Garrett Riley | |
Current Title: | Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach |
Current Team: | Clemson |
Current Conference: | ACC |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1989 |
Birth Place: | Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | (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 Team9: | SMU (OC/QB) |
Coach Years10: | 2022 |
Coach Team10: | TCU (OC/QB) |
Coach Years11: | 2023–present |
Coach Team11: | Clemson (OC/QB) |
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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.
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]
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.
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]
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.
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 TCU to take the offensive coordinator position at Clemson on January 12, 2023, replacing Brandon Streeter.[8]
He is the younger brother of USC head coach Lincoln Riley.[9]