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Current position | |
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Title | Defensive analyst |
Team | Maryland |
Conference | Big Ten |
Biographical details | |
Born | Skokie, Illinois, U.S. | July 30, 1970
Playing career | |
1989–1991 | Towson |
Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1993–1996 | Towson (WR) |
1997–1999 | Towson (OC) |
2000 | Towson (AHC/OC) |
2001 | Catholic University |
2002–2004 | Connecticut (QB) |
2005 | Connecticut (QB/PGC) |
2006–2008 | Connecticut (OC/QB) |
2009–2022 | Towson |
2023-present | Maryland (defensive analyst) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 79–83 |
Tournaments | 3–3 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 CAA (2011, 2012*) | |
Awards | |
Eddie Robinson Award (2011) CAA Coach of the Year (2011) AFCA District Coach of the Year (2011) | |
Rob Ambrose (born July 30, 1970) is an American college football coach. From 2009 to 2022, he was head coach of the Towson Tigers football team of Towson University.[1] Ambrose was formerly the offensive coordinator of the UConn Huskies before being announced as Towson's head coach in December 2008. Ambrose played wide receiver for Towson in the early 1990s.[2] Ambrose was selected as the Top FCS Coach for the 2011 season. In 2013, Towson advanced to the FCS National Championship Game for the first time in school history. Ambrose played his high school ball at Maryland's Middletown High School.