Liam Coen Appreciates Sacrifices his Wife has Made for his Career

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Liam Coen with his wife and son after UK's 2021 bowl win.

Liam Coen came to Kentucky from the LA Rams for the 2021 season, helped UK win 10 games and then returned to the Rams for the 2022 season as offensive coordinator. However, he missed Kentucky and college football, so he came back this season.

He knows the strain that put on his wife, Ashley, and young son, Jackson, and that he is “extremely lucky” she understands his job.

“I probably wouldn’t be in the position I am now in life if it was not for my wife. She never was in the football space. She was extremely successful in what she was doing in life. She was making more money than I was in life when we met,” Coen said.

“I really learned from her. I learned how to be a man from my wife. It was hard. Her whole life was in California. Her friends, she was there for 12 years. Her mom is in Vegas. It was hard as a family to make that decision but she felt the same thing that I felt that this felt more like home. The people in Kentucky are just different.”

He still remembers coming to Kentucky in 2021 and his first meal in Lexington was at Texas Roadhouse.

“There were probably a lot of other steakhouses we could have gone to but she worked at a Texas Roadhouse in college. We went there and our waiter was the kindest waiter I have ever had,” Coen said. “You could tell that it was just something he enjoyed and loved to do and he was so kind.

“The people in this state, from what we felt as family, are so supportive. I am from Rhode Island and lived in California. Football ain’t that big. But I always wanted big. I begged my dad to move to Texas. That is what I grew up wanting to do. I read the book ‘Friday Night Lights.’ Not the movie or the show. He used to read that book to me when I was a kid.”

Coen said he always wanted to live where people love football and sports in general like they do in Kentucky.

“That’s why it will never get old being at a place that truly cares and is passionate about it. That’s what we love about Kentucky and why moving here was a no-brainer for us,” Coen said.

3 Responses

  1. THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE KENTUCKY TO LIVE.
    LEFT CONNECTICUT IN 1964 AND
    NEVER LOOKED BACK.
    LOVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SOOO FRIENDLY AND LOVE THE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.
    SO HAPPY THAT YOU DECIDED TO COME BACK .
    WELCOME HOME COACH😀

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