Garrett Riley
{{Short description|American football coach (born 1989)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Garrett Riley
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| current_title = Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach
| current_team = Clemson
| current_conference = ACC
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|9|11}}
| birth_place = Muleshoe, Texas, U.S.
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| alma_mater = {{college|Texas Tech}} (2012)
| player_years1 = 2008–2009
| player_team1 = Texas Tech
| player_years2 = 2010
| player_team2 = Stephen F. Austin
| player_positions = Quarterback
| coach_years1 = 2011
| coach_team1 = Roosevelt HS (TX) (QB)
| coach_years2 = 2012
| coach_team2 = Augustana (IL) (RB)
| coach_years3 = 2013–2014
| coach_team3 = East Carolina (GA)
| coach_years4 = 2015
| coach_team4 = East Carolina (OWR)
| coach_years5 = 2016
| coach_team5 = Kansas (OA)
| coach_years6 = 2017
| coach_team6 = Kansas (QB)
| coach_years7 = 2018
| coach_team7 = Kansas (TE/FB)
| coach_years8 = 2019
| coach_team8 = Appalachian State (RB)
| coach_years9 = 2020–2021
| coach_years10 = 2022
| coach_team10 = TCU (OC/QB)
| coach_years11 = 2023–present
| coach_team11 = Clemson (OC/QB)
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| awards = {{plainlist|
- Broyles Award (2022)
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Garrett Travis Riley (born September 11, 1989) is an American football coach who is currently the offensive coordinator at Clemson University. He was previously the offensive coordinator at Texas Christian University.
Coaching career
A native of Muleshoe, Texas, Riley began his coaching career at Roosevelt High School in Lubbock, Texas as the team's quarterbacks coach and passing game assistant.{{Cite web |last=Kersey |first=By Jason |title=LIFE OF RILEY: How rural Texas shaped Sooners coach Lincoln Riley |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2015/07/12/life-of-riley-how-rural-texas-shaped-sooners-coach-lincoln-riley/60735650007/ |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=The Oklahoman |language=en-US}} Upon the completion of his degree in 2012, he was named the running backs coach at Augustana College in Illinois. He joined the coaching staff at East Carolina in 2013 as a graduate assistant and was later promoted to outside wide receivers coach in 2015.{{cite web |title=McNeill Announces ECU Football Staff Promotions |url=https://ecupirates.com/news/2015/1/15/McNeill_Announces_ECU_Football_Staff_Promotions.aspx |website=East Carolina University Athletics |access-date=23 February 2021}}
= Kansas =
Riley joined the Kansas staff in 2016 as an offensive analyst before being promoted to quarterbacks coach before the 2017 season.{{cite web |title=Beaty promotes Garrett Riley |url=https://kuathletics.com/football-beaty-promotes-garrett-riley/ |website=Kansas Jayhawks |access-date=23 February 2021}} He was shifted to coaching the tight ends and fullbacks for the 2018 season.
= Appalachian State =
Riley was hired as the running backs coach at Appalachian State in 2019.{{cite web |title=Garrett Riley Named App State Football Assistant |url=https://www.hcpress.com/sports/garrett-riley-named-app-state-football-assistant.html |website=High Country Press |access-date=23 February 2021}} Initially set to be promoted to offensive coordinator, Riley left to take the offensive coordinator job at SMU.{{cite web |title=Report: Riley to be new App State offensive coordinator |url=https://www.wataugademocrat.com/sports/asu_sports/report-riley-to-be-new-app-state-offensive-coordinator/article_c895097d-a5b0-5c92-8f86-9096eb74d91a.html |website=Watauga Democrat |access-date=23 February 2021}}{{cite web |title=SMU hires Garrett Riley, brother of Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley, as offensive coordinator |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/smu-mustangs/2020/01/16/smu-hires-garrett-riley-brother-of-oklahomas-lincoln-riley-as-offensive-coordinator/ |website=Dallas Morning News |access-date=23 February 2021}}
= SMU =
Riley was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at SMU in 2020.{{cite web |title=SMU names Garrett Riley, brother of Lincoln, as co-offensive coordinator |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28532819/smu-names-garrett-riley-brother-lincoln-co-offensive-coordinator |website=ESPN |access-date=23 February 2021}}{{cite web |title=How SMU found Garrett Riley, and why he was hired as the Mustangs' offensive coordinator |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/smu-mustangs/2020/01/16/how-smu-found-garrett-riley-and-why-he-was-hired-as-the-offensive-coordinator/ |website=Dallas Morning News |access-date=23 February 2021}}
The SMU offense ranked in the top 15 in both scoring and total offense both years with Riley as the playcaller.
= TCU =
Riley was named the offensive coordinator at TCU in December 2021. TCU had the 9th highest scoring offense in the 2022 season with 38.8 pts/game. He was awarded the 2022 Broyles Award for the top assistant coach in college football.{{cite web |publisher=Big 12 Conference |url=https://big12sports.com/news/2022/12/6/football-tcu-offensive-coordinator-garrett-riley-named-2022-broyles-award-winner.aspx |title=TCU Offensive Coordinator Garrett Riley Named 2022 Broyles Award Winner |date=December 6, 2022 |access-date=September 22, 2024}}
=Clemson=
Riley left TCU to take the offensive coordinator position at Clemson on January 12, 2023, replacing Brandon Streeter.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/clemson-hires-garrett-riley-tigers-poach-tcu-offensive-coordinator-to-help-revitalize-struggling-offense/amp/|first=Barrett|last=Sallee|title=Clemson hires Garrett Riley: Tigers poach TCU offensive coordinator to help revitalize struggling offense|website=CBSSports.com}}
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|CoachGRiley}}
- [https://daboswinney.com/staff/garrett-riley/ Clemson profile]
- [https://smumustangs.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/garrett-riley/5885 SMU profile]
{{Broyles Award}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Garrett}}
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