| Ryan Ridder | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Mercer |
| Current Conference: | SoCon |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| 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 Years5: | 2017–2021 |
| Coach Team5: | Bethune–Cookman |
| Coach Years6: | 2021–2024 |
| Coach Team6: | UT Martin |
| Coach Years7: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team7: | Mercer |
| Overall Record: | (NCAA) (NJCAA) |
| Championships: | 4 Mid-Florida Conference regular season (2013–2017) MEAC regular season (2018) OVC regular season (2024) |
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.[1] [2] [3]
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.[4]