Overview
- ESPN and other outlets reported the hire Saturday, with the Associated Press noting the team has not formally announced it.
- Seth Ryan replaces Scott Turner, who was fired two weeks ago during Glenn’s coaching staff overhaul.
- Ryan spent the past five seasons with the Lions as an assistant wide receivers coach and, in 2025, as assistant tight ends coach after beginning his NFL career with the Chargers in 2019.
- The move extends the Jets’ Ryan family lineage to a third generation through Seth’s father, former head coach Rex Ryan, and his grandfather, Buddy Ryan.
- The staff build-out continues, with Alfredo Roberts reported as the new tight ends coach and Karl Dunbar returning as defensive line coach.