Ryan Carty
Ryan Carty went 35–21 as a head coach, 2022–2026, at Delaware. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2022–24 at Delaware (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Delaware * | 8–5 | 6th | NCAA Division I Second Round L | 19 | |
| 2023 | Delaware * | 9–4 | T–4th | NCAA Division I Second Round L | 10 | |
| 2024 | Delaware * | 9–2 | T–3rd | Ineligible for rankings/postseason | ||
| 2025 | Delaware | 7–6 | 7th | 68 Ventures Bowl W | ||
| 2026 | Delaware | 2–4 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Conference games | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| At home | 9 | 7–2 | 78% |
| On the road | 8 | 1–7 | 13% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
His own 19 games on file, 2025–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Libertyseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| UConnseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Louisianaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Coastal Carolinaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Delaware Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | New Hampshire | Tight ends coach | |
| 2008–09 | New Hampshire | Running backs coach | |
| 2010–11 | New Hampshire | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2012–17 | New Hampshire | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2018–21 | Sam Houston State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2022–present | Delaware | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- K.C. KeelerSam Houston
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.C. Keeler | Sam Houston | 2018–21 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Link | Delaware, 2022–23: special teams and safeties coach; 2024–26: assistant head coach and safeties coach | Christopher Newport | |
| Alex Wood | Delaware, 2024–25: quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | Buffalo, James Madison, Florida A&M |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Carty’s teams went for it on 29% of fourth downs and on 49% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 60% of plays and took 24.5 seconds a play, 2025–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 13 g | 35 of 103 34% | 57% | 60% | 24.1 | +0.07 | |
| 2026 6 g | 9 of 50 18% | 33% | 58% | 25.4 | −0.01 | |
| All 19 g | 44 of 153 29% | 49% | 60% | 24.5 | +0.05 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.