Lincoln Riley

Lincoln Riley

Riley in 2023
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	USC
Conference	Big Ten
Record	19–8
Biographical details
Born	(1983-09-05) September 5, 1983 (age 40) Muleshoe, Texas
Playing career
2002	Texas Tech
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005	Texas Tech (SA)
2006	Texas Tech (GA)
2007	Texas Tech (WR)
2008–2009	Texas Tech (IWR)
2010–2013	East Carolina (OC/QB)
2014	East Carolina (AHC/OC/QB)
2015–2016	Oklahoma (OC/QB)
2017–2021	Oklahoma
2022–present	USC
Head coaching record
Overall	74–18
Bowls	2–4
Tournaments	0–3 (CFP)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4 Big 12 (2017–2020)
Awards
Broyles Award (2015) Big 12 Coach of the Year (2018) AP Big 12 Coach of the Year (2018)

Lincoln Michael Riley (born September 5, 1983)^[1] is an American college football coach and former player who is the head coach of the USC Trojans football program at the University of Southern California.

Lincoln is the brother of successful coordinator Garrett Riley who is the OC for Clemson. He previously served as the head coach at the University of Oklahoma for five seasons from 2017 to 2021, where he won four consecutive Big 12 Championship Games.

Playing quarterback himself as a walk-on player at Texas Tech and known for his "Air Raid" offensive scheme, Riley has mentored three Heisman Trophy winners at quarterback (Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, and Caleb Williams) as well as another starting NFL quarterback in Jalen Hurts.^[2] As a fifth-year head coach, he has produced over 28 draft picks including 5 first-rounders, but is 2–4 in end-of-season bowl games and 0-3 in the College Football Playoff.