The bottom officially dropped out for Rex in 2014. The Jets finished with their worst record during the Ryan era at 4-12, capped by a humiliating 48-3 loss to the Buffalo Bills in a game that was relocated to Detroit’s Ford Field due to a major winter storm that crippled the city of Buffalo.
The New York Jets interviewed Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph for their head coach position.
He is the 10th known candidate the Jets have interviewed for their coaching vacancy. They’ve also spoken to Ron Rivera, Mike Vrabel, Rex Ryan, Matt Nagy, Aaron Glenn, Mike Locksley, Steve Spagnuolo, Darren Rizzi and Jeff Ulbrich.
Denver defensive coordinator Vance Joseph is the 10th known candidate to interview for the head coaching gig made vacant after Jets owner Woody Johnson fired Robert Saleh in October.
Rex Ryan put a cigar in his mouth when he should’ve been eating crow. The ESPN analyst and could-be second-term Jets head coach apparently lit a fire under the Texans by saying last week that the Chargers had a “bye week” by facing the Texans in the AFC wild-card round. Final score: Texans 32, Chargers 12.
For some of those teams, that will involve finding new head coaches and/or General Managers. Three teams fired their head coaches during the season and two more have been dispatched as of 9 a.m. ET on January 6.
ESPN's Adam Schefter broke the news earlier today that the Jets are signing former Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn as their next head coach. New York reached new lows this past season after finishing the year with a 5-12 record while rostering a team with enough talent for a potential Super Bowl run.
Aaron Glenn, who oversaw the Detroit Lions defense the last four years, beat out 15 other candidates for the New York Jets head coaching job.
After an extensive search, the Jets finally have a new head coach. Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is the pick to lead Gang Green, according to sources.
A person with knowledge of the hiring says the New York Jets and Aaron Glenn have agreed to terms on making the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator their head coach
Options continue to dwindle for the New York Jets as the coaching carrousel spins. After the New England Patriots announced that they are hiring Mike Vrabel to be their head coach in one of the most un-surprising moves of the offseason,
The Jets have launched their head coaching search, and Ron Rivera and Rex Ryan are a couple of the early candidates.