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{{Short description|American football coach (born c. 1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Rob Keys
| image =
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| current_title = Kickers quality control
| current_team = [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]
| current_conference = [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
| current_record =
| birth_date = {{Circa|{{Birth year and age|1973}}}}
| birth_place = [[Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania|Jefferson, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| player_years1 = 1994–1995
| player_team1 = [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]
| player_positions =
| alma_mater = [[West Virginia University]] (1996, 1998)<br/>[[Marine Military Academy]]
| coach_years1 = 1996–1998
| coach_team1 = [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]] ([[Graduate assistant|GA]])
| coach_years2 = 1999
| coach_team2 = [[Glenville State Pioneers football|Glenville State]] (co-[[Defensive coordinator|DC]]/ST/DB)
| coach_years3 = 2000–2004
| coach_team3 = [[Findlay Oilers football|Findlay]] (co-DC/ST/DB)
| coach_years4 = 2005
| coach_team4 = [[Indiana State Sycamores football|Indiana State]] (ST/S)
| coach_years5 = 2006–2009
| coach_team5 = [[Slippery Rock football|Slippery Rock]] (ST/DB)
| coach_years6 = 2010
| coach_team6 = [[New Hampshire Wildcats football|New Hampshire]] (DB)
| coach_years7 = 2011–2021
| coach_team7 = Findlay
| coach_years8 = 2022–present
| coach_team8 = [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] (KQC)
| overall_record = 66–42
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 1–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
| championships = 1 [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference|G-MAC]] (2021)*
| awards = '''As coach'''
* [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference|G-MAC]] Coach of the Year (2021)
* [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] Region Three Coach of the Year (2021)
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}}
'''Robert Keys''' (born {{Circa|1973}}) is an American [[college football]] coach. He is the kicking [[quality control coach]] for [[Ohio State University]], a position he has held since 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rob Keys - Quality Control - Kicking - Football Coaches - Ohio State |url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/rob-keys/989 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Ohio State |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=rick |date=2022-04-20 |title=Findlay HC Rob Keys Joins OSU Staff |url=https://www.elevenwarriors.com/forum/ohio-state-football/2022/04/130503/findlay-hc-rob-keys-joins-osu-staff |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Eleven Warriors |language=en}}</ref> He was the head football coach for the [[University of Findlay]] from 2011 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Findlay |url=https://athletics.findlay.edu/sports/fball/coaches/Rob_Keys |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Findlay |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Findlay loses its Keys — to Ohio State |url=https://thecourier.com/news/382358/university-of-findlay-loses-its-keys-to-ohio-state/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=thecourier.com |language=en}}</ref> He also coached for [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]], [[Glenville State Pioneers football|Glenville State]], [[Indiana State Sycamores football|Indiana State]], [[Slippery Rock football|Slippery Rock]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rob Keys - Football Coach |url=https://rockathletics.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/rob-keys/75 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Slippery Rock University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> and [[New Hampshire Wildcats football|New Hampshire]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2010-12-16 |title=Rob Keys Hired As New UF Football Coach |url=https://www.gliac.org/sports/fball/2010-11/news/UF_Keys_FB_Hire |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Findlay names Rob Keys as head football coach |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/college/2010/12/17/Findlay-names-Rob-Keys-as-head-football-coach/stories/201012170056 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=The Blade |language=en}}</ref> He played [[college football]] for West Virginia.
==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = AFCA }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Findlay Oilers football|Findlay Oilers]]
| conf      = [[Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 2011
| endyear   = 2016
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[2011 NCAA Division II football season|2011]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 6–5
| conference   = 6–4
| confstanding = T–3rd <small>(South)</small>
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
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| ranking      =
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[2012 NCAA Division II football season|2012]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 7–3
| conference   = 7–3
| confstanding = T–2nd <small>(South)</small>
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      =
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[2013 NCAA Division II football season|2013]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 8–3
| conference   = 6–3
| confstanding = 2nd <small>(South)</small>
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      =
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[2014 NCAA Division II football season|2014]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 5–6
| conference   = 4–6
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      =
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[2015 NCAA Division II football season|2015]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 6–5
| conference   = 5–5
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      =
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[2016 NCAA Division II football season|2016]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 6–5
| conference   = 6–5
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      =
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Findlay Oilers football|Findlay Oilers]]
| conf      = [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 2017
| endyear   = 2021
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[2017 NCAA Division II football season|2017]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 10–3
| conference   = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname     = Division II Second Round
| bowloutcome  = L
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = 22
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[2018 NCAA Division II football season|2018]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 8–3
| conference   = 6–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      =
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[2019 NCAA Division II football season|2019]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 7–4
| conference   = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      =
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[2020–21 NCAA Division II football season|2020–21]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 3–2*
| conference   = 3–2*
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      =
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year         = [[2021 NCAA Division II football season|2021]]
| name         = Findlay
| overall      = 0–3*
| conference   = 0–1*
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname     = Division II First Round*<br>(Appearance vacated)
| bowloutcome  = L
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      =
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = Findlay
| overall    = 66–42
| confrecord = 54—34
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall  = 66–42
| bowls    = no
| poll     = no
| polltype =
| legend   =
}}*Wins vacated in 2023 due to NCAA Infractions
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://athletics.findlay.edu/sports/fball/coaches/Rob_Keys Findlay profile]
* [https://rockathletics.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/rob-keys/75 Slippery Rock profile]
* [https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/rob-keys/989 Ohio State profile]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:1970s births]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Coaches of American football from Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:People from Greene County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:West Virginia University alumni]]
[[Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football players]]
[[Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football coaches]]
[[Category:Glenville State Pioneers football coaches]]
[[Category:Findlay Oilers football coaches]]
[[Category:Indiana State Sycamores football coaches]]
[[Category:Slippery Rock football coaches]]
[[Category:New Hampshire Wildcats football coaches]]
[[Category:Ohio State Buckeyes football coaches]]
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