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Encyclopedia > Buddy Ryan
Buddy Ryan
Date of birth February 17, 1934 (1934-02-17) (age 73)
Place of birth Flag of United States Frederick, Oklahoma
Position(s) Coach
College Oklahoma State
Career Record 55-55-1
Super Bowl
      Wins
1985 Super Bowl XX
Coaching Stats Pro Football Reference
Coaching Stats DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1976-1977

1978-1985

1986-1990

1993

1994-1995
Minnesota Vikings
(Defensive Coordinator)
Chicago Bears
(Defensive Coordinator)
Philadelphia Eagles
(Head Coach)
Houston Oilers
(Defensive Coordinator)
Arizona Cardinals
(Head Coach)

Buddy Ryan (born James David Ryan on February 17, 1934) is a former American football coach. February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Frederick is a city in Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. ... In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time. ... This is a list of athletic conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). ... Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, is an institution of higher learning founded in 1890 as a land-grant university under the Morrill Act. ... The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ... Date January 26, 1986 Stadium Louisiana Superdome City New Orleans, Louisiana MVP Richard Dent, Defensive end Favorite Bears by 10 National anthem Wynton Marsalis Coin toss Bart Starr representing previous Super Bowl MVPs Referee Red Cashion Halftime show Up with People presents Beat of the Future Attendance 73,818 TV... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... City Chicago, Illinois Other nicknames Da Bears, The Monsters of the Midway Team colors Navy Blue, Orange and White Head Coach Lovie Smith Owner Virginia Halas McCaskey Chairman Michael McCaskey General manager Jerry Angelo Fight song Bear Down, Chicago Bears Mascot Staley Da Bear League/Conference affiliations Independent (1919) National... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... City Glendale, Arizona Other nicknames The Cards, The Birds, Big Red Team colors Cardinal Red, Black, and White Head Coach Ken Whisenhunt Owner William V. Bidwill General manager Rod Graves Mascot Big Red League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1920–present) Western Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950-1952) Eastern... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...

Contents

Early years

Buddy Ryan was raised in the tiny cotton community of Frederick, Oklahoma. Ryan played college football for Oklahoma A&M University (now Oklahoma State) where he earned four letters as a guard between 1952 and 1955. Frederick is a city in Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. ...


Coaching

College

After serving in the United States Army during the Korean War as a Master Sergeant, and playing on the Fourth Army championship team in Japan, Ryan became an assistant football coach, first at several colleges including Pacific, Vanderbilt, and Buffalo, then with several professional football teams, starting with the New York Jets in the 1960s The United States Army is one of the armed forces of the United States and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea,  Australia,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Canada,  Colombia,  Ethiopia,  France,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  South Africa,  Thailand,  Turkey,  United Kingdom,  United States Medical staff:  Denmark,  Australia,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,  Peoples Republic of China,  Soviet Union Commanders... United States Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Army Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Air Force A Master Sergeant is: the eighth enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, just above Gunnery Sergeant, below Master Gunnery Sergeant, Sergeant Major, and Sergeant Major of... The University of the Pacific (also known as Pacific, and formerly known as UOP) is a private northern California university originally chartered on July 10, 1851 in Santa Clara, California, under the name California Wesleyan College by the California Supreme Court. ... Vanderbilt University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in Nashville, Tennessee. ... University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (also known as University at Buffalo or simply UB) is a coeducational public research university, which has multiple campuses located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, USA. Offering over 100 bachelors, 112 masters and 98 doctoral degrees, it is... City East Rutherford, New Jersey Other nicknames Gang Green, the Green and White Team colors Green and White Head Coach Eric Mangini Owner Woody Johnson General manager Mike Tannenbaum League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960-1969) Eastern Division (1960-1969) National Football League (1970–present) American Football Conference (1970... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...


