Dean Ryan
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Birth name | Dean Ryan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 22 June 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 17 st 0 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dean Ryan (born 22 June 1966) is an
Playing career
During his on-field career Ryan played for
Coaching career
Ryan moved to coaching Bristol taking the reins at the club for the beginning of the 2000–01 season. In his first season Bristol finished 9th. He took the club to the Zurich Championship Final in 2002, where they lost to Gloucester Rugby, having finished 8th. Ryan moved to Gloucester Rugby after this as assistant head coach under Nigel Melville. Following Melville's departure from Gloucester Rugby in 2005 Ryan was appointed to the head coach role, which he held through the 2008–09 season.
During his time at Gloucester Rugby, Ryan assembled a team featuring a number of highly talented youngster and has put together a back-line considered by many to be one of the most exciting in English club rugby. Following the dismissal of
Despite winning the 2006 European Challenge Cup, defeating London Irish in a tense final, Ryan failed to deliver the anticipated silverware at Gloucester, losing the 2007 Guinness Premiership final and the 2009 EDF Energy Cup final. A few Gloucester fans credit this lack of success to poor tactics; others, however, attribute the lack of success to disruptive influences. On 11 June 2009, Gloucester announced that Ryan had left the club by mutual consent.[2]
In July 2012 Ryan returned to Bristol in a part-time consultancy role and in December 2012 he took on the role of rugby consultant for
On 17 April 2013, Dean Ryan was appointed director of rugby at
In August 2016 he joined the
Other
Since 2012 he has been a regular rugby analyst for Sky Sports. On 30 May 2014 Dean coached the Barbarians to a 39-29 victory over an inexperienced England side.
References
- ^ "Allied Dunbar Premiership, 1997/98 / Newcastle Falcons / Player records". espnscrum.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Wood, Duncan (11 June 2009). "Gloucester Rugby and Dean Ryan part company". Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ "Worcester Warriors: Dean Ryan named director of rugby". BBC Sport. 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Dean Ryan leaves the RFU to become director of rugby for the Dragons". The Guardian. 14 May 2019.