Ryan Switzer helping out with West Virginia football
Former UNC football standout Ryan Switzer announced his retirement from the NFL earlier this Summer after five seasons in the NFL. Switzer was drafted by Dallas in 2017 and made stops with Cleveland, Oakland and Pittsburgh along the way.
But he isn’t leaving football for good.
Switzer is back in his home state of West Virginia and recently accepted a two-week stint to help out with the Mountaineers football program. The former wide receiver is working with Neal Brown and the coaching staff per the Herald-Dispatch. The stint will help Switzer take a step forward into a potential coaching career that he wants to pursue next year:
Switzer made his announcement via Twitter on July 18, adding that he would pursue coaching.
Seeking counsel for his next steps, he reached out to Brown. “I kind of informed him on what I was thinking and wanted to get his opinion on what would be the best route for me in the short term,” Switzer said. “He suggested spending a training camp somewhere. I told him I had some things physically I needed to get addressed before I went into coaching full time and I probably wasn’t going to be staffed anywhere this season and he invited me up here. I called him back a week later and told him I was going to come up.
In four years at UNC, Switzer finished with 243 receptions for 2,903 yards and 19 touchdowns. He was also an impact player on special teams as well for the Tar Heels.
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