NDSU

Conor Riley spent six seasons on the North Dakota State University football staff coaching the tight ends and fullbacks in 2013 before moving to offensive line coach from 2014 through 2018. He also coached the PAT and field goal unit, and was promoted to running game coordinator in 2017.

Riley molded one of the most dominant offensive line groups in the nation. The Bison had the "Top Offensive Lineman" selected by the FCS Athletic Directors Association each of his five years including center Tanner Volson, the 2018 Rimington Award winner.

Not only did "The Rams" pave the way for a school-record 1,994 rushing yards by running back John Crockett in 2014, NDSU broke the school rushing record each of Riley's final two seasons including 4,293 yards in 2018.

The Bison offensive line ranked first in the FCS with only 3.38 tackles for loss allowed per game in 2014. NDSU led the nation in time of possession in 2015 with a commanding 36:38 average.

Riley coached seven All-Americans at NDSU, including two-time left tackle Joe Haeg in 2014 and 2015 and two-time left guard Zack Johnson in 2015 and 2016. Haeg, a former walk-on at right tackle, was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award in 2015 and developed into a fifth-round NFL draft pick.

Riley came to NDSU in 2013 after two years as the offensive line coach at Sacramento State, where the Hornets' offensive line allowed just seven sacks in 11 games during the 2011 season.

Prior to heading out west, Riley was the offensive line coach and the running game coordinator at the University of Nebraska Omaha from 2007 to 2010. The Mavericks ranked fourth nationally in rushing offense in 2009.

A 2003 graduate of Nebraska-Omaha, Riley began his collegiate coaching career at UNO as a student and graduate assistant from 2003-05. He left his alma mater to become the offensive line coach at Concordia University-St. Paul in 2006.

The Omaha native enjoyed a standout high school career at Creighton Prep. He began his collegiate playing career at the U.S. Air Force Academy, then transferred to Kansas before heading to UNO in 1999.

After redshirting his first season, Riley was named the North Central Conference's outstanding lineman twice in his three-year career. His senior year he earned 2002 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and Daktronics All-America first team honors. Riley was a second team Division II All-American as a junior in 2001.

He and his wife, Christy, are the parents of two daughters, Cate and Claire.