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    • Rex Ryan
    Personal information
    Date of birth (1962-12-13) December 13, 1962 (age 49)
    Place of birth Ardmore, Oklahoma
    Career information
    Position(s) Head coach
    College Southwestern Oklahoma State
    Head coaching record
    Regular season 28–20–0
    Postseason 4–2
    Career record 32–22–0
    Stats
    Coaching stats Pro Football Reference
    Coaching stats DatabaseFootball
    Team(s) as a coach/administrator
    1987–1988

    1989


    1990–1993

    1994–1995

    1996–1997

    1998


    1999


    1999–2004

    2005–2007
    2008

    2009–present    		 Eastern Kentucky
    (Graduate Assistant)
    New Mexico Highlands
    (Defensive coordinator/Assistant head coach)
    Morehead State
    (Defensive coordinator)
    Arizona Cardinals
    (Linebackers/Defensive line coach)
    Cincinnati
    (Defensive coordinator)
    Oklahoma
    (Defensive coordinator)

    Kansas State
    (Defensive coordinator)
    Baltimore Ravens
    (Defensive line coach)

    (Defensive coordinator)
    (Defensive coordinator/Assistant head coach)
    New York Jets
    (Head coach)

    Rex Ryan (born December 13, 1962) is an American football head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). After serving as an assistant coach for twenty-two years, Ryan attained his first head coaching job in the NFL with the Jets in 2009. He is the son of former Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals head coach Buddy Ryan and is the twin brother of Rob Ryan, defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys.

    Upon accepting the position with the Jets, Ryan became well-known throughout the league for his outspoken manner, boisterous attitude and success with the Jets which has included back-to-back AFC Championship appearances in the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Players have expressed their interest in playing for Ryan because of his player-friendly attitude. Ryan is also known for his highly esteemed defenses which often feature "relentlessness [and] unpredictable mayhem founded on his premise that 'whatever you do best, we're going to take away from you.'"


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