Reginald Ruffin
Reginald Ruffin has been named vice president of intercollegiate athletics and athletic director at Tuskegee University. Ruffin spent several years as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Tuskegee University from 2006 until 2010 under head coach Willie Slater. In 2011, he took the helm at Miles College as head coach and athletic director. Ruffin returned to Tuskegee University as football head coach and athletic director in 2022.
“Reginald Ruffin is the rare combination of leader who can motivate the people around him not only because he knows the Xs and Os it takes to win but because he knows how to inspire others to find within themselves what it takes to win,” said Dr. Mark A. Brown, Tuskegee president and CEO. “I am so pleased that he will assume this expanded role to build on Tuskegee’s legacy of student-athlete excellence, motivate our students to develop as critical-thinkers and leaders on and off the field, and represent the university in our efforts to attract the best and the brightest to all of our auxiliary units to become Tuskegee University Golden Tigers.”
“I am truly honored for this opportunity to support Dr. Brown’s and this administration’s unwavering focus on developing well-rounded student leaders who compete – and win – with culture, class and civility,” said Ruffin. “As I tell our student-athletes and coaches, we’re here to educate, dominate and graduate – we are winning in the classroom, winning on the field and, ultimately, winning out there in the world. That’s my ‘why’.”
Ruffin is a 1998 graduate of the University of North Alabama and holds a master’s degree in education administration from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
