| 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]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw Bears (Club) (2002) | |||||||||
| 2002 | Shaw | 7–3 | |||||||
| Shaw: | 7–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 7–3 | ||||||||
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||