Ryan is starting his sixth year as an assistant coach for the SIS Wrestling Program and his fifth year for the youth program. 

Ryan is an alumni of Irondale High School from the Class of 2013. During his high school career, Ryan was a 3x State Entrant and placed 5th his Senior year. After he finished with high school, Ryan went on to wrestle in Division 3 at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. Ryan was a starter all 4 years of school (125,133) where he was a 2x NCAA Qualifier(125lbs), a WIAC Champion, and a 4x NWCA Scholar All-American. Ryan graduated from UW - La Crosse in 2017 with a Major in Finance.

Ryan is currently working at SportsEngine Inc. as a sales rep for the GoMotion platform.