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

Ryan left Oklahoma State after the 1999 season to join Bill Belichick's Patriots staff, and hasn't coached in college since.

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.

The longtime NFL assistant coach and brother of former Jets and Bills head coach Rex Ryan was named the new linebackers coach at USC on Saturday. USC needed a linebackers coach after former North Dakota State head coach Matt Entz was named the head coach at Fresno State following the 2024 season.

USC is hiring former NFL assistant coach Rob Ryan to be the Trojans' new assistant head coach for defense and linebackers coach, the school announced Saturday.

At a time when Rex Ryan hopes to become the head coach of the NYJ (again), his fraternal twin has taken a job at USC.

Raiders defensive assistant Rob Ryan joins Lincoln Riley's staff as the assistant head coach and linebackers coach of USC football

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

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Is this the best Ohio State team ever? Who knows? The Super Sophs of 1968 were damn impressive. The 2002 Buckeyes were tough as nails and the 2014 edition beat Alabama. Nuff said. I can’t speak for 1942, 1954 and 1957, but I wouldn’t bet against them.

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