The Barometer Online

Issue date: 6/24/09 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Peter Strong Oregon State head coach Mike Riley and California head coach Jeff Tedford shake hands after the Beavers 34-21 victory over the Golden Bears.

WACO, TEXAS - Oregon State University head coach Mike Riley has been named to the Board of Trustees of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). He joins a group of distinguished head coaches who guide the organization. The board formulates policy and provides direction for the AFCA, which was founded in 1922 by Amos Alonzo Stagg, John Heisman and others. Riley was selected to replace recently retired Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti on the board.
"It's a terrific honor to be selected to the Board of Trustees," Riley said. "It's an exciting time for college football and I look forward to serving our profession."
Other members of the AFCA Board of Trustees include: 2009 AFCA President Dick Tomey of San Jose State University; 1st vice president Larry Kehres of Mount Union College; 2nd vice president Rob Ash of Montana State University and 3rd vice president Tim Murphy of Harvard University.
Also serving on the board in 2009: Rich Rodriguez, University of Michigan; Mike Welch, Ithaca College; Jim Tressel, Ohio State University; Mack Brown, University of Texas; Lee Owens, Ashland University; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest University; Bill Cronin, Georgetown College (Ky.); Lou Tepper, Indiana University (Pa.); Frank Solich, Ohio University; Randy Edsall, University of Connecticut; Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt University; Turner Gill, University at Buffalo and Rob Ianello, University of Notre Dame, ex-officio member and chairman of the Assistant Coaches Committee.
Riley is in his ninth season as the head coach of Oregon State, rebuilding the Beavers to one of the Pac-10's best programs. He has a 56-42 overall record in two different stints (1997-1998 and 2003-present) as head coach. Since being renamed head coach of Oregon State in 2003, Riley has guided the Beavers to the longest active bowl win streak (five games) in the Pac-10 and the second best record in conference over the past three seasons (28-12). In 2008, Riley led Oregon State to a second place finish in the Pac-10, and an overall record of 9-4 for the second straight year after beating Pittsburgh in the Brut Sun Bowl. He earned Pac-10 and AFCA Regional Coach of the Year honors for his team's success this past season.
Riley is the first coach in OSU history to win more than one NCAA sanctioned bowl game at OSU, capturing the 2003 Las Vegas Bowl, the 2004 Insight Bowl, the 2006 and 2008 Sun Bowls, and the 2007 Emerald Bowl. He also is the first coach to lead the program to more than one winning conference season (5-3 in '04, 6-3 in '06, 6-3 in '07 and 7-2 in '08) since 1969.
The AFCA was founded in 1922 and currently has more than 10,000 members around the world, ranging from the high school level to the professional ranks. According to its constitution, the AFCA was formed, in part, to "maintain the highest possible standards in football and the coaching profession" and to "provide a forum for the discussion and study of all matters pertaining to football and coaching."
For more information on the AFCA and its programs log on to the AFCA's website at www.afca.com .

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