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CBS Report: Clemson’s Garrett Riley among ‘potential candidates’ for ECU opener

Umito October 26, 2024

East Carolina's head coaching job opened this week, and Garrett Riley spent three seasons there as an assistant. CBS Sports says he is

East Carolina’s head coaching job opened this week, and Garrett Riley spent three seasons there as an assistant. CBS Sports says he’s “a potential candidate.”

Commanding a Top 10 offense in yards and points this season, Garrett RileyThe name of is coming back to head coach reports and rumors.

Midway through a fifth season at East Carolina, Mike Houston was fired by the Pirates earlier this week. CBS Sports cited “industry sources” naming Riley in a group with LSU offensive coordinator Joe Sloan and Miami offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson. as “potential candidates”.

Riley got his start in FBS coaching as a graduate assistant at ECU alongside his brother (and now USC head coach) Lincoln. He stayed there until 2015 and served as wide receivers coach before leaving for Kansas.

For other candidates, Dawson is also in his second year as offensive coordinator at his current school and went to Wingate, IN. Sloan is an ECU alum and also coached with La Tech.

CBS also reports: “One industry source pegged the head coach’s salary at around $2 million, while another predicted the school might try to spend less than it needs to. did for Houston and try to divert some of the savings towards a salary cap that should “

Riley made $2.05 million last year at Clemson.

After a successful run at James Madison, Houston was unable to break through at ECU, following the high of an 8-5 season in 2022 with a 2-10 campaign in 2023 and a 3 season start. -4 for 2024. He went 27-38 overall and 15-28 in conference play with the Pirates.

“We are confident we will identify the right leader for our football program,” ECU AD Jon Gilbert said in a school release this week. “I believe ECU is a top-notch job with a passionate fan base, unparalleled support from our Pirate Club donors and excellent facilities that continue to improve. Right now, we are focused on our student-athletes as they fight for a playoff opportunity in the final five games of the regular season. I hope Pirate Nation will rally around our student-athletes like they always have.