NFL coaches Rob Ryan, Rex Ryan learned family business while at Southwestern Oklahoma State

 
BY JENNI CARLSON
Published: February 18, 2012

WEATHERFORD — Rex and Rob Ryan learned the family business on the plains of Western Oklahoma .

They learned it at Southwestern Oklahoma State , where they played as undersized defensive ends. They learned it from Bob Mazie and Cecil Perkins and many other coaches who crossed their paths.

But they also learned it from their father in a hotel room a few blocks from campus.

“This was the place...


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