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

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.

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.

The USC Trojans have hired former NFL assistant Rob Ryan as the defense's assistant head coach as well as linebackers coach. Ryan is a two-time Super Bowl champ

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 strengthened its coaching staff Saturday by hiring NFL veteran Rob Ryan as an Assistant Head Coach for Defense and Linebackers.

“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 have already lost Antonio Pierce as their head coach, have dismissed Tom Telesco as general manager and now are in danger of losing anothe

Following a second interview with the Seahawks on Tuesday, the Seahawks should be well-positioned to hire Hank Fraley if they wish.

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 ...