Bob Riley (American football)

Bob Riley
Biographical details
BornHudson, New Hampshire, U.S.
Alma materWyoming
Playing career
1955–1958Northern State
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1967Garden City
1968Wichita State (DB)
1969Mesa JC (CO) (DB/WR)
1970–1971Montana Tech
1974Peru State
1975–1978Kelly Walsh HS (WY)
Head coaching record
Overall22–7 (college)
8–3 (junior college)
Bowls0–1 (junior college)
Tournaments0–1 (NAIA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 KJJCC (1967)
2 Frontier (1970–1971)

Robert Riley was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Montana Technological University from 1970 to 1971 and at Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska in 1974.[1][2] After one year at Peru State, he left college coaching and served as the head coach at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Wyoming from 1975 to 1978.[3]

Riley was born in Hudson, New Hampshire and grew up in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He played college football as an end at Northern State College—now known as Northern State University—in Aberdeen, South Dakota.[4]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Montana Tech Orediggers (Frontier Conference) (1970–1971)
1970 Montana Tech 9–1 5–0 1st
1971 Montana Tech 9–2 5–0 1st L NAIA Division II Semifinal
Montana Tech: 18–3 10–0
Peru State Bobcats (Nebraska College Conference) (1974)
1974 Peru State 4–6 0–3 4th
Peru State: 4–6 0–3
Total: 22–7
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Junior college

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Garden City Broncbusters (Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference) (1967)
1967 Garden City 8–3 7–1 1st L Sterling Silver Bowl
Garden City: 8–3 7–1
Total: 8–3
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ^ "New Football Coach With Impressive record will lead T ch's Fighting Force". Montana Tech. February 27, 1970. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Pedagogian". Peru State College. 1974. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "Riley goes to Wyoming". Peru State College. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Willse, Hudson (May 3, 1970). "Riley aims to build Tech sports image". The Montana Standard. Butte, Montana. p. 12. Retrieved October 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.