After months of publicly campaigning for the position, Rex Ryan finally got his coaching interview on Tuesday. Ryan, 62, officially interviewed with the Jets on Tuesday.

Rex Ryan interviewed for the job he used to have with a couple of the men who hired him to be the Jets’ coach nearly 16 years ago. Ryan sat down with Woody Johnson and ex-Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum on Tuesday in Florida to discuss the team’s head coaching vacancy.

Rex Ryan has returned to the New York Jets — for an interview, at least. The former Jets coach and current ESPN analyst, who led the franchise to its last playoff appearance to cap the 2010 season, met with the team Tuesday about its head coaching vacancy.