Ryan Carty
Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | Delaware |
Conference | CAA |
Record | 26–11 |
Biographical details | |
Born | August 9, 1983 |
Playing career | |
2002–2006 | Delaware |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2008–2009 | New Hampshire (RB) |
2010–2011 | New Hampshire (WR) |
2012–2017 | New Hampshire (OC/QB) |
2018–2021 | Sam Houston State (OC/QB) |
2022–present | Delaware |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 26–11 |
Tournaments | 2–2 |
Ryan Carty (born August 9, 1983) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Delaware, a position he had held since the 2022 season.
Playing career
[edit]Raised in Somerville, New Jersey, Carty played high school football at Somerville High School.[1]
Carty played as a quarterback at Delaware from 2002 to 2006. He was a backup quarterback for the entirety of his career, including when Delaware won the NCAA Division I-AA national championship in 2003.[2] He was named a team captain in his senior season and was projected to be the Blue Hens' starting quarterback, but lost the position to transfer and future Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco.[3]
Coaching career
[edit]New Hampshire
[edit]Carty began his coaching career at New Hampshire as the program's tight ends coach, one of the final hires made by offensive coordinator Chip Kelly before he departed for Oregon.[4][1] He also spent two years each coaching running backs and wide receivers at New Hampshire before he was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2012.[4][5]
Sam Houston State
[edit]Carty was hired as the offensive coordinator at Sam Houston State in 2018, reuniting him with his college coach K. C. Keeler.[6] He was named FootballScoop's FCS coordinator of the year in 2020, after Sam Houston State won its first NCAA Division I FCS national championship.[7]
Delaware
[edit]Carty was named head football coach of the University of Delaware on December 10, 2021.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Carty's father, Kevin Sr., was a coach at the high school and college levels, and Carty's brothers. Kevin Jr. and Sean, were also high school football coaches.[9]
Head coaching record
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | STATS# | Coaches° | ||
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Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Colonial Athletic Association) (2022) | |||||||||
2022 | Delaware | 8–5 | 4–4 | 6th | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 19 | 24 (tie) | ||
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
2023 | Delaware | 9–4 | 6–2 | T–4th | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 10 | 11 | ||
2024 | Delaware | 9–2 | 6–2 | Ineligible for rankings/postseason | |||||
Delaware: | 26–11 | 16–8 | |||||||
Total: | 26–11 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ryan Carty defies expectations as a young coach and stroke survivor". USA Today High School Sports. December 25, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ "Commentary: 'We want Carty!'". The UD Review. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ "Flacco takes flight on field, remains grounded off it". Newark Post. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "Ex-Delaware QB Carty runs UNH's inventive offense". The News Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ "Sam Houston State Offensive Coordinator Ryan Carty Reflects On Working With FCS Greats". College Sports Journal. July 2, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ "Bearkats hire New Hampshire OC Carty for same role". The Huntsville Item. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ "Ryan Carty -- 2020 FootballScoop FCS Coordinator of the Year". FootballScoop. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ Tresolini, Kevin (December 10, 2021). "Ex-Blue Hens QB Carty named University of Delaware football coach". Delaware News-Journal.
- ^ "Coaching bloodlines run deep for UNH's Carty". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1983 births
- Living people
- American football quarterbacks
- Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football coaches
- Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football players
- New Hampshire Wildcats football coaches
- Sam Houston Bearkats football coaches
- Somerville High School (New Jersey) alumni
- People from Branchburg, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Somerville, New Jersey
- Players of American football from Somerset County, New Jersey
- Coaches of American football from New Jersey