Ryan Partridge - Football Coach - University of Massachusetts Athletics

Ryan Partridge

Title:
Wide Receivers
Email:
ryanpartridg@umass.edu

Recruiting Areas: Central Florida / California

Alma Mater: Cal-State East Bay '11
Season at Massachusetts: First (2022-current)

Don Brown announced the addition of Ryan Partridge to the Massachusetts Staff to coach the wide receivers. Ryan comes to Amherst after serving as the Director of High School Scouting and Recruiting at Arizona.

Before heading to Arizona, Partridge served as the linebackers coach and Division II powerhouse, Ferris State. Prior to his time with the Bulldogs, Partridge was the athletic director and head coach at Liberty High School. Partridge directed the Northern California powerhouse to the 2018 D1-A State Championship after compiling a perfect 10-0 league mark. His first Liberty team, in 2017, claimed the school's first North Coast Section Division I Championship. This past season, in 2019, he guided Liberty to a 10-2 overall record.

During his distinguished prep coaching career, Partridge was tabbed as California's Large School Coach of the Year by Cal Hi Sports and named as the San Francisco 49ers High School Coach of the Year in 2018. Partridge also was chosen as the 2018 Bay Area News Group Coach of the Year, the Prep 2 Prep Coach of the Year and the NFL Coach of the Week while being a nominee for the National Football League's High School Coach of the Year Award.

As the athletic director at Liberty, Partridge also oversaw 18 athletic programs, which included 48 teams and 90 coaching staff members. His football program grew to one of the largest among public schools in the Bay Area with 168 athletes invested in the program.
Partridge began his prep head coaching career at Livermore High School in 2016 where he coached nine all-league players, which was the school's most in 25 years. He previously served from 2013-16 on the staff at Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon, including roles as the special teams coordinator, outside linebackers coach, passing game coordinator, varsity baseball coach and more.

Partridge played collegiately for Golden West College in Huntington Beach where he was a two-time team Most Valuable Player and all-state wide receiver while also garnering Academic All-America laurels. He then went to the University of Kentucky and later transferred to Northern Arizona University where he completed his collegiate career as a wide receiver and punt returner. Partridge earned his bachelor's degree from Cal-State East Bay.

Partridge is part of a large football family, which includes his cousin, Chris Partridge, who currently serves as the co-defensive coordinator at Ole Miss after previously being the special teams coordinator at the University of Michigan. His father and five uncles all played Division I college football with two eventually going on to play professionally in the NFL and the United States Football League.

Partridge and his wife, Megan, have three children.

Partridge • Season-By-Season Coaching History

Massachusetts – Wide Receivers (2022-current)
Arizona – Coordinator of Scouting & Recruiting (2021)
Ferris State – Linebackers / Recruiting Coordinator (2020)
Liberty High School – Head Football Coach (2017-19)
Livermore High School – Head Football Coach (2016)
Dougherty Valley High School – Special Teams Coordinator / Outside Linebackers / Defensive Backs / Wide Receivers (2013-2015)

Partridge • Postseason Coaching History

Liberty High School – California Division I-A State Champions (2018)
Liberty High School – CIF-NCS Division I Champions (2017)