Mike Riley
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Nebraska |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 15–11 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 6, 1953 Wallace, Idaho |
| Alma mater |
University of Alabama B.Soc.Sci. (1975). Whitworth University, M.Ed. |
| Playing career | |
| 1971–1974 | Alabama |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1975 | California (GA) |
| 1976 | Whitworth (GA) |
| 1977–1982 | Linfield (DC/DB) |
| 1983–1985 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (DB) |
| 1986 | Northern Colorado (DC) |
| 1987–1990 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1991–1992 | San Antonio Riders |
| 1993–1996 | USC (AHC/OC/QB) |
| 1997–1998 | Oregon State |
| 1999–2001 | San Diego Chargers |
| 2002 | New Orleans Saints (AHC/DB) |
| 2003–2014 | Oregon State |
| 2015–present | Nebraska |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 108–91 (college) 14–34 (NFL) 40–32 (CFL) |
| Bowls | 7–3 |
| Tournaments | 6–2 (CFL playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 CFL East Division 2 Grey Cups |
|
| Awards | |
|
Pac-10 Coach of the Year (2008) 2 Annis Stukus Trophies (1988, 1990) |
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Michael Joseph Riley (born July 6, 1953) is an American football coach and former player, currently the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was previously the head football coach at Oregon State University, where he served two stints, from 1997 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2014.
Riley has also coached in several professional leagues, serving as head coach of the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1999 to 2001 and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1987 to 1990.
Riley is the oldest son of Bud Riley (1925–2012), a head coach in the CFL and college football assistant at the University of Idaho and Oregon State.
Born in Wallace, Idaho, Riley is the eldest of three sons of Bud and Mary (Shumaker) Riley. Bud was from western Alabama, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and had played college football at the University of Idaho in Moscow under head coach Dixie Howell, a hall of famer as a player at Alabama. After graduation, Bud worked for a mining company in Wallace and was asked by town leaders to coach at the high school; Mary was from nearby Mullan, where her parents, Mike and Mary Shumaker, ran a hotel. The family of four, now with middle brother Ed, moved from Wallace down to Lewiston in 1959, where Bud was the head coach at Lewiston High School for three seasons.
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