Ryan Manalac

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Ryan Manalac
Current position
Title Linebackers coach
Team Pittsburgh
Conference ACC
Biographical details
Born (1985-10-20) October 20, 1985 (age 38)
Pickerington, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater University of Cincinnati (2008)
Playing career
2005–2008 Cincinnati
2009−2010 Buffalo Bills
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011−2015 Michigan State (Op. Asst.)
2016 Valparaiso (LB)
2017−2018 Ohio Dominican (DC)
2019−2020 Bucknell (DC)
2021−present Pittsburgh (LB)

Ryan Manalac (born October 20, 1985) is a former American football linebacker for the Cincinnati Bearcats and Buffalo Bills and is the current linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Panthers. After graduating from Cincinnati, he was signed by the Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2009, and cut on August 16, 2010. He then entered the coaching profession.


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