Ryan Beard serves as Head Football Coach for Coastal Carolina University's Football program in Conway, South Carolina.
Ryan Beard, the fifth football head coach in Coastal Carolina program history, joined the Chanticleers in December 2025. He arrived in Conway after a rapid and highly successful rise through the collegiate coaching ranks, most recently serving as head coach at Missouri State University, where he earned national recognition as one of college football’s top young defensive minds. Beard became Missouri State’s head coach in December 2022 at just 33 years old, becoming the youngest head coach in school history.
