Kyle Risinger - Football Coach - Montana State University Athletics

Kyle Risinger

Title:
Assistant Defensive Backs
Email:
football@msubobcats.com
Phone:
406.994.5694

In his sixth season coaching Montana State’s secondary (secondary assistant presently, all defensive backs in 2020, cornerbacks in 2019, safeties 2017-18, and defensive intern in 2016), Kyle Risinger has coached several productive and well-decorated players while gaining recognition as an excellent technical coach. Safety Bryson McCabe earned Third Team All-Big Sky honors in 2017 and safeties Brayden Konkol and Jahque Alleyne each earned All-Big Sky Honorable Mention honors in 2018. Risinger worked as a Bobcat defensive intern in 2016 after one season as a graduate assistant at Indiana State in 2015. He finished an outstanding career at St. Cloud State in 2014, where he was an All-Northern Sun Honorable Mention selection as a senior. Risinger logged 200 total tackles in his three-year career at SCSU, nabbed eight interceptions, and his 15 career pass breakups remains among the top 10 marks in Huskies history. An outstanding athlete from originally from Minnetonka, Minn., Risinger played basketball at Minnesota-Crookston in 2009-10.

Birth Date: June 22, 1990
Hometown: Minnetonka, MN
Education: Bachelor’s in Liberal Studies, St. Cloud State, 2014; Master’s in Sports Management, Indiana State, 2020
Player: St. Cloud State, 2010-14
Family: Wife Brittany, son Cash

Timeline
2016-present: Montana State, Defensive Backs Assistant (2021), Defensive Backs (2020), Cornerbacks (2019), Safeties (2017-18), Defensive Intern (2016)
2015: Indiana State, Graduate Assistant

Team Accomplishments as Coach
MSU – 2019 FCS Semifinals, 2018 FCS Second Round

Individual Achievements as Coach
MSU – 2019: Tyrel Thomas 5th in Big Sky with 0.93 passes defended per game; 2018: Jahque Alleyne led Big Sky with 5 interceptions

All-Conference Players Coached as Position Coach
MSU – 2018 Jahque Alleyne, Brayden Konkol (HM); 2017 Bryson McCabe (2nd); 2016 Bryson McCabe (3rd)

Playing Career
Played football at St. Cloud State (2010-14)... All-Northern Sun Honorable Mention (2014)... 200 tackles in his three-year career, with eight interceptions... 15 career pass breakups was in St. Cloud State’s career top 10 upon graduation... played basketball at Minnesota-Crookston (2009-10)