Ruffin McNeill, the assistant head coach at Virginia this past season, will be joining the staff of new Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley, OU officials confirmed on Wednesday.

Lincoln Riley had one position to fill on his Oklahoma football staff. He tapped Ruffin McNeill, his former boss, to fill it. Riley, who worked for McNeill when McNeill was East Carolina’s head ...

Wolfpack hires veteran coach Ruffin McNeill.McNeill, who is known best by people in the region as ECU's head coach from 2010-2015, has 30-plus years of coaching experience. At his alma mater ...

But after a 5-7 record in 2015, Holland’s successor, Jeff Compher, dismissed McNeill in an unexpected move. As the football program declined, Compher was forced out in April 2018.

Former ECU head coach Ruffin McNeill is back on the staff for the fifth year as a special assistant to Doeren. The Pack head man said McNeill is much more than that.

As usual, Ruffin McNeill Jr. was out on the field early, overseeing East Carolina’s warm-ups as game time approached between his Pirates’ football team and host Brigham Young last October.

foxsports GREENVILLE, NC – East Carolina University has announced a three-year extension of head football coach Ruffin McNeill's contract that will secure his position through the 2017 season.