Football fans are stunned after learning that the USC Trojans hired Rob Ryan for an assistant coaching position.

Ryan left Oklahoma State after the 1999 season to join Bill Belichick's Patriots staff, and hasn't coached in college since.

USC is hiring longtime NFL assistant Rob Ryan as its linebackers coach, the program announced Saturday. Ryan, 62, will also hold the title of assistant head coach for defense as the Trojans enter their second season in the Big Ten needing to make more defensive strides under fourth-year head coach Lincoln Riley.

Raiders defensive assistant Rob Ryan joins Lincoln Riley's staff as the assistant head coach and linebackers coach of USC football

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have made another foray into soccer team ownership as part of an investment group that acquired Colombian club La Equidad.

The Las Vegas Raiders senior defensive assistant with 35 years of coaching experience, including 24 in the NFL, will oversee the Trojans’ linebackers

The American celebrity involvement in lower league soccer is leading to a lot of unexpected phrases being coined.

Jealous rivals want to be a “villain that ruins Welcome to Wrexham” for Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, but the Red Dragons use that as motivation.

Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham face Tom Brady’s Birmingham in Hollywood derby - The Blues won the September fixture between the two clubs at St Andrew’s 3-1

Guard Sydney Harris added 11 points on 2-for-3 3-point shooting and fellow guard Kelsey Joens drilled both of her shots from beyond the arc. The Cyclones outshot BYU (10-8, 1-6) 50 percent to 25.8 percent in the second half, and 28-to-7 in points off turnovers in the game.

Ryan Reynolds has discussed trading insults with Tom Brady on WhatsApp ahead of Wrexham's League One clash with Birmingham City at the Racecourse Ground