DeMeco Ryans wins AP Assistant Coach of the Year
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By ROB MAADDI
AP Pro Football Writer
PHOENIX (AP) — DeMeco Ryans will take the AP Assistant Coach of the Year award with him to Houston. The new Texans head coach received 35 first-place votes after guiding the league’s No. 1 ranked defense in San Francisco. Ryans, who spent the past two seasons as the defensive coordinator of the 49ers, earned 206 points. He was named on 48 of 50 ballots.