| Ryan Slowik | |
| Current Team: | Miami Dolphins |
| Position: | Defensive backs coach/pass game specialist |
| College: | Youngstown State (1999–2000) Wisconsin–Oshkosh (2001–2003) |
| Undraftedyear: | 2004 |
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Ryan Slowik (born)[1] is an American football coach and former player who is the defensive backs coach and pass game specialist for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). he played college football for the Youngstown State Penguins and Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans and has had stints with the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Tennessee and the Webb School of Knoxville.
Slowik is the son of coach Bob Slowik and brother of coach Bobby Slowik.[2] He grew up in Gainesville, Florida, and played college football as a safety for the Youngstown State Penguins from 1999 to 2000, before transferring and playing from 2001 to 2003 with the Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans.[3]
Slowik began his coaching career in 2003 as a personnel intern for the Green Bay Packers.[4] He then returned to Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 2004 as assistant secondary coach.[4] In 2005, he became a defensive assistant with the Denver Broncos.[5] Two years later, he was named assistant special teams coach, and then in 2008, he was the team's assistant defensive backs coach.[3]
Slowik became the defensive quality control coach for the Arizona Cardinals in 2009.[6] He was promoted to outside linebackers coach in 2012.[7] He then was the team's assistant defensive backs coach and a defensive assistant from 2013 to 2014.[3] In 2015, he served as the assistant defensive line coach for the New York Jets.[8] He then joined the Cleveland Browns in 2016 as outside linebackers coach, but was one of several staff members fired after the season.[9] [10] Slowik served as a defensive analyst for the Tennessee Volunteers in 2017, and spent 2018 as the head of operations at a sports training facility.[11] He became an assistant coach at the Webb School of Knoxville in 2019.[11] [12]
In 2022, Slowik joined the Miami Dolphins as senior defensive assistant.[13] He was promoted to outside linebackers coach in 2023.[14] He was reported as among the candidates for the team's defensive coordinator role in 2024.[15]