Rod Carey

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Biographical details
Born (1971-07-24) July 24, 1971 (age 53)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
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)
2004–2006Wisconsin–Stout (OC/OL)
2007 Illinois State (OL)
2008–2010 North Dakota (OL)
2011 Northern Illinois (OL)
2012Northern Illinois (OC/OL)
2012–2018Northern Illinois
2019–2021 Temple
2022 Indiana (QC/OL)
2023Indiana (OC/QB)
Head coaching record
Overall64–50
Bowls0–7
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4 MAC West Division (2013–2015, 2018)
2 MAC (2014, 2018)
Awards
MAC Coach of the Year (2013)

Roderick Charles Carey (born July 24, 1971) is an American football coach and former player who last served as the offensive coordinator for the Indiana Hoosiers. He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois University from 2012 to 2018 and Temple University from 2019 to 2021. [1]

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Early years

Carey was born in Madison, Wisconsin and played college football as a center at Indiana University Bloomington from 1990 to 1993. [2]

Coaching career

Early coaching career

Following his playing career, Carey began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota, before moving to the college ranks and making stop at the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin–Stout, Illinois State University, and the University of North Dakota.

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]

Carey won eight games in his first season at Temple, which was enough for the team to receive an invitation to the 2019 Military Bowl, but the Owls were blown out by North Carolina losing by a score of 55–13. [7] The Owls struggled in the 2020 season, which was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, winning just one game. [8]

The 2021 season was Carey's first with a Temple roster that was recruited almost entirely by him. However, after starting the season 3–2, Temple ended the season on a seven-game losing streak and finished with a record of 3–9. Temple lost every one of their final seven games by at least 20 points. Carey also faced accusations of losing support in the Temple locker room after multiple players, including the team's starting quarterback and number-one wide receiver, entered the transfer portal. [9] On November 29, 2021, Temple fired Carey becoming the first Temple coach to be fired since Jerry Berndt in 1992. Prior to Carey, Temple's previous four head coaches had all left the school to become Power Five coaches. [10]

Indiana

After joining the staff as a quality control coach before the 2022 season, Carey was appointed as Indiana's offensive line coach on October 9, 2022. [11] He was promoted to Offensive Coordinator following the firing of Nick Sheridan.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Northern Illinois Huskies (Mid-American Conference)(2012–2018)
2012 Northern Illinois 0–1 [n 1] L Orange 2422
2013 Northern Illinois 12–28–01st (West)L Poinsettia
2014 Northern Illinois 11–37–1T–1st (West)L Boca Raton
2015 Northern Illinois 8–66–2T–1st (West)L Poinsettia
2016 Northern Illinois 5–75–33rd (West)
2017 Northern Illinois 8–56–2T–2nd (West)L Quick Lane
2018 Northern Illinois 8–66–21st (West)L Boca Raton
Northern Illinois:52–3038–10
Temple Owls (American Athletic Conference)(2019–2021)
2019 Temple 8–55–33rd (East)L Military
2020 Temple 1–61–610th
2021 Temple 3–91–7T–9th
Temple:12–207–16
Total:64–50
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

  1. 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.

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