Coaches
Ryan Beard
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Ryan Beard*
Head coach, Coastal Carolina · Played at Western Kentucky 2007-2011 · alma mater (CFBD): Western Kentucky
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-2013 | Western Kentucky | Other | DGA | Willie Taggart (2012), Bobby Petrino (2013) |
| 2014 | Louisville | Analyst | DQC | Bobby Petrino |
| 2015 | Northern Michigan | Position | DB | not known |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | Position | DB | Jeff Brohm* |
| 2017-2018 | Louisville | Other | asst. | Bobby Petrino (2017), Lorenzo Ward (2018) |
| 2019 | Central Michigan | ST coord. | ST/ | Jim McElwain |
| 2020-2022 | Missouri State | DC | DC/✓ | not known |
| 2023-2025 | Missouri State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2026- | Coastal Carolina | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Missouri State (FCS) | 4-7 | - → - | 8 | 116 | - | 46% wins | 128 |
| 2024 | Missouri State (FCS) | 8-4 | - → - | 8 | 112 | - | 36% wins | 129 |
| 2025 | Missouri State | 7-5 (12 of 13) | - → - | 66 | 122 | -10.7 | 67% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | Coastal Carolina | 3-6 | - → - | 93 | 84 | -8.2 | 46% wins | 138 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Missouri State | FCS | 7-5 |
Worked under
- Bobby Petrino · Louisville 2014-2017 (Analyst, Other)
- Jeff Brohm* · Western Kentucky 2016 (Position)
- Lorenzo Ward · Louisville 2018 (Other)
- Jim McElwain · Central Michigan 2019 (ST coord.)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 3
- L. D. Scott · Missouri State 2025 (DC)
- Nick Petrino · Missouri State 2025 (OC, Position)
- L. D. Scott · Coastal Carolina 2026 (DC)
Coached together
- Bobby Petrino · Louisville 2014-2018 · him Analyst, Other, them Head coach
- Derek Nicholson · Louisville 2014 · him Analyst, them Position
- Garrick McGee · Louisville 2014 · him Analyst, them OC, Other, Position
- Greg Brown · Louisville 2014 · him Analyst, them Position
- Kolby Smith · Louisville 2014-2018 · him Analyst, Other, them Position
- Nick Petrino · Louisville 2014-2018 · him Analyst, Other, them GA, Position
- Terrell Buckley · Louisville 2014 · him Analyst, them Position
- Todd Grantham · Louisville 2014 · him Analyst, them DC, Other, Position
- Will Stein*+ · Louisville 2014 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Chris Ostrowsky · Northern Michigan 2015 · him Position, them Head coach
- Brian Brohm · Western Kentucky 2016 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Bryan Ellis · Western Kentucky 2016 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Jeff Brohm* · Western Kentucky 2016 · him Position, them Head coach
- Nick Holt · Western Kentucky 2016 · him Position, them DC, Head coach, Other
- Tony Levine · Western Kentucky 2016 · him Position, them OC, Position, ST coord.
- Lonnie Galloway · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Other, them OC
- Lorenzo Ward · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Other, them Head coach, Other, Position
- Mike Summers · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Other, them OC
- Peter Sirmon · Louisville 2017 · him Other, them DC, Position
- Brian VanGorder · Louisville 2018 · him Other, them DC
- Grady Brown · Louisville 2018 · him Other, them Position
- Charlie Frye · Central Michigan 2019 · him ST coord., them OC, Position
- Jim McElwain · Central Michigan 2019 · him ST coord., them Head coach
- Kevin Barbay · Central Michigan 2019 · him ST coord., them Other, Position
- Robb Akey · Central Michigan 2019 · him ST coord., them DC
- Bobby Petrino · Missouri State 2020-2022 · him DC, them Head coach
- Nick Petrino · Missouri State 2020-2025 · him DC, Head coach, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Skyler Cassity · Missouri State 2020-2021 · him DC, them Position
- L. D. Scott · Missouri State 2023-2025 · him Head coach, them DC
- L. D. Scott · Coastal Carolina 2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Nick Petrino · Coastal Carolina 2026 · him Head coach, them OC, Position