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Message: [QUOTE="Rocco, post: 1562752, member: 51"] [B][SIZE=6]Lincoln Riley[/SIZE][/B] [IMG]http://image.cdnllnwnl.xosnetwork.com/pics33/400/YG/YGQCCLFZNRKGAPH.20150117222225.jpg[/IMG] One of the brightest young coaches in college football was named OU’s offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach on Jan. 12, 2015. Joined the Sooners after a highly-successful five-year stint working under head coach Ruffin McNeill at East Carolina from 2010-14. Installed and directed a new up-tempo spread offensive scheme that made an immediate impact at ECU as the Pirates set over 50 team or individual school offensive records in his five seasons with the program. His five squads own the top five passing seasons in school history and the top four positions for total offense in a season. Spent his final season with the Pirates serving in the role of assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach in 2014 as East Carolina ranked third in the nation in passing offense (371.9 ypg) and was fifth in total offense (533.0 ypg). The Pirates set a single-season school record with 6,929 yards of total offense in 2014 and averaged 35.8 ppg to rank second in the American Athletic Conference. His East Carolina offensive units routinely earned national top 10 rankings in major statistical categories such as passing offense (third in 2014, eighth in 2010), scoring offense (fifth in 2014, eighth in 2013), third-down percentage (seventh in 2013) and Red Zone scoring efficiency (third in 2012, fifth in 2010). Tranformed East Carolina walk-on WR Justin Hardy into the most productive pass catcher in FBS history with 387 career catches, breaking the NCAA career record previously held by Oklahoma’s Ryan Broyles (349). Hardy’s 4,541 career receiving yards rank third all-time in FBS annals. He flourished in Riley’s offense, registering three 1,000-yard seasons at ECU, culminating with a 121-catch, 1,494-yard season as a senior in 2014. Also mentored East Carolina WR Dwayne Harris, who enjoyed a prolifc senior campaign in 2010 with 101 catches for 1,123 yards and 10 touchdowns. Developed a pair of dynamic quarterbacks in Dominique Davis and Shane Carden. Davis, selected as Conference USA’s Newcomer of the Year in 2011, left ECU with career marks for completions and touchdown passes despite playing only two seasons. Davis ranked second among FBS signal callers with 393 completions and 46 total touchdowns in 2010. He set an NCAA record with a stretch of 36 straight completions in 2011. Carden then took over the job in 2012 and went on to break the majority of Davis’ records, becoming the first 4,000-yard passer in program history and setting single-season standards for completion percentage (70.5 in 2013) and passing yards (4,736 in 2014). Carden earned Conference USA MVP honors in 2013 and was the American Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2014. He led all FBS passers with 392 completions in 2014. During his seven seasons on Texas Tech staff, Riley was part of seven bowl appearances and five bowl wins. During that span, Red Raiders quarterbacks won NCAA passing titles in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007. Subsquently immersed himself in Mike Leach’s offense and worked his way into a full-time position on his staff, eventually calling plays for Texas Tech as interim coordinator in the 2010 Alamo Bowl. The Red Raiders racked up 579 yards in a 41-31 victory over Michigan State, marking a phenomenal start to his career as a play caller. Under his guidance in 2007, WR Michael Crabtree won the Biletnikoff Award after smashing Big 12 records and NCAA freshman records with 134 receptions for 1,962 yards. Crabtree also accumulated 22 touchdown catches that season, a figure that was later surpassed by West Virginia’s Stedman Bailey (25 in 2012). Texas Tech boasted a duo of 100-catch, 1,000-yard receivers with Riley on staff in 2007 as WR Danny Amendola hauled in 109 passes for 1,245 yards. [/QUOTE]

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