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Mike Riley (American football)
American gridiron football player and coach (born 1953) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the St. Bonaventure college coach, see Mike Reilly (coach). For other people named Mike Riley, see Mike Riley (disambiguation).
Michael Joseph Riley (born July 6, 1953) is an American football coach who was most recently the head coach of the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League (USFL). He has previously served as the head coach of two college football programs: Oregon State (1997–1998, 2003–2014) and Nebraska (2015–2017). Riley has also been the head coach of teams in four different professional leagues: the Canadian Football League (CFL), World League of American Football (WLAF), National Football League (NFL), and Alliance of American Football (AAF). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 1970s.
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Personal information | |
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Born: | (1953-07-06) July 6, 1953 (age 71) Wallace, Idaho, U.S. |
Career information | |
High school: | Corvallis (Corvallis, Oregon) |
College: | Alabama (1971–1974) |
Undrafted: | 1975 |
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Head coaching record | |
Regular season: | 12–8 (.600) (USFL) |
Postseason: | 6–2 (.750) (CFL) 7–3 (.700) (college bowls) 0–1 (.000) (USFL) |
Career: | 112–99 (.531) (college) 14–34 (.292) (NFL) 40–32 (.556) (CFL) 11–9 (.550) (WLAF) 5–3 (.625) (AAF) 12–9 (.571) (USFL) |
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