Rod Carey
Roderick Charles Carey (born July 24, 1971) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Temple. Carey was formerly the head coach at Northern Illinois University from 2012 to 2018.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Temple |
| Conference | The American |
| Record | 8–5 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 24, 1971 Madison, Wisconsin |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1993 | Indiana |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994–1997 | Wayzata HS (MN) (assistant) |
| 1998–1999 | Minnesota (GA) |
| 2000–2003 | Wisconsin–Stout (co-OC/OL) |
| 2004–2006 | Wisconsin–Stout (OC/OL) |
| 2007 | Illinois State (OL) |
| 2008–2010 | North Dakota (OL) |
| 2011 | Northern Illinois (OL) |
| 2012 | Northern Illinois (OC/OL) |
| 2012–2018 | Northern Illinois |
| 2019–present | Temple |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 60–35 |
| Bowls | 0–7 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4 MAC West Division (2013–2015, 2018) 2 MAC (2014, 2018) | |
| Awards | |
| MAC Coach of the Year (2013) | |
Early years
Rod Carey was born in Madison, Wisconsin and played collegiately as a center at Indiana from 1989–93.[2]
Coaching career
Early coaching stops
Immediately following his playing career, Carey coached at Minnesota, Wisconsin-Stout, Illinois State and North Dakota State.
Northern Illinois
Arriving at Northern Illinois University in 2008, Carey coached the offensive line for the Huskies until 2012, when he became the offensive coordinator of the team for the 2012 season. After orchestrating an offense that was No. 13 in the nation at 38.6 points per game,[3] Carey replaced Dave Doeren after Doeren left to take the head coaching job at North Carolina State prior to the 2013 Orange Bowl.[4]
Over the next six seasons, Carey would go 52–30 at the helm of the Huskies and won two Mid-American Conference championships and four MAC West Division titles. Carey also defeated four Big Ten Conference opponents during his tenure. He left the program in 2018 to become the new head coach for Temple Owls.[5]
Temple
On January 10, 2019, it was announced that Carey would replace Manny Diaz as the head coach at Temple.[6]
NFL players coached
Throughout his time as a head coach, Carey has coached a number of future NFL players. This list is limited to players that were either drafted in the NFL Draft or appeared in a regular season NFL game.[7]
Northern Illinois
| Draft Year | Player Name | Position | Round | Pick | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Rashaan Melvin | DB | N/A | N/A | Undrafted (signed with Tampa Bay Buccaneers) |
| 2014 | Jimmie Ward | DB | 1st | 30th overall | San Francisco 49ers |
| 2014 | Ken Bishop | DT | 7th | 251st overall | Dallas Cowboys |
| 2015 | Da'Ron Brown | WR | 7th | 233rd overall | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 2016 | Tommylee Lewis | WR | N/A | N/A | Undrafted (signed with New Orleans Saints) |
| 2017 | Kenny Golladay | WR | 3rd | 96th overall | Detroit Lions |
| 2018 | Chad Beebe | WR | N/A | N/A | Undrafted (signed with Minnesota Vikings) |
| 2019 | Max Scharping | OL | 2nd | 55th overall | Houston Texans |
| 2019 | Sutton Smith | DE | 6th | 175th overall | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Temple
| Draft Year | Player Name | Position | Round | Pick | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Matt Hennessy | OL | 3rd | 78th overall | Atlanta Falcons |
| 2020 | Harrison Hand | DB | 5th | 169th overall | Minnesota Vikings |
| 2020 | Shaun Bradley | LB | 6th | 196th overall | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 2020 | Chapelle Russell | LB | 7th | 241st overall | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois Huskies (Mid-American Conference) (2012–2018) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Northern Illinois | 0–1[n 1] | L Orange† | 24 | 22 | ||||
| 2013 | Northern Illinois | 12–2 | 8–0 | 1st (West) | L Poinsettia | ||||
| 2014 | Northern Illinois | 11–3 | 7–1 | T–1st (West) | L Boca Raton | ||||
| 2015 | Northern Illinois | 8–6 | 6–2 | T–1st (West) | L Poinsettia | ||||
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | 5–7 | 5–3 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | 8–5 | 6–2 | T–2nd (West) | L Quick Lane | ||||
| 2018 | Northern Illinois | 8–6 | 6–2 | 1st (West) | L Boca Raton | ||||
| Northern Illinois: | 52–30 | 38–10 | |||||||
| Temple Owls (American Athletic Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Temple | 8–5 | 5–3 | 3rd (East) | L Military | ||||
| Temple: | 8–5 | 5–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 60–35 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Notes
- Dave Doeren resigned after the MAC Championship Game to become head coach at NC State. Carey was named head coach on December 2 and coached the team in the Orange Bowl.
References
- Narducci, Marc (January 10, 2019). "Temple picks Northern Illinois' Rod Carey to be new football coach". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- https://niuhuskies.com/coaches.aspx?rc=888&path=football
- https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northern-illinois/2012.html
- https://www.hustlebelt.com/2012/12/3/3721690/northern-illinois-dave-doeren-rod-carey
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-niu-rod-carey-temple-job-20190110-story.html
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-niu-rod-carey-temple-job-20190110-story.html
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/noillinois/