New York Jets

With the Jets, he and Walt Michaels' defensive game plan was instrumental in holding the Baltimore Colts to seven points in Super Bowl III and earning Buddy his first Super Bowl ring. While a defensive line coach for the Jets he started the tradition of placing "bounties" on opposing quarterbacks, something that would gain him much notoriety later on. Walt Michaels In 1978. ... There have been two unrelated American football teams called the Baltimore Colts based in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Date January 12, 1969 Stadium Miami Orange Bowl City Miami, Florida MVP Joe Namath, Quarterback Favorite Colts by 18 National anthem Anita Bryant Coin toss Tom Bell Referee Tom Bell Halftime show America Thanks with Florida A&M University Attendance 75,389 TV in the United States Network NBC Announcers... The Super Bowl Ring is an award in the National Football League given to players and coaches of the team that wins the leagues annual championship game, the Super Bowl. ...


Minnesota Vikings

In the mid-1970s Ryan was defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings where he was integral in directing the team's dominating defense. The defensive unit known as the "Purple People Eaters", was heralded for the defensive line's ability to punish rivals. Their motto was to "meet at the quarterback." This unit helped the Vikings to post-season appearances from 1973-78. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Purple People Eaters was the nickname of the Minnesota Vikings football teams defensive line during the late 1960s to the late 1970s, when the Vikings played in four Super Bowls. ...


Chicago Bears

In 1978, Neill Armstrong was hired as head coach of the Chicago Bears. Armstong made the playoffs once in his four seasons with the Bears, but perhaps more importantly brought in Buddy Ryan as defensive coordinator. Ryan would revolutionize defensive football with his "46" package. He perhaps revolutionized offensive football as well, as offensive thinkers now had to come up with a quick passing game to neutralize the Ryan-inspired pass rush. He became a household name of sorts in the early 1980s. Armstrong was fired in 1982 and replaced by Mike Ditka, but Ryan was retained, in part, after the players presented a petition to owner George Halas. Ryan and Ditka were at constant odds, though Ditka gave Ryan complete control over the defense. Allegedly the two almost came to blows during halftime of the game in 1985 versus the Miami Dolphins where their bid for a perfect season was unraveling, with Ditka telling Ryan "We can do it any way you want to. We can go right out back and get it on or you can shape your ass up." After the Bears won the Super Bowl that followed the 1985 regular season in which their defense set several NFL records, Ryan was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as their head coach, which he had informed the defense of the night before Super Bowl XX. After trouncing the New England Patriots 46-10, the emotional Bears defense carried Ryan off on their shoulders, a tradition usually reserved only for Head Coaches. Neill Armstrong (born March 9, 1926) was a former American football player and coach whose career spanned more than 40 years at both the collegiate and professional levels. ... City Chicago, Illinois Other nicknames Da Bears, The Monsters of the Midway Team colors Navy Blue, Orange and White Head Coach Lovie Smith Owner Virginia Halas McCaskey Chairman Michael McCaskey General manager Jerry Angelo Fight song Bear Down, Chicago Bears Mascot Staley Da Bear League/Conference affiliations Independent (1919) National... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The 1980s refers to the period where corey sucks peters and has a not little to look at his little penis of and between 1980 and 1989. ... Michael Keller Ditka, Jr. ... George Stanley Halas (February 2, 1895 - October 31, 1983), nicknamed Papa Bear and Mr. ... The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Date January 26, 1986 Stadium Louisiana Superdome City New Orleans, Louisiana MVP Richard Dent, Defensive end Favorite Bears by 10 National anthem Wynton Marsalis Coin toss Bart Starr representing previous Super Bowl MVPs Referee Red Cashion Halftime show Up with People presents Beat of the Future Attendance 73,818 TV... City Foxborough, Massachusetts Other nicknames The Pats Team colors Nautical Blue, New Century Silver, Red, and White Head Coach Bill Belichick Owner Robert Kraft General manager Bill Belichick Mascot Pat Patriot League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960–69) Eastern Division (1960–69) National Football League (1970–present) American Football...


