"Following his father and grandfather, Seth Ryan is now a member of the New York Jets' coaching staff. Ryan, 31, was hired Saturday as their new passing-game coordinator, a source told ESPN. He replaces Scott Turner, who was fired two weeks ago amid a coaching-staff overhaul by Aaron Glenn. This is a rarity in the NFL - three generations of a coaching family with one franchise."
"The Ryan family's roots with the Jets started in 1968, when Rex's father, Buddy Ryan, landed his first NFL coaching job as the defensive-line coach. The Jets won the Super Bowl in Ryan's first season, and he remained with the team through 1975. Later, he became the defensive coordinator of the celebrated 1985 Chicago Bears, followed by a head-coaching stint with the Philadelphia Eagles."
"The family's Jets ties run deep. Rex and his twin brother, Rob, worked as Jets ball boys in the late 1960s. Rex remembers frolicking on a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. beach as a 6-year-old during the run-up to the Super Bowl III in Miami. Some of the team's stars -- Joe Namath, Winston Hill, Gerry Philbin et al. -- became his childhood idols. During his tenure as head coach of the franchise, a Philbin jersey hung in his office at One Jets Drive."
Seth Ryan, 31, was hired as the New York Jets' passing-game coordinator, replacing Scott Turner after a coaching-staff overhaul led by Aaron Glenn. The Ryan family now represents three generations with the Jets: Buddy Ryan first joined in 1968 as defensive-line coach; Rex Ryan later served as head coach from 2009 to 2014, compiling a 46-50 regular-season record and a 4-2 playoff mark. Buddy helped the Jets to a Super Bowl in his first season and later became defensive coordinator of the 1985 Chicago Bears and head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Seth is offensively oriented and spent five seasons with the Detroit Lions and earlier worked for the Los Angeles Chargers.
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