Tyron Carrier
Current position
TitleOutside wide receivers coach
TeamGrambling State Tigers
Biographical details
Born (1987-12-19) December 19, 1987
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
2008–2011Houston
2013Wichita Falls Nighthawks
2013 Montreal Alouettes
2014Wichita Falls Nighthawks
Position(s)Wide receiver/kick returner
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2015Baylor (GA)
2016–2018West Virginia (WR)
2019–2020Houston (Asst. HC/WR)
2022Texas A&M–Commerce (WR)
2023–presentGrambling State (WR)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • C-USA Special Teams POY (2011)

Tyron North Carrier (born December 19, 1987) is an American football coach who was formerly a wide receiver for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at Houston.

College career

Carrier finished his college career with 320 receptions, which is the second most in NCAA Division I/FBS history.[1] In his career, Carrier returned seven kickoffs for touchdowns, an NCAA FBS record that he shares with Clemson's C. J. Spiller, San Diego State's Rashaad Penny, and Memphis's Tony Pollard. His 7,490 career all-purpose yards ranks sixth all-time. Carrier also holds the FBS record of 53 consecutive games with at least two receptions.[2]

Coaching career

In 2016, Carrier was hired as the wide receivers coach for the West Virginia Mountaineers.[3]

In 2019, Carrier joined Dana Holgorsen at the University of Houston as assistant head coach and wide receivers coach.[4] He and the school parted ways in May of 2021.[5]

After spending the 2021 season out of coaching, Carrier was hired in March of 2022 as the wide receivers coach at Texas A&M–Commerce.[6]

In 2023, Carrier was hired as the outside wide receivers coach for Grambling State.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gholson: Peterson's recovery gave hope to Carrier
  2. ↑ Football Bowl Subdivision Records. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ Tyron Carrier Named WVU Receivers Coach by Geoff Coyle. WVIllustrated, April 6, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dana Holgorsen adds 5 assistants to UH staff". January 12, 2019.
  5. ↑ Duarte, Joseph (May 20, 2021). "UH, Wide Receivers Coach Tyron Carrier Part Ways". houstonchronicle.com. The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  6. ↑ Barnett, Zach (March 24, 2022). "Texas A&M-Commerce adds five to staff, including FootballScoop Coach of the Year award winner". footballscoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  7. ↑ Grambling State Football Announces Tyron Carrier as Outside Receivers Coach. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
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