Lincoln Riley
Head Coach at USC since 2022.
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- Seasons coached
- 24
- First season
- 2003
- Teams
- 4
Career
8 stints
- 2003–2005Texas TechStudent Assistant
- 2006Texas TechGraduate Assistant
- 2007Texas TechWide Receivers
- 2008–2009Texas TechInside Receivers
- 2010–2014East CarolinaOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2015–2016OklahomaOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2017–2021OklahomaHead Coach
- 2022–presentUSCHead Coach
Coaching tree
5 mentors, 109 protégés, 5 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
117
- 2026Aaron AmaamaMentored · USC
- 2026Abbie Dow, MS, RD, LDMentored · USC
- 2026AJ HowardMentored · USC
- 2026Anthony Jones Jr.Mentored · USC
- 2026Asante DasMentored · USC
- 2026Caesar MartinezMentored · USC
- 2026Callum NorrieMentored · USC
- 2026Cecilia Snipes E.M., C.Mentored · USC
- 2026Chad BowdenMentored · USC
- 2026Chad SavageMentored · USC
- 2026Cheryl TaplinMentored · USC
- 2026Chris MeyersMentored · USC
- 2026Clarke StroudMentored · USC
- 2026Connor KillianMentored · USC
- 2026Conor McQuistonMentored · USC
102 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
9
- 2022Brent VenablesSucceeded by · Oklahoma
- 2022Clay HeltonSucceeded · USC
- 2022Donte WilliamsSucceeded · USC
- 2021Bob StoopsSucceeded by · Oklahoma
- 2017Bob StoopsSucceeded · Oklahoma
- 2015Dave NicholSucceeded by · East Carolina
- 2010Sonny CumbieSucceeded by · Texas Tech
- 2010Steve ShankweilerSucceeded · East Carolina
- 2010Todd FitchSucceeded · East Carolina
Tenure
24 seasons
- USCHead coach · 2022–2026 · current5
- OklahomaHead coach · 2017–20215
- East CarolinaCoordinator · 2010–20145
- Texas TechAnalyst · 2003–20064
- Texas TechPosition coach · 2007–20093
- OklahomaCoordinator · 2015–20162
Pipeline
2 of 26 coordinators
- 1 seasonMatt Entzunder at USC 2024 · head coach at Fresno State2025
- 1 seasonShane Beamerunder at Oklahoma 2018 · head coach at South Carolina2021
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Lincoln Riley. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.