Ryan Held (American football)

Ryan Held
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamNebraska–Kearney
ConferenceMIAA
Record8–14
Biographical details
Born (1974-11-23) November 23, 1974
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
1993–1996Nebraska
Position(s)Quarterback, wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997Nebraska (SA)
1998–1999Tennessee (GA)
2001Peru State
2002–2004Oklahoma Panhandle State
2005–2008Southwestern Oklahoma State
2011Butler (KS) (OC)
2012–2013Highland (HS)
2014–2015Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
2016–2017UCF (RB)
2018–2021Nebraska (RB)
2022North Alabama (AHC/OC/QB)
2022North Alabama (interim HC)
2023–presentNebraska–Kearney
Head coaching record
Overall42–66 (college)
17–22 (junior college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 LSC North Division (2007)

Ryan Held (born November 23, 1974) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for the University of Nebraska at Kearney, a position he has held since 2023. He was previously the running backs coach at University of Nebraska–Lincoln and was hired in that role in December 2017, after serving in that same position at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida since 2016. Prior to that, he had served as the head coach at Peru State as well as several college and teams in Kansas and Oklahoma.