden resigned six games into the 2008 season. [4]

After Clemson, Spence was OC at Syracuse for one season, wide receivers coach at Temple for one season, and OC at Bethune–Cookman for one season. He was then quarterbacks coach at Rutgers in 2014 and 2015 before becoming head coach at Chattanooga Christian School for 2016 and 2017. He had one-year stints at Chattanooga as quarterbacks coach and Morgan State as OC before assuming his current position as OC at Georgetown. [5]

References

  1. "Rob Spence". Temple Owls. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  2. "Clemson Hires Rob Spence as Offensive Coordinator, Quarterback Coach". Clemson Tigers. January 13, 2005. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  3. Solomon, Jon (January 3, 2005). "Spence coming to Clemson". The State . Columbia, SC. Archived from the original on May 15, 2025. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  4. Bernstein, Viv (October 14, 2008). "A.C.C. Notebook: The End of the Bowden Era". The New York Times . Archived from the original on April 5, 2025. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  5. "Rob Spence". Georgetown Hoyas. Archived from the original on May 15, 2025. Retrieved May 15, 2025.