Greg Ruffin

Greg Ruffin
Biographical details
Alma mater	Jackson State
Playing career
1993–1995	Lane
Position(s)	Quarterback, fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996	Jackson Cent.-Merry HS (TN) (RB)
1997–1998	Kemper Military (MO) (RB)
1999–2000	Lincoln (MO) (OC/WR)
2001	Benedict (OC/QB)
2002	Shaw
2004	Ouachita Baptist (def. asst.)
2005	Tuskegee (RB)
2006–2011	Jackson State (RB/RC)
2012	Texas Southern (TE/RC)
2014	Paine
2016	Texas College
2017	Bethune–Cookman (TE)
2018–2021	Edward Waters
Head coaching record
Overall	7–35 (varsity); 7–3 (club)

Gregory Ruffin is an American football coach. Ruffin served as the head football coach at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina (2002), Paine College in Augusta, Georgia (2014), and Texas College in Tyler, Texas (2016) and Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida (2018–2021).^[1]

Ruffin was fired from his post at Edward Waters in February 2021 after a 53–0 loss to Jackson State. Joseph Carter was appointed interim head coach.^[2] Ruffin was hired by the Blytheville School District for the Head Football Coach position at Blytheville High School in June 2021.^[3] At the end of the 2021 season, Ruffin's record with the Blytheville Chickasaws was 2-8, 2-5 in conference.^[4] Ruffin resigned from the Blytheville School District on December 30, 2021. According to the Alabama State University's Twitter, Ruffin has accepted a position to coach the running backs for the ASU Hornets.^[5]

Head coaching record[edit]

Club[edit]


Year	Team	Overall
Shaw Bears (Club) (2002)
2002	Shaw	7–3
Shaw:		7–3
Total:		7–3

Varsity[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Paine Lions (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2014)
2014	Paine	2–8	1–6	T–5th (East)
Paine:		2–8	1–6
Texas College Steers (Central States Football League) (2016)
2016	Texas College	0–9	0–6	7th
Texas College:		0–9	0–6
Edward Waters Tigers (Mid-South Conference) (2018)
2018	Edward Waters	4–7	2–4	5th (Sun)
Edward Waters Tigers (NAIA independent) (2019)
2019	Edward Waters	1–10
2020	Edward Waters	0–1
Edward Waters:		5–18	2–4
Total:		7–35

References[edit]

^ "Greg Ruffin To Be Named 14th Head Football Coach In Edward Waters' History". Mid-South Conference. December 14, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
^ Frenette, Gene (February 28, 2021). "Football coach Greg Ruffin out at Edward Waters College; Joseph Carter named interim coach". The Florida Times-Union. Jacksonville, Florida. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
^ Brasfield, Mark (June 5, 2021). "Ruffin selected to lead BHS football". NEA Town Courier. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
^ McClain, Marcus (November 5, 2021). "Chickasaws drop season finale to Colts". NEA Town Courier. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
^ Brasfield, Mark (December 30, 2021). "Blytheville football coach resigns". NEA Town Courier.

External links[edit]

Bethune Cookman profile

[1] "Greg Ruffin To Be Named 14th Head Football Coach In Edward Waters' History". Mid-South Conference. December 14, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2019.

[2] Frenette, Gene (February 28, 2021). "Football coach Greg Ruffin out at Edward Waters College; Joseph Carter named interim coach". The Florida Times-Union. Jacksonville, Florida. Retrieved May 9, 2021.

[3] Brasfield, Mark (June 5, 2021). "Ruffin selected to lead BHS football". NEA Town Courier. Retrieved December 20, 2021.

[4] McClain, Marcus (November 5, 2021). "Chickasaws drop season finale to Colts". NEA Town Courier. Retrieved December 20, 2021.

[5] Brasfield, Mark (December 30, 2021). "Blytheville football coach resigns". NEA Town Courier.

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