| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Delaware |
| Conference | CAA |
| Record | 17–9 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 9, 1983 |
| Playing career | |
| 2002–2006 | Delaware |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2008–2009 | New Hampshire (RB) |
| 2010–2011 | New Hampshire (WR) |
| 2012–2017 | New Hampshire (OC/QB) |
| 2018–2021 | Sam Houston State (OC/QB) |
| 2022–present | Delaware |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 17–9 |
| Tournaments | 2–2 |
Ryan Carty (born August 9, 1983) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Delaware, a position he had held since the 2022 season.
Raised in Somerville, New Jersey, Carty played high school football at Somerville High School.[1]
Carty played as a quarterback at Delaware from 2002 to 2006. He was a backup quarterback for the entirety of his career, including when Delaware won the NCAA Division I-AA national championship in 2003.[2] He was named a team captain in his senior season and was projected to be the Blue Hens' starting quarterback, but lost the position to transfer and future Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco.[3]
Carty began his coaching career at New Hampshire as the program's tight ends coach, one of the final hires made by offensive coordinator Chip Kelly before he departed for Oregon.[4][1] He also spent two years each coaching running backs and wide receivers at New Hampshire before he was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2012.[4][5]
Carty was hired as the offensive coordinator at Sam Houston State in 2018, reuniting him with his college coach K. C. Keeler.[6] He was named FootballScoop's FCS coordinator of the year in 2020, after Sam Houston State won its first NCAA Division I FCS national championship.[7]
Carty was named head football coach of the University of Delaware on December 10, 2021.[8]
Carty's father, Kevin Sr., was a coach at the high school and college levels, and Carty's brothers. Kevin Jr. and Sean, were also high school football coaches.[9]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | STATS# | Coaches° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Colonial Athletic Association) (2022) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Delaware | 8–5 | 4–4 | 6th | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 19 | 24 (tie) | ||
| Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Delaware | 9–4 | 6–2 | T–4th | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 10 | 11 | ||
| 2024 | Delaware | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Delaware: | 17–9 | 10–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 17–9 | ||||||||