Philadelphia Eagles

Ryan immediately became a highly controversial and divisive figure in Philadelphia, releasing running back Earnest Jackson, who had rushed for more than 1,000 yards in both of the previous two seasons (including with the Eagles in 1985) during training camp in 1986. On October 25, 1987 he came under fire again after calling a time-out on the last play of a game against the Dallas Cowboys to score another touchdown when the game's outcome was no longer in doubt. This was apparently Ryan's revenge against Dallas head coach Tom Landry, who Ryan felt had run up the score against the Eagles' replacement players during the 1987 players' strike, using many of the Cowboys players that had crossed the picket line; however, many critics dismissed this, pointing out that the Eagles had scored the game's last two touchdowns, in the 41-22 Dallas victory. Starting in 1988, Ryan's Eagles did make the playoffs for three straight years, but would lose their first postseason game each time. On November 22, 1989 Ryan found himself at the center of yet another scandal, when Cowboys head coach Jimmy Johnson alleged that Ryan had taken out a "bounty" on two Cowboys players — then-current Dallas (and former Philadelphia) placekicker Luis Zendejas and quarterback Troy Aikman — in a game dubbed "Bounty Bowl" played on Thanksgiving Day at Texas Stadium. It was with the Eagles where Buddy Ryan would snub the midfield post game greet with the opposing coach in losses. Buddy would head, sometimes jogging, towards the locker room with a minute or less remaining to avoid this tradition. Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... High school running back A running back, halfback, tailback or wingback is the position of a player on an American and Canadian football team who lines up in the offensive backfield. ... Earnest Jackson (born December 18, 1959 in Needville, Texas) is a former professional American football player who played running back for six seasons for the San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Pittsburgh Steelers. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football, in which the ball carrier causes the football to break the plane of the end zone, or an eligible receiver catches a forward pass in the end zone, thus earning 6 points for his team (in both... Thomas Wade Landry (September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American football player and coach. ... Running up the score is a term used in sports to describe the activity of scoring more points than are necessary to win the game. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Jimmy Jumpup be merged into this article or section. ... Troy Kenneth Aikman (born November 21, 1966 in West Covina, California, USA) is a former American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, and currently a television sportscaster for the Fox network. ... Bounty Bowl, the infamous NFL Thanksgiving Day game in Dallas when the Philadelphia Eagles supposedly put a $200 bounty on Dallas Cowboys kicker Luis Zendejas, cut by Philladelphia earlier that season. ... Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in much of North America, generally observed as an expression of gratitude, usually to God. ... Texas Stadium is the home field of the National Football Leagues Dallas Cowboys. ...


Ryan's contract was not renewed by the Eagles on in 1991 after he went 43-38-1 in five seasons. He became a commentator before returning to coaching in 1993, this time as the defensive coordinator for the Houston Oilers. City New Orleans, Louisiana Team colors Old Gold, Black, and White Head Coach Sean Payton Owner Tom Benson General manager Mickey Loomis Mascot Gumbo League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1967–present) Eastern Conference (1967-1969) Capitol Division (1967; 1969) Century Division (1968) National Football Conference (1970-present) NFC West...


Houston Oilers

The Ryan-led defense helped propel the Oilers to an 11-game winning streak to end the 1993 regular season, only to be upset by Joe Montana and the Kansas City Chiefs in the Astrodome during the Divisional Round of the playoffs. He was most notably involved in a sideline altercation with then-offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride during a national broadcast. Ryan had been criticizing Gilbride's "run and shoot" offense for being ineffective, refering to it as the "chuck and duck." Gilbride took exception and told Ryan so, at which point Buddy grabbed him with one hand around the neck. Joseph Clifford Montana, (born June 11, 1956, in the Pittsburgh area town of New Eagle, Pennsylvania, USA) was a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. ... City Kansas City, Missouri Team colors Red, Gold, and White Head Coach Herman Edwards Owner The Hunt Family[1] General manager Carl Peterson Mascot K.C. Wolf (1989-present) Warpaint (1963-1988) League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960-1969) Western Division (1960-1969) National Football League (1970–present) American... The Reliant Astrodome, formerly just the Astrodome, is a domed sports stadium in Houston, Texas, and is part of the Reliant Park complex. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


