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George Ragsdale

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George Ragsdale

No. 23

Position:

Running back

Personal information

Born:

December 4, 1952 (age 71)
Dinwiddie, Virginia, U.S.

Height:

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Weight:

185 lb (84 kg)

Career information

High school:

Baltimore City College
(Baltimore, Maryland)

College:

North Carolina A&T

NFL draft:

1976 / Round: 12 / Pick: 321

Career history

As a player:

As a coach:

North Carolina A&T (1983–1988)
Running backs coach & recruiting coordinator
James B. Dudley HS (NC) (1989–1991)
Assistant coach
Morris Brown (1996–1999)
Offensive coordinator
Norfolk State (2000–2002)
Offensive coordinator
North Carolina A&T (2003–2008)
Assistant coach
North Carolina A&T (2008)
Interim head coach
North Carolina A&T (2009–2010)
Assistant head coach
Grambling State Tigers (2013)
Interim head coach
Central State (OH) (2019–2021)
Running backs coach & wide receivers coach
Central State (OH) (2021)
Interim head coach

Career NFL statistics

Rushing attempts:	34
Rushing yards:	147
Rushing TDs:	1

Player stats at PFR

George Ragsdale (born April 4, 1951) is a former American football coach and former player. He was the interim head football coach at Central State UniversityinWilberforce, Ohio in 2021. Ragsdale is played college footballatNorth Carolina A&T State University. and professionally with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL), and played in the United States Football League (USFL). He was used primarily as a kick returner. Ragsdale served as the interim head football coach at North Carolina A&T for the final four games of the 2008 season and at Grambling State University for four games in the middle of the 2013 season.

After his pro football playing days were over, Ragsdale has served at various coaching duties at his alma mater as well as Morris Brown College, Norfolk State University, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. On September 11, 2013, he was named interim head football coach at Grambling State University.^[1] On October 17, 2013, Ragsdale was fired as interim head coach at Grambling.^[2]

Head coaching record

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Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing
North Carolina A&T Aggies (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2008)
2008	North Carolina A&T	1–3^{[n 1]}	1–3^{[n 1]}	8th
North Carolina A&T:		1–3	1–3
Grambling State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2013)
2013	Grambling State	0–4 ^{[n 2]}	0–2^{[n 2]}	(West)^{[n 2]}
Grambling State:		0–4	0–2
Central State Marauders (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2021–present)
2021	Central State	0–4^{[n 3]}	0–3^{[n 3]}	5th (West)
Central State:		0–4	0–3
Total:		1–11

Notes

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^ ^a ^b Lee Fobbs served as North Carolina A&T's head coach for the first eight games of the 2008 season before he was fired. Ragsdale was appointed interim head coach and led the Aggies for the remainder of the season.^[3] North Carolina A&T finished the season with an overall record of 3–9 and a mark of 1–7 in conference play.

^ ^a ^b ^c Doug Williams began the 2013 season as Grambling State's head coach, but was fired after two games. Ragsdale was appointed interim head coach and helmed the team for four games before he was relieved of his duties and replaced by Dennis Winston, who led the team for the final five games of the season. Grambling State finished the season with an overall record of 1–11 and a mark of 1–8 in conference play, placing fifth the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)

^ ^a ^b Bobby Rome II served as Central State's head coach for the first six games of the 2021 season before he resigned. Ragsdale was appointed interim head coach and led the Aggies for the remainder of the season.^[4] Central State finished the season with an overall record of 1–9 and a mark of 0–6 in conference play.

References

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^ "HBCU Veteran Named Interim Head Football Coach « Grambling State University News". Archived from the original on September 16, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.

^ "Dennis Winston named interim coach". ESPN.com. ESPN.com news services. October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.

^ "College-Football Notebook: Fobbs is fired as coach at A&T". Winston-Salem Journal. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. October 21, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

^ Archdeacon, Tom (October 15, 2021). "George Ragsdale replaces Bobby Rome as Marauders football coach". Dayton Daily News. Dayton, Ohio. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

External links

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Central State (OH) profile
North Carolina A&T profile
Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference

North Carolina A&T Aggies head football coaches

Lonnie P. Byarm (1920)
Lonnie P. Byarm (1922–1929)
Harry R. Jefferson (1930–1931)
Inman A. Breaux (1932–1938)
Homer Harris (1939–1940)
Roland K. Bernard (1941)
Charles U. DeBerry (1942–1944)
Horace Bell (1945)
William M. Bell (1946–1956)
Bert C. Piggott (1957–1967)
Hornsby Howell (1968–1976)
James McKinley (1977–1981)
Mo Forte (1982–1987)
Bill Hayes (1988–2002)
George Small (2003–2005)
Lee Fobbs (2006–2008)
George Ragsdale # (2008)
Alonzo Lee (2009–2010)
Rod Broadway (2011–2017)
Sam Washington (2018–2019)
No team (2020)
Sam Washington (2021–2022)
Vincent Brown (2023– )

# denotes interim head coach

Grambling State Tigers head football coaches

Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (1928)
No team (1929–1930)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (1931)
Ira Smith (1932)
Joe Williams (1932)
Ozias Johnson (1934)
Emory Hines (1935–1940)
Eddie Robinson (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Eddie Robinson (1946–1997)
Doug Williams (1998–2003)
Melvin Spears (2004–2006)
Rod Broadway (2007–2010)
Doug Williams (2011–2013)
George Ragsdale # (2013)
Dennis Winston # (2013)
Broderick Fobbs (2014–2021)
Terrence Graves # (2021)
Hue Jackson (2022–2023)
Mickey Joseph (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach

Central State Marauders head football coaches

Gaston F. Lewis (1947–1956)
James J. Walker (1957–1964)
Tom Stephenson (1965–1966)
James J. Walker (1967–1973)
James McKinley (1974–1976)
Maurice Hunt (1977–1978)
Joe Redmond (1979–1980)
Billy Joe (1981–1993)
Rick Comegy (1994–1995)
Jack Bush (1996)
No team (1997–2004)
Theo Lemon (2005)
Al West (2006–2008)
E. J. Junior (2009–2013)
Cedric Pearl (2014–2019)
No team (2020)
Bobby Rome II (2021)
George Ragsdale # (2021)
Kevin Porter (2022– )

# denotes interim head coach

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976 NFL draft selections

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