💸 Coach fines on record: Jets $50K, NFL $75K, then Rex Ryan

The Jets and the NFL fined Rex Ryan before; the Nashville charges are warrants, with no plea or response on record in the reports read. ⏳

By , sports desk · Desk editor Gustavs Ērkšķis-Kreicbergs · · 3 min read

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What we know

  • Metropolitan Nashville Police said Rex Ryan turned himself in on six outstanding misdemeanor warrants over a November 5 incident, per NBC Sports citing the New York Post.
  • The charges are two counts each of leaving the scene of an accident, failure to give information/render aid, and failure to obey a traffic control signal, NBC Sports reports.
  • The Daily News reported the Jets fined Ryan $50,000 in February 2010, and NorthJersey.com reported the NFL fined him $75,000 in November 2011.
  • The Jets signed Ryan to a two-year contract extension in July 2010, per the Associated Press on NFL.com.
  • Neither the TMZ nor the NBC Sports report on the Nashville case includes a response from Ryan.

Rex Ryan turned himself in to Nashville authorities on six outstanding misdemeanor warrants, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said, per NBC Sports' report citing the New York Post. Police say a pickup truck turning from 4th Avenue onto Broadway ran over both pedestrians' feet on November 5 and kept going. TMZ reports the 63-year-old former Jets coach was the driver. Neither report includes a response from Ryan.

Those are charges, not findings. The documented record of Ryan and the penalty box is older, and it is mostly about money. MrMuscles has ranked it by the size of the check.

The scoreboard, ranked by fine

01

$75,000: profanity at a heckler, November 2011

NorthJersey.com reported that the NFL fined Ryan $75,000 for using profanity toward a heckling fan in the tunnel at halftime of the Jets' 37-16 loss to New England on Nov. 13. Commissioner Roger Goodell issued the fine. Ryan said he had apologized to Goodell and would not appeal. The Jets did not add discipline.

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By the numbers

  • 16y 9mfrom first to latest entry on recordFeb 2010 to Nov 2026, 6 dated entries in the file
  • 9receipts behind this story7 news reports, 2 statements, 2010 to 2026

Counted by MrScandal from the receipts, the Files and our rankings.

"I’m an NFL lifer. I know I represent the NFL and I know I represent the Jets, so I’m accountable for my actions. So I will not appeal it."

Rex Ryan, quoted by NorthJersey.com, November 22, 2011
02

$50,000: middle finger at a Miami fight night, February 2010

The Daily News reported the Jets fined Ryan $50,000 for an obscene gesture at fans at a mixed martial arts event in Sunrise, Fla. It put the fine at roughly one week's pay on the $11.5 million, four-year contract he signed that January. Ryan called the gesture “stupid and inappropriate” in a club statement, per ESPN. The Daily News said neither Ryan nor the team commented on the fine itself. It also noted that Titans owner Bud Adams had been fined $250,000 by the league for a similar gesture.

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03

No fine: three-car crash, January 2013

The Associated Press reported that a team spokesman confirmed Ryan was issued a warning and no citation after a three-car accident in Bethlehem, Pa. on Jan. 14. Police said one witness told them he saw Ryan pass through a red light moments before the impact. No one in the other cars was injured, and Ryan did not comment.

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04

Nashville: six warrants, no ruling yet

Police say the pedestrians waved Ryan down at a red light, that he stepped out to argue, and that he then drove off; they took photos of the plate and the driver. Ryan faces two counts of leaving the scene, two of failure to give information/render aid, and two of failure to obey a traffic control signal, per NBC Sports. No plea, court date or response from Ryan appears in the TMZ or NBC Sports reports.

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What it did to the contract

The paperwork shows no contract penalty tied to any of this. The Jets signed Ryan to a two-year extension in July 2010, five months after the $50,000 fine, per the Associated Press on NFL.com. On December 29, 2014, owner Woody Johnson said in a statement that Ryan would not return for 2015, citing “a bold confidence and a couple of great post-season runs.” The Bills announced on December 27, 2016 that Ryan was relieved of his duties, with owner Terry Pegula saying the parties “mutually agreed” to part ways. His Bills record was 15-16, per the team.

If you are keeping score at home: two fines on the board, one declared appeal waiver, one warning, and an arrest-day charge sheet with no result yet. Other head coaches' arrests are not documented in the material read, so this ledger covers Ryan only.

Earlier on file: Rex Ryan surrenders in Nashville on six misdemeanor warrants · Brian Flores v. NFL: Ross fined $1.5M over Dolphins tampering · NFL fines Jaquan Brisker $17,911 for hit on Deshaun Watson

The Rex Ryan file

Last entry Nov 11, 2026
  1. Filed

    Nashville police said Ryan turned himself in on six outstanding misdemeanor warrants, per NBC Sports. This story

  2. Reported

    ESPN said it is aware and in touch with Ryan, per CBS New York. Rex Ryan surrenders in Nashville on six misdemeanor warrants

  3. Filed

    Surrendered in Nashville on six misdemeanor warrants; bond set at $6,000, per CBS Sports. Rex Ryan surrenders in Nashville on six misdemeanor warrants

  4. Reported

    Nashville police say a truck driven by Ryan ran over two pedestrians' feet; charges followed by warrant, per CBS Sports. Rex Ryan surrenders in Nashville on six misdemeanor warrants

  5. Reported

    Associated Press reported Ryan was issued a warning, no citation, after a Jan. 14 three-car accident in Bethlehem, Pa. This story

  6. Reported

    New York Daily News reported the Jets fined Ryan $50,000 over an obscene gesture at fans at a mixed martial arts event. This story

On file: The Rex Ryan file · The National Football League file

The Ledger

On the record

  • Reports document two fines (the Jets' $50,000 in 2010 and the NFL's $75,000 in 2011) and six misdemeanor warrants in Nashville, per Metropolitan Nashville Police via NBC Sports.

Still rumour

  • Ryan's plea, any court date and any response to the Nashville charges are not in the reports read; other head coaches' arrests are not documented here.

That's the record. The rest is rumour. - MrMuscles

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