Arizona Cardinals

After being given a large share of the credit for the success in Houston in 1993, he was named head coach of the Arizona Cardinals in 1994. Also named general manager of the Cardinals, Ryan went 8-8 his first year, but had a 4-12 nosedive the following season, rife with criticism that he ran his two drafts poorly and mishandled Arizona's quarterback situation as a GM. He lasted only two seasons there — where he had a record of 12-20 — before being fired again. He would subsequently retire to his farm in Kentucky, where he breeds race horses. City Glendale, Arizona Other nicknames The Cards, The Birds, Big Red Team colors Cardinal Red, Black, and White Head Coach Ken Whisenhunt Owner William V. Bidwill General manager Rod Graves Mascot Big Red League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1920–present) Western Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950-1952) Eastern... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...


Legacy

Despite Ryan's controversial nature, his football and coaching accomplishments are many. He served with the staffs of three separate teams to make the Super Bowl on one or more occasions - the Bears, the Vikings, and the Jets. He made his reputation as a defensive specialist, enjoying success wherever he went and implementing and popularizing the famous 46 defense in particular. Indeed, the "46" became so effective and well-regarded that it was eventually imitated by every team in the league and its principles are now a standard part of football. Ryan also almost completely rebuilt the Eagles roster into a perennial NFC powerhouse team and at the same time revitalized the blue-collar fanbase with his straight from the hip demeanor. He proved himself an excellent judge of talent, stocking the Eagles with players who would lead it to considerable success years after his departure. The 1991 Philadelphia Eagles defense, made up of his defensive stars, was arguably one of the greatest defenses of all time, leading the league in fewest passing yards allowed, fewest rushing yards allowed, and several other statistical categories. In the end, an overdependence on his quarterback Randall Cunningham would prove to be his downfall, despite building one of the greatest defenses of all time. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The National Football Conference is one of the two conferences of the National Football League. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Ryan often had a gruff personality, but could also show compassion for his players. During training camp in 1990, while coaching the Eagles, Ryan released an up-and-coming young wide receiver named Cris Carter. Ryan subsequently explained to the media that he had cut Carter because Carter "only catches touchdowns" - an explanation for which Ryan was widely ridiculed for several years, especially after Carter was signed by the Minnesota Vikings with whom he almost immediately developed into one of the NFL's premiere passcatchers. Years later, however, it was revealed that Carter had had a serious drug problem, and that Ryan had released him from the Eagles to send him a wake-up call. Carter credits Ryan's actions with helping him to turn his life around. Cris Carter (born November 25, 1965 in Troy, Ohio) is a former American football player. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...


Stephen Majewski dedicated his 1997 book “Great Linebackers” (MetroBooks) to Ryan.


Personal

Ryan's twin sons also became involved in football coaching and served at the college and professional level. His sons are Baltimore Ravens current defensive coordinator Rex Ryan and Oakland Raiders current defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. Rex Ryan (born December 13, 1962 in Ardmore, Oklahoma) is an American football coach, the current defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens. ... Rob Ryan (born December 13, 1962), is the current defensive coordinator of the Oakland Raiders. ...

Preceded by
Joe Bugel
Arizona Cardinals Head Coaches
1994–1995
Succeeded by
Vince Tobin
Preceded by
Marion Campbell
Philadelphia Eagles Head Coaches
1986–1990
Succeeded by
Rich Kotite
Preceded by
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Chicago Bears Defensive Coordinators
1978-1985
Succeeded by
Vince Tobin

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Buddy Ryan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (538 words)
Buddy Ryan (James David Ryan, born February 17, 1934) is a former American football coach.
Ryan immediately became a highly controversial and divisive figure in Philadelphia, releasing running back Earnest Jackson, who had rushed for more than 1,000 yards in both of the previous two seasons (including with the Eagles in 1985) during training camp in 1986.
Ryan was fired by the Eagles on January 7, 1991 after going 43-38-1 in five seasons, and became a commentator before returning to coaching, this time as the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals in 1994.
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