Sport(s) Football Spouse Caitlin Buckley Role American Football coach Children Sloan Riley | Name Lincoln Riley Positions Quarterback Title Offensive Coordinator | |
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Born September 5, 1983 (age 41) Lubbock, Texas ( 1983-09-05 ) Team coached Oklahoma Sooners football (Offensive coordinator, since 2015) | ||
Ou football lincoln riley named new sooners coach
Lincoln Michael Riley (born September 5, 1983) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University of Oklahoma.
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- Ou football lincoln riley named new sooners coach
- Ou football media day lincoln riley
- Early career
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Coaching tree
- References
Ou football media day lincoln riley
Early career
Riley went to Muleshoe High School in West Texas. He began his high school career at defensive end and made the move to Quarterback for his Junior and Senior seasons. Riley played quarterback at Texas Tech University as a walk-on in 2002, behind senior starter and future Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury and back-up B. J. Symons. After a year, he became a student assistant to Mike Leach, gradually progressing to graduate assistant and then to receivers coach. Following his departure from Texas Tech after the firing of Leach, Lincoln went on to serve five seasons as offensive coordinator at East Carolina University under Ruffin McNeill.
Oklahoma Sooners
Riley was hired by Bob Stoops to be the Oklahoma Sooners' offensive coordinator on January 12, 2015. In his first season at Oklahoma, Riley led the Sooners to the 7th ranked offense in the country and to the College Football Playoff. He also won the Broyles Award, awarded the nation's top assistant coach. On June 7, 2017, Bob Stoops retired as Head Coach and Lincoln Riley was named as his successor.
Coaching tree
Notable head coaches under whom Riley has served: