Football
Dougherty, Ryan
Ryan Dougherty
- Title:
- Specialists/Offensive Assistant
- Email:
- crd315@lehigh.edu
- Alma Mater:
- Third season
Recruiting Areas: Alaska, Arizona, Southern California, Colorado, Southwest Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Washington
Ryan Dougherty enters his third season on the Lehigh coaching staff. A former standout punter at East Carolina, Dougherty coaches Lehigh’s specialists (kickers, punters, snappers) while assisting with the Mountain Hawks’ offense.
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Last season, Dougherty played a major role in the development of Ed Mish, who was a first team All-Patriot League selection as both a kicker and a punter. Mish set a new school record with 62 extra points and had 27 touchbacks on 81 kickoffs. He also took over the punting duties for the first time since high school and averaged 43 yards per punt.
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In his first season at Lehigh, Dougherty helped mold freshman Ed Mish into one of the Patriot League’s most reliable kickers. Mish made 40-of-43 extra point attempts and converted 9-of-12 field goals. Dougherty also worked with all-league punter Austin Devine and several new snappers.
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The former Pirate standout spent the previous five years at his alma mater, first as a special teams assistant and then as a graduate assistant working with the special teams and offense from 2012-14. Among the student-athletes mentored by Dougherty are All-Conference USA punter Trent Tignor and kickers Warren Harvey and Michael Barbour, the former of who broke East Carolina’s all-time scoring record. He also worked with several all-conference punt returners, including current NFL players Justin Hardy and Dwayne Harris. Hardy is also the FBS career leader in receptions.
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At ECU, Dougherty held recruiting responsibilities for Alabama and Central Florida and assisted in all of the Pirates’ recruiting operations. In practices, he worked with ECU’s specialists and ran the special teams scout team. Dougherty also assisted with outside receivers in practice and helped run the scout team offense.
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Off the field, Dougherty held weekly academic meetings with all specialists. At one point the top three grade point averages on the team were ECU’s starting field goal kicker, punter and long snapper.
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As a student-athlete at ECU, Dougherty was a four-time candidate for the Ray Guy Award and was a semifinalist for the award in 2006. An All-Conference USA selection, Dougherty holds the C-USA records for career punts (237) and punting yardage (10,112). Off the field, Dougherty earned honor roll recognition in his final three seasons, and earned the Athlete Scholar Award in 2006 along with the Jerry T. Brooks Academic Award.
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Dougherty signed with the Green Bay Packers in 2007 and averaged 48.5 yards in preseason play before being released.
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An instructor at the National Kicking service from 2004-09, Dougherty coached varsity and junior varsity football and soccer at his alma mater, William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Fla. He coached special teams from 2007-09 and also mentored wide receivers in his final season at Boone.
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Dougherty received his Bachelors in Education from East Carolina in 2006 and completed his Master’s of Education in health education from ECU in 2014.
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Ryan Dougherty enters his third season on the Lehigh coaching staff. A former standout punter at East Carolina, Dougherty coaches Lehigh’s specialists (kickers, punters, snappers) while assisting with the Mountain Hawks’ offense.
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Last season, Dougherty played a major role in the development of Ed Mish, who was a first team All-Patriot League selection as both a kicker and a punter. Mish set a new school record with 62 extra points and had 27 touchbacks on 81 kickoffs. He also took over the punting duties for the first time since high school and averaged 43 yards per punt.
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In his first season at Lehigh, Dougherty helped mold freshman Ed Mish into one of the Patriot League’s most reliable kickers. Mish made 40-of-43 extra point attempts and converted 9-of-12 field goals. Dougherty also worked with all-league punter Austin Devine and several new snappers.
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The former Pirate standout spent the previous five years at his alma mater, first as a special teams assistant and then as a graduate assistant working with the special teams and offense from 2012-14. Among the student-athletes mentored by Dougherty are All-Conference USA punter Trent Tignor and kickers Warren Harvey and Michael Barbour, the former of who broke East Carolina’s all-time scoring record. He also worked with several all-conference punt returners, including current NFL players Justin Hardy and Dwayne Harris. Hardy is also the FBS career leader in receptions.
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At ECU, Dougherty held recruiting responsibilities for Alabama and Central Florida and assisted in all of the Pirates’ recruiting operations. In practices, he worked with ECU’s specialists and ran the special teams scout team. Dougherty also assisted with outside receivers in practice and helped run the scout team offense.
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Off the field, Dougherty held weekly academic meetings with all specialists. At one point the top three grade point averages on the team were ECU’s starting field goal kicker, punter and long snapper.
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As a student-athlete at ECU, Dougherty was a four-time candidate for the Ray Guy Award and was a semifinalist for the award in 2006. An All-Conference USA selection, Dougherty holds the C-USA records for career punts (237) and punting yardage (10,112). Off the field, Dougherty earned honor roll recognition in his final three seasons, and earned the Athlete Scholar Award in 2006 along with the Jerry T. Brooks Academic Award.
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Dougherty signed with the Green Bay Packers in 2007 and averaged 48.5 yards in preseason play before being released.
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An instructor at the National Kicking service from 2004-09, Dougherty coached varsity and junior varsity football and soccer at his alma mater, William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Fla. He coached special teams from 2007-09 and also mentored wide receivers in his final season at Boone.
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Dougherty received his Bachelors in Education from East Carolina in 2006 and completed his Master’s of Education in health education from ECU in 2014.
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