Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Carnegie Mellon |
Conference | PAC |
Record | 31-4 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | October 18, 1986
Alma mater | Claremont McKenna College (2009) Indiana University Bloomington (2010) |
Playing career | |
2005–2008 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2009 | Indiana (intern) |
2010 | Indiana (OQC) |
2011 | Wabash (WR) |
2012–2013 | Rhodes (WR) |
2014 | Rhodes (OC/QB) |
2015–2018 | Stevenson (OC/QB) |
2019–2021 | Columbia (QB) |
2022–present | Carnegie Mellon |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 31-4 |
Bowls | 1–0 |
Tournaments | 2-2 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 PAC (2022, 2024) | |
Ryan Larsen (born October 18, 1986) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Carnegie Mellon University, a position he has since 2022. [1] [2] [3] He also coached for Indiana, Wabash, Rhodes, Stevenson, [4] [5] and Columbia. [6] He played college football for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps as a quarterback.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | D3# | AFCA° | ||
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Carnegie Mellon Tartans (Presidents' Athletic Conference)(2022–present) | |||||||||
2022 | Carnegie Mellon | 11–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Second Round | 14 | 14 | ||
2023 | Carnegie Mellon | 10–1 | 9–1 | 2nd | W Asa S. Bushnell | 25 | |||
2024 | Carnegie Mellon | 10-2 | 9–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III Third Round | 13 | 16 | ||
Carnegie Mellon: | 31-4 | 26–2 | |||||||
Total: | 31-4 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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