Ryan Feder arrived in Dallas in 2020 as one of Dallas' quality control/analysts, working primarily with the defense and linebackers unit. In 2023 Feder moved to the offensive side of the ball, where he helped with quarterbacks, and in 2024 he was officially named the assistant quarterbacks coach/game management.
Feder will play a key role on Brian Schottenheimer's innaugural staff in 2025 as game management coordinator, continuing to his work in helping to prepare game plans and assist in the development of the quarterbacks.
Feder's responsibilities also include devising a plan for specific game management decisions.
In 2024 the Cowboys had three different signal callers start games, as Dak Prescott (eight starts) missed a large chunk of games due to injury and forced Cooper Rush (eight) and Trey Lance (one) into duty. Despite the adversity, Dallas finished the season 11th in passing yards (4,092), tied for 13th in passing touchdowns (23) and eighth in completions (398).
As part of the offensive staff in 2023, Feder helped design an offensive game plan that helped the Cowboys lead the league in scoring offense (29.9 points-per-game) and rank fifth in total offense (371.6 yards-per-game). While working with the quarterbacks, Feder was part of a room that featured Dak Prescott, who led the NFL with 36 touchdown passes in 2023 and finished as the MVP runner-up. He also assisted in the development of Trey Lance, who was acquired from San Francisco via trade prior to the 2023 regular season.
From 2020-22, Feder helped coach a linebackers unit featuring two-time All-Pro Micah Parsons and Leighton Vander Esch. Parsons set the franchise rookie record with 13.0 sacks in 2021 - tied for the third-most by a rookie in NFL history - and became the first player in team history to be named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Parsons followed that up with 13.5 sacks in 2022 while finishing second in Defensive Player of the Year voting. Feder also helped guide Vander Esch (100 tackles in 2022) to his first 100-tackle season since his rookie year in 2018.
After departing Green Bay in 2018, Feder spent 2019 as a graduate assistant at Nebraska, assisting with the defensive backs while also pursuing a master's degree in business administration.
He spent four seasons in Green Bay, coaching across both sides of the ball in game management and football technology roles, first working with the quarterbacks in 2015 and then shifting to defense where he helped prepare defensive backs and linebackers from 2016-18.
After earning his bachelor's degree in management and marketing from Florida State, Feder earned a law degree with a specialization in sports law from Tulane. While at Tulane Law School, Feder worked for two seasons as an analyst for Pro Football Focus, collecting and analyzing player participation data for NFL and NCAA teams and generating advanced scouting reports to target team trends and inefficiencies.
Feder also spent one year as an intern at Pro Sports Inc., assisting with 2014 NFL Draft preparation, including analyzing positional player contract structures and trends and researching and analyzing undrafted free agent signings and contract trends. During those three years, he also was a writer for OverTheCap.com, a website which analyzes the NFL salary cap.
Feder lives in DFW with his wife, Abby.
