Former North Carolina star WR Ryan Switzer hired by Oregon Ducks

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The Oregon Ducks announced their full coaching staff for the 2026 season, and fans quickly noticed one addition on the list that got them excited.

Dan Lanning has hired former North Carolina Tar Heels star and NFL wide receiver Ryan Switzer as an offensive analyst, bringing him over from Tulsa, where Switzer was most recently the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator.

Switzer became a fan favorite during his time with the Tar Heels from 2013 to 2016, where he had 2,912 receiving yards and 19 touchdowns. He was also an electric punt returning, tying the NCAA single-season record with five return touchdowns as a freshman, and was a two-time First-Team All-American in 2013 and 2015.

After his college career, Switzer was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He bounced around a bit, playing for the Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Cleveland Browns, playing in 41 total games.

Switzer's coaching career started in 2023 with Tulsa, where he came on as a wide receiver coach and recruiting coordinator. In 2024, Switzer was named the interim head coach at Tulsa after the firing of Kevin Wilson, but returned to his role as WR coach and passing game coordinator in 2025 before being hired as an analyst with the Ducks.

The move to an analyst role with Oregon is similar to what Ducks head coach Dan Lanning did in his coaching career, moving from a defensive backs coach with Sam Houston State to a graduate assistant with the Alabama Crimson Tide under Nick Saban. Lanning refers to this move as "getting his doctorate" in coaching, taking the opportunity to learn under a coaching legend like Saban. Now, it appears that Switzer is doing the same thing under Lanning.

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