Ryan Carty

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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1983)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Ryan Carty

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = Delaware

| current_conference = CUSA

| current_record = 26–11

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|9}}

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| death_date =

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| player_years1 = 2002–2006

| player_team1 = Delaware

| player_positions = Quarterback

| coach_years1 =

| coach_team1 = New Hampshire (TE)

| coach_years2 = 2008–2009

| coach_team2 = New Hampshire (RB)

| coach_years3 = 2010–2011

| coach_team3 = New Hampshire (WR)

| coach_years4 = 2012–2017

| coach_team4 = New Hampshire (OC/QB)

| coach_years5 = 2018–2021

| coach_team5 = Sam Houston State (OC/QB)

| coach_years6 = 2022–present

| coach_team6 = Delaware

| overall_record = 26–11

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 2–2

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Ryan Carty (born August 9, 1983) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Delaware, a position he had held since the 2022 season.

Playing career

Raised in Somerville, New Jersey, Carty played high school football at Somerville High School.

Carty played as a quarterback at Delaware from 2002 to 2006. He was a backup quarterback for the entirety of his career, including when Delaware won the NCAA Division I-AA national championship in 2003.{{cite web |title=Commentary: 'We want Carty!' |url=https://udreview.com/commentary-we-want-carty/ |website=The UD Review |access-date=October 27, 2021}} He was named a team captain in his senior season and was projected to be the Blue Hens' starting quarterback, but lost the position to transfer and future Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco.{{cite web |title=Flacco takes flight on field, remains grounded off it |url=https://www.newarkpostonline.com/sports/flacco-takes-flight-on-field-remains-grounded-off-it/article_bb813112-6b30-11e2-8a2c-001a4bcf887a.html |website=Newark Post |access-date=October 27, 2021}}

Coaching career

=New Hampshire=

Carty began his coaching career at New Hampshire as the program's tight ends coach, one of the final hires made by offensive coordinator Chip Kelly before he departed for Oregon.{{cite web |title=Ex-Delaware QB Carty runs UNH's inventive offense |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/college/ud/2015/10/21/once-feast-his-eyes-unh-offense-now-cartys-job/74321366/ |website=The News Journal |access-date=October 27, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Ryan Carty defies expectations as a young coach and stroke survivor |url=https://usatodayhss.com/2013/ryan-carty-defies-expectations-as-a-young-coach-and-stroke-survivor |website=USA Today High School Sports |date=December 25, 2013 |access-date=October 27, 2021}} He also spent two years each coaching running backs and wide receivers at New Hampshire before he was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2012.{{cite web |title=Sam Houston State Offensive Coordinator Ryan Carty Reflects On Working With FCS Greats |url=https://www.college-sports-journal.com/sam-houston-state-offensive-coordinator-ryan-carty-reflects-on-working-with-fcs-greats/ |website=College Sports Journal |date=July 2, 2020 |access-date=October 27, 2021}}

=Sam Houston State=

Carty was hired as the offensive coordinator at Sam Houston State in 2018, reuniting him with his college coach K. C. Keeler.{{cite web |title=Bearkats hire New Hampshire OC Carty for same role |url=https://www.itemonline.com/sports/sam_houston_state_university_bearkats/bearkats-hire-new-hampshire-oc-carty-for-same-role/article_a97aa90e-920e-5d30-9c9d-7c5c30d8a4a3.html |website=The Huntsville Item |access-date=October 27, 2021}} He was named FootballScoop's FCS coordinator of the year in 2020, after Sam Houston State won its first NCAA Division I FCS national championship.{{cite web |title=Ryan Carty -- 2020 FootballScoop FCS Coordinator of the Year |url=https://footballscoop.com/news/ryan-carty-2020-footballscoop-fcs-coordinator-of-the-year |website=FootballScoop |access-date=October 27, 2021}}

=Delaware=

Carty was named head football coach of the University of Delaware on December 10, 2021.{{cite news |last=Tresolini |first=Kevin |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/2021/12/10/ex-blue-hens-qb-carty-named-university-delaware-football-coach/8888424002/ |title=Ex-Blue Hens QB Carty named University of Delaware football coach |work=Delaware News-Journal |date=December 10, 2021}}

Personal life

Carty's father, Kevin Sr., was a coach at the high school and college levels, and Carty's brothers. Kevin Jr. and Sean, were also high school football coaches.{{cite web |title=Coaching bloodlines run deep for UNH's Carty |url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20120504/SPORTS/205040396 |website=Portsmouth Herald |access-date=October 27, 2021}}

Head coaching record

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = both| poll1 = STATS | poll2 = Coaches }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens

| conf = Colonial Athletic Association

| startyear = 2022

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2022

| name = Delaware

| overall = 8–5

| conference = 4–4

| confstanding = 6th

| bowlname = NCAA Division I Second Round

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = 19

| ranking2 = 24 (tie)

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens

| conf = Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference

| startyear = 2023

| endyear = 2024

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2023

| name = Delaware

| overall = 9–4

| conference = 6–2

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname = NCAA Division I Second Round

| bowloutcome = L

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = 10

| ranking2 = 11

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2024

| name = Delaware

| overall = 9–2

| conference = 6–2

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname = Ineligible for rankings/postseason

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens

| conf = Conference USA

| startyear = 2025

| endyear =

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2025

| name = Delaware

| overall = 0–0

| conference = 0–0

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Delaware

| overall = 26–11

| confrecord = 16–8

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 26–11

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

References

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