Texans Announce 2026 Coaching Staff

The following is a list of new hires for Houston in 2026:

• Former Patriots RBs coach Taylor Embree as offensive assistant
• Giants assistant OL coach James Ferentz as TEs coach
• Alabama assistant LBs coach Mark Sheridan as defensive assistant
• Arkansas State DBs coach/defensive pass game coordinator Jay Simpson as defensive assistant
• Cowboys assistant WRs coach Tiquan Underwood as assistant WRs coach
• UCF offensive quality control coach Alex Ward as offensive assistant
• Cole Weeks as offensive assistant

The following coaches changed roles on the Texans’ staff:

• Senior offensive assistant Bill Lazor to senior defensive assistant
• Senior offensive assistant/pass game specialist Jerry Schuplinski to QBs coach

Ryans, 41, is a former second-round pick of the Texans back in 2006. He spent six years in Houston before he was traded to the Eagles in 2012.

Ryans was in the final year of his two-year, $7.5 million contract when he was released by Philadelphia. He sat out the 2016 season before taking a defensive quality control coaching job with the 49ers.

San Francisco promoted Ryans to inside linebackers coach a year later. In January 2021, Ryans was promoted to defensive coordinator by the 49ers. The Texans just hired him as their new head coach. 

In three years with the Texans, Ryans has a record of 32-19 (.627) in the regular season with three postseason appearances and a playoff record of 3-3.