National Football League

91-year-old Marv Levy says he's willing to replace Rex Ryan as Buffalo Bills coach

Published Dec. 30, 2016 1:09 p.m. ET

Andrew Lynch

Who's going to replace the fired Rex Ryan as Buffalo Bills head coach? Why not a familiar face who's taken the Bills to the Super Bowl in the past?

Okay, fine. 91-year-old former Bills coach Marv Levy probably won't be on the sidelines in upstate New York next year — but if Buffalo were to come calling, Levy says he'd consider answering the challenge.

Via ESPN Radio 104.5 FM:

"[If] they offered, I might do it. It was one of those things where after 47 years of coaching I really needed to get that deep breath to step aside but after a couple of years passed I very much would have liked to come back … But I’d do it but I’m not deluding myself to think that the offer would come. If the offer did come I sure would consider it. Sure."

"He was hired to be the GM and would never coach the team," Wilson said. "We are excited to have Marv as our general manager as we move forward in hiring a new coach."