LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Los Angeles Rams have found their next offensive coordinator.
Kentucky offensive coordinator Liam Coen, who joined the program last year, is set to return to the NFL as the offensive coordinator for the Super Bowl champion Rams, according to a report from veteran NFL reporter Albert Breer. Coen came to Kentucky from Sean McVay’s Rams staff, where he previously served as assistant quarterbacks coach.
Coen replaces Kevin O’Connell, whom the Minnesota Vikings officially hired as their head coach after the Super Bowl.
The Rams also will bring in Greg Olson to their staff and give assistant head coach/running backs coach Thomas Brown additional responsibilities, according to the report.
In Coen’s one season at Kentucky, the Wildcats ranked 35th nationally in scoring offense (32.3 points per game) and 50th in total offense (424.1 yards per game). Those numbers represented dramatic improvements from the 2020 season when Kentucky ranked 107th in scoring offense (21.8…