Professional football coach Rex Ryan serves as the head coach for the New York Jets in the National Football League.ESPN.com: Sources: Ryan to Become Jets Coach
Ryan was offered a four-year contract to coach the Jets within hours after the AFC Championship Game on January 18, 2009.ESPN.com: Sources: Ryan to Become Jets Coach He previously served as the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach for the Baltimore Ravens.
Coaching Career
- 1978-88: Eastern Kentucky Colonels, graduate assistant and defensive ends coachOfficial Site of the Baltimore Ravens: Rex Ryan
- 1989: New Mexico Highlands Cowboys, defensive coordinatorOfficial Site of the Baltimore Ravens: Rex Ryan
- 1990-93: Morehead State Eagles, defensive coordinatorOfficial Site of the Baltimore Ravens: Rex Ryan
- 1994-95: Arizona Cardinals, linebackers and defensive line coachOfficial Site of the Baltimore Ravens: Rex Ryan
- 1996-97: Cincinnati Bearcats, defensive coordinatorOfficial Site of the Baltimore Ravens: Rex Ryan
- 1998: Oklahoma Sooners, defensive coordinatorOfficial Site of the Baltimore Ravens: Rex Ryan
- 1999-2004: Baltimore Ravens, defensive assistantOfficial Site of the Baltimore Ravens: Rex Ryan
- 2005-07: Baltimore Ravens, defensive coordinatorOfficial Site of the Baltimore Ravens: Rex Ryan
- 2008-09: Baltimore Ravens, defensive coordinator and assistant head coachOfficial Site of the Baltimore Ravens: Rex Ryan
- 2009-present: New York Jets, head coachESPN.com: Sources: Ryan to Become Jets Coach