Football
Sep 12 (Fri)
6:30 p.m.
- Title:
- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
- Email:
- football@indiana.edu
• Former Hoosier and nine-year head coaching veteran Rod Carey is in his second season at Indiana and assumed the role of offensive coordinator on Oct. 1, 2023. Over his first two seasons, Carey spent time as a quality control coach and served as the run game coordinator/offensive line coach during a span of the 2022 season.
• Went 64-50 at Northern Illinois University (2012-18) and Temple University (2019-21) with seven bowl appearances.
• Named NIU’s head coach in Dec. 2012 and coached the Huskies to six bowl games, including an appearance in the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl against Florida State.
• Posted a 52-30 overall mark and a 38-10 Mid-American Conference record at Northern Illinois, with two MAC Championships and four West Division titles.
• NIU went 12-0 in his first full campaign and was ranked nine-straight weeks, rising as high as No. 16.
• Coached seven All-Americans, including the program’s first two-time All-American in defensive end Sutton Smith.
• Joined the Huskies as an offensive line coach in 2011, added run game coordinator duties in 2012, and took over as offensive coordinator following the team’s first game that same campaign.
• Served as the offensive line coach at the University of North Dakota (2008-10) and Illinois State University (2007).
• Worked as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout from 2000-06.
• Began his collegiate coaching career at the University of Minnesota (1998-99) after he coached for four seasons in the high school ranks at his alma mater, Wayzata (Minn.) High School.
• Played for the Hoosiers from 1990-93, where he was a three-year starter at center and won IU’s Corby Davis Outstanding Offensive Player Award his senior season.
• Earned his bachelor’s degree from IU in 1994.
• Rod and his wife, Tonya, have one daughter, Kennedi, and one son, Charlie.
Updating on Oct. 1, 2023.
