Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans finished second in the NFL's Coach of the Year voting, and he's renowned as one of the sport's brightest defensive minds after his stint as the defensive coordinator in San Francisco. Ryans was similarly impactful on the gridiron.
Ryans, a second-round pick by the Texans in the 2006 NFL draft, won Defensive Rookie of the Year honors in his opening year in Houston, then added two Pro Bowl nods and 735 solo tackles across 10 seasons split between the Texans and Philadelphia Eagles in 2006-15. Ryans was a technician of a tackler.