Ben Ryan (rugby union)

Ben Ryan, CF

Ryan at the 2013 Coral Coast 7's
Date of birth	(1971-09-11) 11 September 1971 (age 45)
Place of birth	Wimbledon, London
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Occupation(s)	Rugby coach
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Scrum-half
Coaching career Years Club / team     2007-2013 2013-2016 England Sevens Fiji Sevens

Ben Ryan CF (born 11 September 1971) is a rugby union coach who is best known for having coached the Fiji sevens to two Sevens World Series titles and a gold medal in sevens rugby at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Since 2013, he has guided Fiji's sevens team to historic achievements, presiding over Fiji's first ever Dubai 7's title, setting the highest ever record of tournament titles won by a Fiji Sevens coach with 9, to winning the inaugural rugby sevens competition at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The gold medal for Fiji represented the first ever Olympic medal earned by Fiji at any Olympics.^[1]

He is the former coach of the England sevens team where he was named to that position at the end of 2006 after Mike Friday resigned to follow a career outside of rugby and given the combined Sevens and Academy Job full-time in July 2007.

Ryan graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc in Sports science. He is a former member of Thames Valley Harriers Athletic Club, where he was a very successful sprinter at school boy level. He is a former Master at St Edward's School, Oxford where he was master in charge of Rugby and Athletics. During his time at St Edward's he successfully introduced A-Level Sports science, was head of the physical education department.