{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1983)}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Ryan Carty | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = [[Head coach]] | current_team = [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware]] | current_conference = [[Conference USA|CUSA]] | current_record = 33–17 <!-- As of December 17, 2025 --> | contract = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|9}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | player_years1 = 2002–2006 | player_team1 = [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware]] | player_positions = [[Quarterback]] | coach_years1 = 2007 | coach_team1 = [[New Hampshire Wildcats football|New Hampshire]] (TE) | coach_years2 = 2008–2009 | coach_team2 = New Hampshire (RB) | coach_years3 = 2010–2011 | coach_team3 = New Hampshire (WR) | coach_years4 = 2012–2017 | coach_team4 = New Hampshire (OC/QB) | coach_years5 = 2018–2021 | coach_team5 = [[Sam Houston Bearkats football|Sam Houston State]] (OC/QB) | coach_years6 = 2022–present | coach_team6 = [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware]] | overall_record = 33–17 <!-- As of 12/17/25 --> | bowl_record = 1–0 | tournament_record = 2–2 | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }}
'''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.
==Playing career== Raised in [[Somerville, New Jersey]], Carty played [[high school football]] at [[Somerville High School (New Jersey)|Somerville High School]].<ref name="USA_HSS"/>
Carty played as a [[quarterback]] at [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware]] from 2002 to 2006. He was a backup quarterback for the entirety of his career, including when Delaware won the [[2003 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game|NCAA Division I-AA national championship]] in [[2003 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team|2003]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Commentary: 'We want Carty!' |url=https://udreview.com/commentary-we-want-carty/ |website=The UD Review |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref> 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 Most Valuable Player Award|Super Bowl MVP]] [[Joe Flacco]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Flacco takes flight on field, remains grounded off it |url=https://www.newarkpostonline.com/sports/flacco-takes-flight-on-field-remains-grounded-off-it/article_bb813112-6b30-11e2-8a2c-001a4bcf887a.html |website=Newark Post |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref>
==Coaching career== ===New Hampshire=== Carty began his coaching career at [[New Hampshire Wildcats football|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 Ducks football|Oregon]].<ref name="Tresolini">{{cite web |title=Ex-Delaware QB Carty runs UNH's inventive offense |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/college/ud/2015/10/21/once-feast-his-eyes-unh-offense-now-cartys-job/74321366/ |website=The News Journal |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref><ref name="USA_HSS">{{cite web |title=Ryan Carty defies expectations as a young coach and stroke survivor |url=https://usatodayhss.com/2013/ryan-carty-defies-expectations-as-a-young-coach-and-stroke-survivor |website=USA Today High School Sports |date=December 25, 2013 |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref> He also spent two years each coaching running backs and wide receivers at New Hampshire before he was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2012.<ref name="Tresolini" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Houston State Offensive Coordinator Ryan Carty Reflects On Working With FCS Greats |url=https://www.college-sports-journal.com/sam-houston-state-offensive-coordinator-ryan-carty-reflects-on-working-with-fcs-greats/ |website=College Sports Journal |date=July 2, 2020 |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref>
===Sam Houston State=== Carty was hired as the offensive coordinator at [[Sam Houston State Bearkats football|Sam Houston State]] in 2018, reuniting him with his college coach [[K. C. Keeler]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bearkats hire New Hampshire OC Carty for same role |url=https://www.itemonline.com/sports/sam_houston_state_university_bearkats/bearkats-hire-new-hampshire-oc-carty-for-same-role/article_a97aa90e-920e-5d30-9c9d-7c5c30d8a4a3.html |website=The Huntsville Item |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref> He was named FootballScoop's FCS coordinator of the year in 2020, after Sam Houston State won its first [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I FCS national championship]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Carty -- 2020 FootballScoop FCS Coordinator of the Year |url=https://footballscoop.com/news/ryan-carty-2020-footballscoop-fcs-coordinator-of-the-year |website=FootballScoop |access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref>
===Delaware=== Carty was named head football coach of the University of Delaware on December 10, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tresolini |first=Kevin |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/2021/12/10/ex-blue-hens-qb-carty-named-university-delaware-football-coach/8888424002/ |title=Ex-Blue Hens QB Carty named University of Delaware football coach |work=Delaware News-Journal |date=December 10, 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zhe |first=Mike |date=May 4, 2012 |title=Coaching bloodlines run deep for UNH's Carty |url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20120504/SPORTS/205040396 |access-date=October 27, 2021 |website=Portsmouth Herald}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = both| poll1 = STATS | poll2 = Coaches }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens]] | conf = [[Colonial Athletic Association]] | startyear = 2022 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2022]] | name = [[2022 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team|Delaware]] | overall = 8–5 | conference = 4–4 | confstanding = 6th | bowlname = [[2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season#Postseason|NCAA Division I Second Round]] | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = 19 | ranking2 = 24 (tie) }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens]] | conf = [[Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference]] | startyear = 2023 | endyear = 24 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2023]] | name = [[2023 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team|Delaware]] | overall = 9–4 | conference = 6–2 | confstanding = T–4th | bowlname = [[2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season#Postseason|NCAA Division I Second Round]] | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = 10 | ranking2 = 11 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2024]] | name = [[2024 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team|Delaware]] | overall = 9–2 | conference = 6–2 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = Ineligible for rankings/postseason | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football|Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens]] | conf = [[Conference USA]] | startyear = 2025 | endyear = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2025]] | name = [[2025 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team|Delaware]] | overall = 7–6 | conference = 4–4 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = [[2025 68 Ventures Bowl|68 Ventures]] | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Delaware | overall = 33–17 <!-- As of 12/17/25 --> | confrecord = 20–12 <!-- As of 12/17/25 --> }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 33–17 <!-- As of 12/17/25 --> | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Twitter|ryancarty10}} * [https://bluehens.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/ryan-carty/3973 Delaware coach profile] * [https://gobearkats.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/ryan-carty/885 Sam Houston State profile] * [https://bluehens.com/sports/football/roster/ryan-carty/10464 Delaware player profile]
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