Clemson has hired TCU offensive coordinator Garrett Riley to the same position, the school announced Friday. Riley, 33, was named the Broyles Award winner as the top assistant coach in college football after helping lead the Horned Frogs to their first national championship game appearance. Riley’s contract is a three-year deal worth $1.75 million annually, which was approved by the Board of Trustees on Friday.
“I am super excited to welcome Garrett and Lindsay Riley and their two precious sons to the Clemson family,” head coach Dabo Swinney said. “Garrett has an incredible track record. His body of work — including this past season when his ninth-ranked scoring offense helped TCU transform from a five-win team into a 13-win national championship game finalist in their coaching staff’s first season — speaks for itself… I know all of Clemson will help welcome the Riley family into the Clemson family with open arms.”
Riley helped oversee a transformation at TCU as the Frogs jumped from 5-7 to 13-2 under first-year coach Sonny Dykes. The Horned Frogs moved from No. 65 to No. 9 in scoring offense thanks to Riley’s efforts as quarterback Max Duggan earned a trip to New York as a Heisman finalist.
Like his older brother, USC coach Lincoln Riley, Garrett has a long history utilizing the Air Raid offense … but with some wrinkles. Riley worked under his brother for two years as a graduate assistant before joining fellow Texan David Beaty at Kansas. He later spent a year learning the Appalachian State system with now-Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz and was set to take over play calling duties under Shawn Clark before Dykes poached him to lead the offense at SMU to great success.
“I am honored and excited to join the Clemson Family,” Riley said. “The opportunity to join a program with such a rich tradition and renowned culture was simply too good for me to pass up. I have always had a tremendous amount of respect for Coach Swinney and the program he has built. I am appreciative of the faith that he, Graham Neff, Clemson’s administration and the entire Clemson community have placed in me.”
Hiring Riley is a departure for Swinney, who historically leans on internal candidates to fill openings. Former offensive coordinator Brandon Streeter — a longtime assistant and Clemson player — was fired on Thursday just one year after earning the promotion from quarterbacks coach to…
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