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Riley was named the offensive coordinator at [[TCU Horned Frogs football|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 Asst Coach in college football.
Riley was named the offensive coordinator at [[TCU Horned Frogs football|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 Asst Coach in college football.


Riley left to take the offensive coordinator position at Clemson on January 12 2023, while waiting until after TCU National Championship game.
Riley left to take the offensive coordinator position at Clemson on January 12 2023, while waiting until after TCU's National Championship game.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 00:06, 14 January 2023

Garrett Riley
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator
TeamClemson
ConferenceACC
Biographical details
Born (1989-09-11) September 11, 1989 (age 35)
Lubbock, Texas
Alma materTexas Tech (2012)
Playing career
2008–2009Texas Tech
2010Stephen F. Austin
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011Roosevelt HS (TX) (QB)
2012Augustana (IL) (RB)
2013–2014East Carolina (GA)
2015East Carolina (OWR)
2016Kansas (OA)
2017Kansas (QB)
2018Kansas (TE/FB)
2019Appalachian State (RB)
2020–2021SMU (OC/QB)
2022TCU (OC/QB)
2023–presentClemson (OC/QB)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Garrett 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

Riley began his coaching career at Roosevelt High School in Lubbock, Texas as the team's quarterbacks coach and passing game assistant. 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.[1]

Kansas

Riley joined the Kansas staff in 2016 as an offensive analyst before being promoted to quarterbacks coach before the 2017 season.[2] 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.[3] Initially set to be promoted to offensive coordinator, Riley left to take the offensive coordinator job at SMU.[4][5]

SMU

Riley was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at SMU in 2020.[6][7]

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 Asst Coach in college football.

Riley left to take the offensive coordinator position at Clemson on January 12 2023, while waiting until after TCU's National Championship game.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of USC head coach Lincoln Riley.[8]

References

  1. ^ "McNeill Announces ECU Football Staff Promotions". East Carolina University Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Beaty promotes Garrett Riley". Kansas Jayhawks. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Garrett Riley Named App State Football Assistant". High Country Press. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Report: Riley to be new App State offensive coordinator". Watauga Democrat. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  5. ^ "SMU hires Garrett Riley, brother of Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley, as offensive coordinator". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  6. ^ "SMU names Garrett Riley, brother of Lincoln, as co-offensive coordinator". ESPN. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  7. ^ "How SMU found Garrett Riley, and why he was hired as the Mustangs' offensive coordinator". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  8. ^ "SMU adds Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley's brother as assistant". AP News. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
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