Ryan Slowik (born 1980 or 1981)[1] is an American football coach and former player who is the defensive backs coach and pass game specialist for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). he played college football for the Youngstown State Penguins and Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans and has had stints with the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Tennessee and the Webb School of Knoxville.
| Miami Dolphins | |
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| Position: | Defensive backs coach/pass game specialist |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | 1980 or 1981 (age 43–44) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Youngstown State (1999–2000) Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2001–2003) |
| Undrafted: | 2004 |
| Career history | |
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Early life
editSlowik is the son of coach Bob Slowik and brother of coach Bobby Slowik.[2] He grew up in Gainesville, Florida, and played college football as a safety for the Youngstown State Penguins from 1999 to 2000, before transferring and playing from 2001 to 2003 with the Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans.[3]
Coaching career
editSlowik began his coaching career in 2003 as a personnel intern for the Green Bay Packers.[4] He then returned to Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 2004 as assistant secondary coach.[4] In 2005, he became a defensive assistant with the Denver Broncos.[5] Two years later, he was named assistant special teams coach, and then in 2008, he was the team's assistant defensive backs coach.[3]
Slowik became the defensive quality control coach for the Arizona Cardinals in 2009.[6] He was promoted to outside linebackers coach in 2012.[7] He then was the team's assistant defensive backs coach and a defensive assistant from 2013 to 2014.[3] In 2015, he served as the assistant defensive line coach for the New York Jets.[8] He then joined the Cleveland Browns in 2016 as outside linebackers coach, but was one of several staff members fired after the season.[9][10] Slowik served as a defensive analyst for the Tennessee Volunteers in 2017, and spent 2018 as the head of operations at a sports training facility.[11] He became an assistant coach at the Webb School of Knoxville in 2019.[11][12]
In 2022, Slowik joined the Miami Dolphins as senior defensive assistant.[13] He was promoted to outside linebackers coach in 2023.[14] He was reported as among the candidates for the team's defensive coordinator role in 2024.[15]
References
edit- ^ Oyefusi, Daniel (January 29, 2024). "An update on the Dolphins' defensive coordinator search, with in-house options". The Miami Herald.
- ^ Oyefusi, Daniel (August 19, 2023). "Trip to Houston marks appreciated reunion for Dolphins assistant Ryan Slowik, brother Bobby". The Miami Herald.
- ^ a b c "Ryan Slowik". Miami Dolphins.
- ^ a b Edwards, Josh (February 8, 2015). "Cleveland Browns announce eight coaching additions". 247Sports.[dead link]
- ^ Masala, Mike (January 29, 2024). "Report: Dolphins expected to interview OLB coach Ryan Slowik for defensive coordinator". USA Today.
- ^ Slater, Darryl (January 29, 2015). "Jets' Todd Bowles names three more assistants: Jimmie Johnson, Daylon McCutcheon, Ryan Slowik". NJ.com.
- ^ Doerschuk, Steve (June 9, 2016). "Rare Browns problem: Too many good players at one spot". Canton Repository.
- ^ Cabot, Mary Kay (February 8, 2016). "Hue Jackson adds 8 to his Cleveland Browns coaching staff". Cleveland.com.
- ^ Labbe, Dan (July 14, 2016). "Cleveland Browns training camp position preview: outside linebackers". Cleveland.com.
- ^ Florjancic, Mathew (January 10, 2017). "Cleveland Browns continue purge of coaching staff". WKYC.
- ^ a b Lay, Ken (June 23, 2019). "Former Vols' analyst to coach at Webb School of Knoxville". USA Today.
- ^ Dorman, Travis (September 24, 2019). "A cop walked into the wrong garage and held a family at gunpoint. Why wasn't he charged?". Knoxville News Sentinel.
- ^ Furones, David (January 30, 2024). "Here are the Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator candidates getting interviews". Sun Sentinel.
- ^ Furones, David (March 10, 2023). "Dolphins clear major cap space by restructuring Hill, Armstead contracts; RB Ahmed returning for 2023". Sun Sentinel.
- ^ Dajani, Jordan (January 30, 2024). "Dolphins' defensive coordinator search: Leslie Frazier among potential candidates for Miami job, per reports". CBS Sports.