George Ragsdale (born April 4, 1951) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

coach and former player. He is the interim head football coach at

Central State University Central State University (CSU) is a public, historically black land-grant university in Wilberforce, Ohio. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Established by the state legislature in 1887 as a two-year program for te ...

Wilberforce, Ohio Wilberforce is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,271 at the 2010 census, up from 1,579 at the 2000 census. History After Wilberforce College was established in 1856, the community was a ...

. Ragsdale is played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

at North Carolina A&T State University. and professionally with the

Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South divisio ...

of the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

(NFL), and played in the

United States Football League The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ...

(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 Morris Brown College (MBC) is a private Methodist historically black liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded January 5, 1881, Morris Brown is the first educational institution in Georgia to be owned and operated entirely by African Ame ...

Norfolk State University Norfolk State University (NSU) is a public historically black university in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Virginia High-Tech Partnership. History The institution was founded on September 18, 1935 a ...

, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. On September 11, 2013, he was named interim head football coach at Grambling State University. On October 17, 2013, Ragsdale was fired as interim head coach at Grambling.

Head coaching record

Notes

References

External links

Central State (OH) profile

North Carolina A&T profile
* 1951 births Living people American football running backs Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football coaches Central State Marauders football coaches Grambling State Tigers football coaches Morris Brown Wolverines football coaches Norfolk State Spartans football coaches North Carolina A&T Aggies football coaches North Carolina A&T Aggies football players North Carolina A&T State University alumni Oklahoma Outlaws players Tampa Bay Bandits players Tampa Bay Buccaneers players High school football coaches in North Carolina People from Dinwiddie County, Virginia Coaches of American football from Maryland Players of American football from Baltimore African-American coaches of American football African-American players of American football 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American sportspeople {{runningback-1950s-stub