Ryan started his coaching career at Tennessee State in 1989 and was the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State from 1997-1999. Since 2000, Ryan has been an assistant in the NFL.

Football fans are stunned after learning that the USC Trojans hired Rob Ryan for an assistant coaching position.

Lincoln Riley is determined to improve his team’s defense in 2025. One month after USC ended 2024 with a 7-6 record, Riley hired Las Vegas Raiders defensive assistant coach Rob Ryan to his football staff.

With the linebackers coaching post open on his Southern Cal staff since Matt Entz departed to take over at Fresno State, Lincoln Riley and heralded defensive coordinator D'Anton Lynn are working to add longtime NFL veteran Rob Ryan to coach the Trojans linebackers, FootballScoop has learned.

USC is hiring longtime NFL assistant Rob Ryan as its linebackers coach, the program announced Saturday. Ryan, 62, will also hold the title of assistant head coach for defense as the Trojans enter their second season in the Big Ten needing to make more defensive strides under fourth-year head coach Lincoln Riley.

“Rob Ryan, a former NFL defensive coordinator and brother of Rex Ryan, has been named USC’s linebackers coach and assistant head coach,” Kartje wrote on Twitter. “ D’Anton Lynn knows the Ryan family well. Rex was a longtime mentor to Lynn, and now his brother joins Lynn on USC’s staff.”

The Las Vegas Raiders senior defensive assistant with 35 years of coaching experience, including 24 in the NFL, will oversee the Trojans’ linebackers

The Las Vegas Raiders ... for life after the Raiders. The Raiders are headed in a new direction in more ways than one, as they will now be without veteran coach Rob Ryan. He spent the last couple ...

Former Las Vegas Raiders defensive assistant Rob Ryan is making a career change. After three seasons with the Raiders from 2022 to 2024, he is taking his talents back to a college football team ...

Raiders assistant coach Rob Ryan is leaving to become the assistant head coach for defense and linebackers coach at USC. The 62-year-old Ryan has been a coach for 34 years, including 24 in the NFL. He has been a defensive assistant with the Raiders since 2022.

The Las Vegas Raiders ... for life after the Raiders. The Raiders are headed in a new direction in more ways than one, as they will now be without veteran coach Rob Ryan. He spent the last couple ...