Introduction
Lincoln Michael Riley (born September 5, 1983) is an American football coach and former player. He is the offensive coordinator for the Oklahoma Sooners football team.
Early career
Riley was raised in Lubbock and decided to walk-on for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Riley played quarterback at Texas Tech as a walk-on in 2002, behind senior starter and future Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury and back-up B. J. Symons. After a year, he became a student assistant to Mike Leach, gradually progressing to graduate assistant and then to receivers coach. Following his departure from Texas Tech after the firing of Leach, Lincoln went on to serve five seasons as offensive coordinator at East Carolina University under Ruffin McNeill.
Oklahoma Sooners
Riley was hired by Bob Stoops at Oklahoma to be their offensive coordinator on January 12, 2015. In his first season at Oklahoma, Riley led the Sooners to the 7th ranked offense in the country and to the College Football Playoff. He also won the Broyles Award, awarded to the nation's top assistant coach.