Ryan Ridder
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1984)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Ryan Ridder
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Mercer
| current_conference = SoCon
| current_record = {{winpct|14|19|record=y}}
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|11|11}}
| birth_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 2003–2005
| player_team1 = College of Wooster
| player_years2 = 2005–2008
| player_team2 = Embry-Riddle
| coach_years1 = 2008–2009
| coach_team1 = North Raleigh Christian (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2009–2010
| coach_team2 = Embry-Riddle (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2010–2013
| coach_team3 = Campbell (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 2013–2017
| coach_team4 = Daytona State
| coach_years5 = 2017–2021
| coach_team5 = Bethune–Cookman
| coach_years6 = 2021–2024
| coach_team6 = UT Martin
| coach_years7 = 2024–present
| coach_team7 = Mercer
| overall_record = {{winpct|110|111|record=y}} (NCAA)
{{winpct|95|28|record=y}} (NJCAA)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 4 Mid-Florida Conference regular season (2013–2017)
MEAC regular season (2018)
OVC regular season (2024)
| awards =
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}}
Ryan Ridder (born November 11, 1984) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach for the Mercer Bears men's basketball team. He previously served as the head coach at Bethune–Cookman and UT Martin.{{cite web|url=http://bcuathletics.com/news/2017/3/31/ryan-ridder-named-head-coach-for-mens-basketball.aspx|title=Ryan Ridder Named Head Coach for Men's Basketball|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.news-journalonline.com/sports/20170331/ryan-ridder-officially-introduced-as-b-cu-mens-basketball-coach|title=Ryan Ridder officially introduced as B-CU men's basketball coach|first=Zach|last=Dean|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://utmsports.com/news/2021/3/30/mens-basketball-ryan-ridder-named-12th-head-coach-in-skyhawk-mens-basketball-history.aspx|title=Ryan Ridder Named 12th Head Coach in Skyhawk Men's Basketball History|publisher=UTMSports.com}}
Coaching career
After completing a playing career at Embry-Riddle under his father, Steve, Ridder got his coaching start at North Raleigh Christian Academy as an assistant coach before returning to his alma mater as an assistant a year later. Ridder served as an assistant at Campbell for three seasons before taking the head coaching job at Daytona State College. While guiding the Falcons, Ridder compiled a 95–28 overall record, and four-straight Mid-Florida Conference regular season championships, as well as back-to-back coach of the year honors.
Ridder was named the head coach at Bethune-Cookman on March 31, 2017. After three seasons with the Wildcats, Ridder accepted the head coaching position at UT Martin on March 30, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2021/03/30/bethune-cookman-basketball-coach-ryan-ridder-leaving-ut-martin/7058775002/|title=Bethune-Cookman head men's basketball coach Ryan Ridder leaving for Tennessee-Martin|first=Zach|last=Dean|publisher=Daytona Beach News-Journal}}
Head coaching record
=Junior college=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Daytona State Falcons
| conference = Mid-Florida Conference
| startyear = 2013
| endyear = 2017
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2013–14
| name = Daytona State
| overall = 24–6
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2014–15
| name = Daytona State
| overall = 21–8
| conference = 8–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2015–16
| name = Daytona State
| overall = 25–7
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2016–17
| name = Daytona State
| overall = 25–7
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Daytona State
| overall = 95–28 ({{winpct|95|28}})
| confrecord = 28–8 ({{winpct|28|8}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 95–28 ({{winpct|95|28}})
}}
=College=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bethune–Cookman Wildcats
| conference= Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2017
| endyear = 2021
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2017–18
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 18–14
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 14–17
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Bethune–Cookman
| overall = 16–14
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bethune-Cookman
| overall = 48–45 ({{winpct|48|45}})
| confrecord = 31–17 ({{winpct|31|17}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = UT Martin Skyhawks
| conference = Ohio Valley Conference
| startyear = 2021
| endyear = 2024
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = UT Martin
| overall = 8–22
| conference = 4–14
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = UT Martin
| overall = 19–14
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2023–24
| name = UT Martin
| overall = 21–11
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = UT Martin
| overall = {{winpct|48|47|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|28|26|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Mercer Bears
| conference = Southern Conference
| startyear = 2024
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Mercer
| overall = 14–19
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Mercer
| overall = {{winpct|14|19|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|6|12|record=y}}
|
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|110|111|record=y}}
}}
References
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{{Bethune–Cookman Wildcats men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Mercer Bears men's basketball coach navbox}}
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