USC Trojans Linebackers Coach Rob Ryan Introductory Press Conference

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00:00Just happy to be here and you know only reason I left pro football I've been

00:05there last 25 years it's well documented this is the first time and you know long

00:11time that I've been in college football last time I was at Oklahoma State we're

00:16top 10 defense and that was about 25 years ago you know last time I stopped

00:21anybody but anyway you'll see this I'm gonna be me I'm comfortable in my own

00:28skin so I hope you are you know I enjoy I enjoy people it's a people business

00:34and you know I had my first taste we were in a team meeting yesterday and to

00:39see the young faces looking back it was it was refreshing and it was exciting

00:44and you know obviously here I'm joining the best coaching staff in the country

00:50Lincoln Riley is right there with McVeigh they're the best offensive

00:54coaches best best guys in in the country I don't care what the you know

00:58what league it is or whatever it is that's just the truth and I've been

01:03around some pretty good ones I've been around Bill Belichick I've been around

01:06Al Davis I've been around Sean Payton all these guys these are the best

01:10offensive coaches in the country so obviously wanted to come to a place if

01:14I'm gonna leave pro football I'm gonna come to a college you know I want to

01:18win a national championship and so I want to make sure I chose USC you know

01:24it's it's the right place to be and so you know I chose Lincoln I've been a big

01:31admirer of his you know with kind of hard not to like a guy he's got all these

01:36Heisman Trophy winners you know so and then Dan Lin we go back you know Rex and

01:41Rex and A-Lin are like best buddies and me and Dan coached together at two

01:46places Buffalo