Coaches / Position coach / Ruffin McNeill
Career
61
not coaching now
Rating77recent
Peak78best 5 yrs
Career61whole career
confidence
Ruffin McNeill
Special Assistant to the Head Coach · NC State
Headline rating: as position coach · defensive line. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here7
Programs3
Stints5
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating60Peak60Career61
2010–2015 · 6 seasonsRecord 42-34National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)Career: too early to rank all-time (8+ seasons as a head coach)
- Rating 60: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
- Peak 60: best five-season stretch, 2011–2015 at East Carolina (36-27), taking over an average program.
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | East Carolina | 5-7 | #62 | +0.14 SD |
| 2014 | East Carolina | 8-5 | #57 | +0.08 SD |
| 2013 | East Carolina | 10-3 | #48 | +0.35 SD |
| 2012 | East Carolina | 8-5 | #91 | -0.70 SD |
| 2011 | East Carolina | 5-7 | #92 | -0.72 SD |
| 2010 | East Carolina | 6-7 | #84 | -0.57 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As defensive coordinator
Rating52Peak52
His defense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oklahoma | -0.07 | -0.08 | -1.09 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.