Recruiting Area: Bryan/College Station - Austin - Hill Country
Ryan Carty joined the Bearkats for 2018 as the offensive coordinator after spending the previous 11 seasons on the New Hampshire coaching staff, including six years as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.
He helped lead the Bearkats to the 2020 FCS national championship and was not only named the FCS Coordinator of the Year by FootballScoop.com, but was also named to Dave Campbell's Texas Football's "Top 40 Coaches Under 40" list following the year.
Carty was instrumental that season in helping quarterback Eric Schmid earn Southland Conference Player of the Year honors on his way to leading the nation in total passing yards. As a unit, the Kats ranked 13th in the nation in total and passing offense, while coming in ninth in scoring offense with an average of 37.5 points per game.
In his first year at the helm of the Bearkat offense he took over a revamped offense and helped SHSU average 30.0 points per game in 2018, while tutoring redshirt freshman quarterback Ty Brock, who passed for 2,417 yards and 15 touchdowns in his first year on the field for the Kats.
A year later, SHSU averaged 31.9 points per game despite injuries forcing the Kats to utilize five different quarterbacks throughout the season. Carty's tutelage helped Eric Schmid set an SLC single-game high for 2019 when he threw for 531 yards in a win over defending league champion UIW, and he would eventually see four offensive players earn all-SLC honors at season's end, including second team running back Donovan Williams.
In 2016, the New Hampshire offense ranked third in the CAA in scoring (28.5 points per game) as well as third in total offense (379.2 yards/game). The Wildcat’s offense was in high gear for its first round game vs. Lehigh, as the ‘Cats scored 64 points and amassed 637 total yards, including 364 rushing yards. Senior RB Dalton Crossan had a year for the record books with 233 carries for 1,281 yards; those numbers rank No. 10 and No. 6 on the respective single-season list of UNH superlatives; Crossan finished with 2,617 career rushing yards, which is No. 8 all time.
In 2015, Carty oversaw an offense that averaged 358.8 yards/ game and 23.9 points/game with 35 TDs. Under Carty’s tutelage, Sean Goldrich graduated among New Hampshire’s all-time great QBs; he’s ranked third in completions (654), fifth in passing yards (7,536) and fifth in attempts (1,068).
In 2014, the Wildcats were once again one of the nation’s best offenses. The ‘Cats ranked 16th nationally in scoring offense (36.0 points/game), 12th in first downs, eighth in 3rd down conversion percentage, 11th in completion percentage and 17th in passing efficiency. The Wildcat offense featured All-CAA honorees in receiver R.J. Harris, who ranked first in receiving yards (1,551), and running back Nico Steriti, who was first in scoring TDs.
The 2013 Wildcats boasted a pair of 1,000-yard receivers for the first time in program history, and had both a 1,000-yard rusher and 1,000-yard receiver for only the second time (previously in ‘93). Carty began his coaching career at UNH after playing quarterback at the University of Delaware. He was voted captain in his 2006 senior campaign and played on the national championship squad in 2003.
