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11/11 12:29 CST Former NFL coach Rex Ryan turns himself in after alleged
Nashville hit-and-run
Former NFL coach Rex Ryan turns himself in after alleged Nashville hit-and-run
By KRISTIN M. HALL and HANNAH FINGERHUT
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --- Former NFL coach Rex Ryan turned himself in Wednesday
for allegedly hitting pedestrians with his car in Nashville and leaving the
scene, police said.
Two pedestrians had the right of way crossing a main street in downtown
Nashville's popular tourist area last week when Ryan allegedly turned at a red
light, running over the victims' feet, Nashville police said Wednesday. They
suffered minor injuries, police said.
Ryan, an ESPN football analyst, was on the network Sunday for the NFL pregame
show and Monday for a morning show, both of which are taped in New York.
Ryan showed up at Nashville's Downtown Detention Center early Wednesday,
according to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office. He was later released.
Ryan was charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident, two
counts of failure to give information or render aid and two counts of failure
to obey a traffic control signal, according to court records. All are
misdemeanors.
Online records did not identify an attorney for Ryan. A phone number believed
to be Ryan's had an automatic outgoing message, and a message could not be left.
A judicial commissioner set Ryan's bond at $6,000, but he qualified for
pretrial release, which means he was released on non-financial conditions.
Ryan is scheduled to appear in court next month.
Ryan is a former head coach of the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets, leading the
Jets to the AFC Championship Game in consecutive years after the 2009 and 2010
seasons.
While with the Jets, Ryan became one of the team's --- and the NFL's -- most
popular figures, especially during his first few seasons as coach, because of
his brash, colorful approach in news conferences that became must-watch TV.
He has not coached since being fired by the Bills with one game left in the
2016 season, though he has since expressed an interest in coaching and
interviewed in 2025 for the Jets' head coaching vacancy when Aaron Glenn was
hired.
His father, the late Buddy Ryan, was an NFL coaching legend who famously
coordinated the 1985 Chicago Bears defense that was one of the best in history.
Seth Ryan, one of Rex Ryan's two sons, is currently in his first season as the
Jets' passing game coordinator.
Ryan is best known now for his work at ESPN as one of the analysts on the
network's NFL pregame show.
"We are aware and are in touch with Rex," ESPN said in a statement Wednesday.
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Fingerhut reported from Des Moines, Iowa. Associated Press writers Dennis
Waszak Jr. in Florham Park, New Jersey, and Joe Reedy in Cleveland contributed.
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