| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hudson, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wyoming |
| Playing career | |
| 1955–1958 | Northern State |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1967 | Garden City |
| 1968 | Wichita State (DB) |
| 1969 | Mesa JC (CO) (DB/WR) |
| 1970–1971 | Montana Tech |
| 1974 | Peru State |
| 1975–1978 | Kelly Walsh HS (WY) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–7 (college) 8–3 (junior college) |
| Bowls | 0–1 (junior college) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (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
- ^ "New Football Coach With Impressive record will lead T ch's Fighting Force". Montana Tech. February 27, 1970. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ "Pedagogian". Peru State College. 1974. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ "Riley goes to Wyoming". Peru State College. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ 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
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