Ryan Nielsen was born on March 20,1979 and is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.
12 Facts About Ryan Nielsen
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Ryan Nielsen spent time with the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League.
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Ryan Nielsen began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater USC in 2002.
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Ryan Nielsen spent time as an administrative assistant at Idaho under former USC assistant Nick Holt.
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Ryan Nielsen was hired away as a graduate assistant at Ole Miss under his position coach at USC, Ed Orgeron, and was promoted to defensive line coach before the season began.
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Ryan Nielsen had stints at Central Connecticut State and UT Martin before being hired at Northern Illinois in 2011 as a co-defensive coordinator.
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Ryan Nielsen followed Huskies head coach Dave Doeren to NC State in 2013 to serve as his defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator.
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Ryan Nielsen added the title of run game coordinator in 2014.
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Ryan Nielsen was hired as the defensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints on February 9,2017.
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Ryan Nielsen was offered the defensive coordinator position at LSU in 2021, but elected to remain with the Saints where he was promoted with the added title of assistant head coach in 2021.
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Ryan Nielsen was promoted to co-defensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints in 2022.
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On January 27,2023, Ryan Nielsen was hired as defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons.