Former NFL head coach Rex Ryan arrested by Nashville police for allegedly hitting two pedestrians with truck

Rex Ryan turned himself in to Nashville police Wednesday morning following an incident in which the former NFL head coach allegedly hit two pedestrians with his pickup truck on Thursday, November 5. Both pedestrians suffered minor injuries, according to the police report.

The incident occurred before midnight that Thursday, as pedestrians were crossing Broadway and 4th Avenue with a walking sign. Ryan, 63, allegedly turned right from 4th Avenue and ran over the feet of both victims. Ryan’s truck also came into contact with the leg of one of the people.

According to the pedestrians, the vehicle continued driving after hitting them, but stopped at a red light at Broadway and Rep. John Lewis Way. That’s when they waved Ryan down, and the former coach reportedly got out of his truck to chat with them before getting back in and driving off. They took photos of the ride and the truck’s license plate, which was registered to Ryan.

After turning himself in for booking Wednesday morning, Ryan was charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident, two counts of failure to provide information/help and two counts of failure to obey a traffic control device. Ryan’s bail was set by a court commissioner at $6,000.

Ryan last coached in the NFL in 2016, when he was head coach of the Buffalo Bills. Before that, he broke into the league as the defensive line and linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals in 1994. From there, he became a decorated defensive-minded coach. He spent most of his career in Baltimore, starting as defensive line coach in 1999 before becoming defensive coordinator in 2005 and serving in that position until 2008, before being hired as head coach of the New York Jets.

Ryan was on staff during Baltimore’s Super Bowl XXXV championship and is 65-68 in his head coaching career (4-2 in the playoffs).