Born in
Northampton, Following the departure of manager
Tony Adams in November 2004, Ryan was appointed
caretaker manager until the appointment of permanent successor
John Gorman. Gorman rewarded Ryan's service to the club by making him an assistant manager, along with fellow Blues legend
Steve Brown. Ryan retired from professional football in April 2006. He was retained as a coach when
Paul Lambert took over as manager in June 2006, but left the club a year later when the coaching staff structure was reorganised for financial reasons. He was promptly appointed by
John Gregory, his former manager at Wycombe, as a youth team coach at
Queens Park Rangers, and promoted to reserve team manager in July 2009. As of December 2021, he was first-team coach at
Flackwell Heath ==Honours==