:Keith Rowen

{{Short description|American football coach (born 1952)}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2010}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|9|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

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| college = Stanford

| draftyear = 1975

| draftround = 11

| draftpick = 273

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Keith Rowen (born September 2, 1952) is an American football coach. He served as the offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals in 2005 until he was fired in October 2006 the day after the Cardinals lost to the Bears after leading by 20 points. He then moved to Atlanta, where he was the Falcons' tight end coach for the 2007 season, before moving to San Francisco for an office job with the Oakland Raiders.{{Cite web |title=Former aide Rowen rejoins Raiders | date=May 29, 2008 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/28/SPLD10VAM2.DTL |access-date=August 22, 2016}}

As a player, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles as a guard in the 11th round of the 1975 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1975 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1975.htm |access-date=August 22, 2016}}

Rowen is the son of Vic Rowen, who was the head coach at San Francisco State University from 1961 to 1989.

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