<P> Pete Rooney ( Benjamin King ) is married to Karen and is the father of Liv , Maddie , Joey , and Parker . He is the gym teacher at Ridgewood High and coach of the girls ' basketball team . Pete enjoys bringing competition into the home , often wearing his whistle and pushing Maddie to improve her basketball ability . Pete shows typical father characteristics , such as his misunderstandings of his daughters ' emotional development . He shares his sons ' creative mentality and becomes overprotective whenever Liv and Maddie have love interests . He also can disagree with Karen frequently , such as in `` Rate - a-Rooney '' , when he wants to get rid of useless house decorations of which Karen can not let go . In `` Ridgewood - a-Rooney '' , he becomes the coach of a college team in Beloit which Maddie later decides to attend in `` Dream - a-Rooney '' . As a result of Pete 's new job in `` Coach - a-Rooney '' , he was succeeded in the coaching of the girls ' basketball team by Mrs. Snodgrass . </P>
<P> Pete Rooney ( Benjamin King ) is married to Karen and is the father of Liv , Maddie , Joey , and Parker . He is the gym teacher at Ridgewood High and coach of the girls ' basketball team . Pete enjoys bringing competition into the home , often wearing his whistle and pushing Maddie to improve her basketball ability . Pete shows typical father characteristics , such as his misunderstandings of his daughters ' emotional development . He shares his sons ' creative mentality and becomes overprotective whenever Liv and Maddie have love interests . He also can disagree with Karen frequently , such as in `` Rate - a-Rooney '' , when he wants to get rid of useless house decorations of which Karen can not let go . In `` Ridgewood - a-Rooney '' , he becomes the coach of a college team in Beloit which Maddie later decides to attend in `` Dream - a-Rooney '' . As a result of Pete 's new job in `` Coach - a-Rooney '' , he was succeeded in the coaching of the girls ' basketball team by Mrs. Snodgrass . </P>
who plays the dad in liv and maddie
who plays the dad in liv and maddie
Benjamin King
Benjamin King