Rod Carey


Roderick Charles Carey is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Temple. Carey was formerly the head coach at Northern Illinois University from 2012 to 2018.

Early years

Rod Carey was born in Madison, Wisconsin and played collegiately as a center at Indiana from 1989–93.

Coaching career

Early coaching stops

Immediately following his playing career, Carey coached at Minnesota, Wisconsin-Stout, Illinois State and North Dakota State.

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, Carey replaced Dave Doeren after Doeren left to take the head coaching job at North Carolina State prior to the 2013 Orange Bowl.
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.

Temple

On January 10, 2019, it was announced that Carey would replace Manny Diaz as the head coach at Temple.

NFL players coached

Throughout his time as a head coach, Carey has coached a number of future NFL players. This list is limited to players that were either drafted in the NFL Draft or appeared in a regular season NFL game.

Northern Illinois

Temple

Head coaching record