According to various sources, Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan will become the next head coach of the New York Jets. Ryan will receive a four-year contract that is in line with other first-year head coaches that have been recently hired, but a Jets source said it was almost identical to the $11.5M deal that the Rams gave New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo on Saturday.
Ryan was hired by the Ravens in 1999 as a defensive assistant and took on the coordinator's role in 2005. The title of assistant head coach was added before this season.