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