Bud Riley

Bud Riley
Biographical details
Born(1925-11-25)November 25, 1925
Guin, Alabama, U.S.
DiedAugust 4, 2012(2012-08-04) (aged 86)
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Playing career
1948–1950Idaho
Position(s)Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1952–1954Wallace HS (ID) (assistant)
1955–1958Wallace HS (ID)
1959–1961Lewiston HS (ID)
1962–1964Idaho (assistant)
1965–1972Oregon State (assistant)
1973Saskatchewan Roughriders (assistant)
1974–1977Winnipeg Blue Bombers
1978Toronto Argonauts (assistant)
1979Oregon State (assistant)
1980Saskatchewan Roughriders (assistant)
1981Hamilton Tiger-Cats (assistant)
1982–1983Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1984Edmonton Eskimos (assistant)
1985Calgary Stampeders (interim HC)
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service / branch United States Navy
Battles / warsWorld War II

Edward Jones "Bud" Riley Jr.[1][2] (November 25, 1925 – August 4, 2012)[3] was an American college football coach who served as an assistant coach at the University of Idaho and Oregon State University.

Riley also spent 14 seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), most notably as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1974 to 1977 and as a front office executive for the Calgary Stampeders from 1985 to 1987. His oldest son Mike Riley was the head coach at Oregon State and Nebraska.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Bud Riley named Idaho assistant". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. 27 May 1962. p. 11.
  2. ^ "Margaret Riley Watkins (1933-2010)". Dignity Memorial. (sister of Bud Riley). Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. ^ Buker, Paul (6 August 2012). "Bud Riley, former Oregon State assistant and father of head coach Mike Riley, dies at 86". The Oregonian. Portland. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. ^ Peterson, Anne M. (20 February 2003). "Riley to return as Oregon State coach". USA Today. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011.
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