Pro Career

Mike Riley was named the 12th head coach in Chargers history on Jan. 10, 1999. Riley has 24 years of coaching experience. He has spent eight seasons as a head coach, including two on the collegiate level (Oregon State 1997-98), four in the Canadian Football League (Winnipeg 1987-1990) and two in the World League (San Antonio 1991-92).

While coach at Winnipeg, the Blue Bombers posted a record of 40-32 and won two Grey Cup championships. Riley was named the CFL's coach of the year following the 1988 and '90 seasons. He also spent three seasons (1983-85) as Winnipeg's secondary coach, winning the 1984 Grey Cup championship.

Riley led the San Antonio Riders to a record of 11-9 in two World League seasons. His career professional record is 51-41.

Background
Collegiately, Riley won two national championships — one as a player and one as a coach — and three bowl games. Riley spent two seasons (1997-98) as the head coach at Oregon State, where he led the Beavers to their best record in 27 years. Riley served as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator-quarterbacks coach at Southern California (1993-96).

In 1986, Riley was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Northern Colorado. He was a coach at Linfield College (1977-1982) in McMinnville, Ore., winning the 1982 NAIA championship. Riley served as a graduate assistant at Whitworth College (1976) in Spokane, Wash., and began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at California (1975).

As a high school athlete, Riley helped lead Corvallis High to state championships in football, basketball, and baseball as a senior. In college, he played defensive back under Paul (Bear) Bryant at Alabama (1971-74). During that period, the Crimson Tide won the 1973 national crown. Riley graduated from Alabama (1975) with a bachelor's degree in social science and earned his master's degree from Whitworth (1977).

Personal
Born July 6, 1953 in Wallace, Idaho. Mike and his wife, Dee, have two children, Matthew and Kate.