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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name           = Rob Boras
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| caption        = 
| current_team   = Buffalo Bills
| position       = [[Tight ends coach]] <!-- [[Center (American and Canadian football)|Center]] -->
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1970|9|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Glen Ellyn, Illinois]]
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| high_school    = [[Glenbard West High School|Glen Ellyn (IL) Glenbard West]]
| college        = [[DePauw Tigers football|DePauw]]
| pastcoaching   = 
* [[DePauw Tigers football|DePauw]] (1992–1993)<br>Offensive line coach
* [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]  (1994–1997)<br>Assistant
* [[Benedictine Eagles football|Benedictine]] (1998)<br>Head coach
* [[UNLV Rebels football|UNLV]] (1999–2000)<br>Offensive line coach
* [[UNLV Rebels football|UNLV]] (2001–2003)<br>Offensive coordinator & offensive line coach
* [[Chicago Bears]] (2004–2009)<br>Tight ends coach
* [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] (2010–2011)<br>Tight ends coach
* [[St. Louis Rams]] (2012–2015)<br>Tight ends coach
* [[Los Angeles Rams|St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams]] (2015–2016)<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Buffalo Bills]] (2017–present)<br>Tight ends coach
| highlights     = 
| regular_record = NCAA: {{Winning percentage|3|7|record=y}}
| playoff_record = <!-- {{Winning percentage|ww|ll|record=y}} -->
| overall_record = <!-- {{Winning percentage|ww|ll|record=y}} -->
| pfrcoach       = BoraRo0
}}

'''Rob Boras''' (born September 30, 1970) is an [[American football]] coach who is the [[offensive coordinator|tight ends coach]] of the [[Buffalo Bills]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL).  He served as offensive coordinator of the [[Los Angeles Rams|St.Louis/Los Angeles Rams]] from 2015–2016 and as [[head coach]] at [[Benedictine Eagles football|Benedictine University]] in 1998, compiling an overall record of three wins and seven losses.  During his career, he has also been an assistant coach at [[DePauw Tigers football|DePauw]], [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]], [[UNLV Rebels football|UNLV]], as well as for the NFL's [[Chicago Bears]] and [[Jacksonville Jaguars]].

==Coaching career==
Boras started his coaching career at his alma mater, [[DePauw Tigers football|DePauw University]], as the [[offensive line]] coach. He then moved on to the [[University of Texas]] where he served in various coaching positions over four years with the [[Texas Longhorns football]] team. After further stints at [[Benedictine Eagles football|Benedictine University]] and [[UNLV Rebels football|UNLV]], Boras became the [[tight end]]s coach for the [[Chicago Bears]] in February 2004.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/12/sports/transactions-362514.html |title=Transactions |date=February 12, 2004 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=July 26, 2014 }}</ref> Boras was relieved of his duties with the Chicago Bears in January 2010 along with five other offensive coaches.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/bears/2010-01-05-lovie-smith_N.htm |title=Lovie Smith stays, but OC Ron Turner walks the plank for Bears |date=January 5, 2010 |work=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=July 26, 2014 }}</ref>

In February 2010, Boras was hired by the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] to succeed newly hired Chicago Bears' offensive line coach [[Mike Tice]] as tight ends coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/transactions?date=20100204 |title=Transactions |date=February 4, 2010 |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=July 26, 2014 }}</ref>

On December 7, 2015, Boras was promoted to offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams following the firing of Frank Cignetti Jr.<ref>https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/rams-fire-offensive-coordinator-frank-cignetti--rob-boras-promoted-204218400.html</ref> On February 25, 2016, Rob Boras was named permanent offensive coordinator for the [[Los Angeles Rams]].

On January 17, 2017, Boras was hired by the Buffalo Bills as the team's tight end coach.<ref>http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Bills-name-Rob-Boras-tight-ends-coach/ed69abbf-ec0f-4aa2-a804-e755d65271c5</ref>

==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Benedictine University|Benedictine Eagles]]
 | conf      = [[Illini-Badger Football Conference]]
 | startyear = 1998
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1998 NCAA Division III football season|1998]]
 | name         = Benedictine <ref>{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MFB2/B/Football_Men%27s_Division%20III_1998_296_Benedictine%20University%20%28Illinois%29.pdf |title=Final 1998 Division III Cumulative Football Statistics Report |work=NCAA.org |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |accessdate=July 26, 2014 }}</ref>
 | overall      = 3–7
 | conference   = 3–4
 | confstanding = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Benedictine
 | overall    = 3–7
 | confrecord = 3–4
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 3–7
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

==References==
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