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Mike Riley returns to Oregon State as assistant head coach

Mike Riley is returning to Oregon State.

New Beavers head coach Jonathan Smith announced Riley, who spent 14 years over two stints as the team's head coach, is returning as assistant head coach. Riley left Corvallis after a 12-year run following the 2014 season for Nebraska, where he went 19-19 over the past three seasons and was fired Nov. 25.

Smith played under Riley for one season (1998) and spent another year on his staff as a graduate assistant (2003).

"Current and former players thriving in the NFL and in life are proof of Coach Riley's tremendous ability to recruit outstanding young men," Smith said in a statement.