The Jets are at the moment with out a full-time basic supervisor.
However that hasn’t stopped proprietor Woody Johnson from organising interviews for Gang Inexperienced’s vacant head teaching place.
The Jets are scheduled to interview former Panthers and Commanders coach Ron Rivera this week, based on NFL Community. As well as, former Jets coach Rex Ryan informed ESPN New York that he expects to talk to the workforce in regards to the opening after the conclusion of the season, which ends with their Week 18 sport in opposition to the Dolphins.
Johnson would reportedly like to rent a coach with earlier expertise, and Rivera and Ryan meet that standards.
“I believe I will,” Ryan stated on ESPN New York when requested Monday if he anticipated to get an interview. “But no, I have not had any conversations with anybody within the organization. But I believe I will.
“They are not going to bring anybody in, I’m sure, until after the season is done. And this is the way Woody has always operated, so we will see what happens once the season is over.”
Ryan, 62, has not been bashful about campaigning to be the Jets coach once more. Many Jets followers nonetheless really feel nostalgic about Ryan’s 2009 and 2010 groups, which each reached the AFC Championship Sport.
Nonetheless, after his back-to-back AFC Championship appearances, Ryan didn’t have the identical success within the following three seasons. From 2011-2014, Ryan registered a 26-28 report with zero playoff appearances and was fired after defeating the Dolphins in his remaining sport as Jets coach.
Ryan additionally coached the Payments from 2015-16 and went 15-16, however he was fired after not making the playoffs in both season. Ryan has not coached within the NFL since he was fired by the Payments, however he interviewed for the Cowboys defensive coordinator job final February.
Rex Ryan, pictured in 2014, led the Jets to the AFC Championship Sport in 2009 and 2010. (Photograph by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Photographs)
Ryan has labored for ESPN since 2017 and is an analyst on the community’s morning reveals, “Get Up” and “Sunday NFL Countdown.”
Rivera, 62, was fired in January after the Commanders completed 4-13 in 2023. He ended his 4 seasons with the group with a 26-40-1 report.
Most followers will keep in mind Rivera from his 9 seasons (2011-19) with the Panthers. Throughout that point, Rivera led Carolina to a 76-63-1 mark, 4 playoff appearances and a visit to Tremendous Bowl 50, the place he misplaced to the Broncos.
The Panthers fired Rivera in 2019 with 4 video games remaining, and the workforce ultimately completed 5-11.
Gang Inexperienced can at the moment interview candidates not beneath contract with different NFL groups. Potential candidates who’re working for groups might be interviewed after the common season ends on Jan. 5.
Johnson has already interviewed candidates for the vacant basic supervisor place. Former Falcons basic supervisor Thomas Dimitroff, former Titans basic supervisor Jon Robinson, and Jim Nagy, the manager director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl, have all interviewed for the place.
Johnson fired earlier Jets basic supervisor Joe Douglas on Nov. 19 after five-plus seasons and a 31-68 report throughout his tenure. Previous to that, Johnson fired coach Robert Saleh on Oct. 8 following a 2-3 begin to this season.
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