Ron Dugans
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| Florida State Seminoles | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receivers coach | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | April 27, 1977 Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Tallahassee (FL) Florida A&M | ||||||||
| College: | Florida State | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2000 / round: 3 / pick: 66 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
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Ron Dugans (born April 27, 1977) is an American football coach and former player. He is the wide receivers coach for Florida State University, a position he has held since 2019. He played professionally as a wide receiver for four seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL).
Playing career
[edit]Dugans was a standout receiver at Florida State where he won a BCS Championship in 1999 season in his final season. Dugans caught five passes for 99 yards and two touchdowns in the 2000 BCS Championship Game.
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 1+3⁄8 in (1.86 m) |
206 lb (93 kg) |
31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.58 s | ||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[2] | ||||||||||||
Dugans was selected in the third round of the 2000 NFL draft by the Bengals.[3] He signed a deal with the Houston Texans but never played with the team.
NFL career statistics
[edit]| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
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| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2000 | CIN | 14 | 5 | 38 | 14 | 125 | 8.9 | 17 | 1 |
| 2001 | CIN | 16 | 3 | 45 | 28 | 251 | 9.0 | 31 | 2 |
| 2002 | CIN | 16 | 5 | 73 | 47 | 421 | 9.0 | 31 | 0 |
| 46 | 13 | 156 | 89 | 797 | 9.0 | 31 | 3 | ||
Coaching career
[edit]Prior to joining the Georgia Southern Eagles' staff under head coach Chris Hatcher, Dugans spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons with Florida State as a graduate assistant, working with the wide receivers and the strength and conditioning program. In 2010, he was hired by Charlie Strong to become wide receivers coach at the University of Louisville. In 2014, after four years at Louisville and Strong's departure to The University of Texas, Dugans returned home to Florida to become wide receivers coach for the University of South Florida. In 2016, Dugans joined Mark Richt's staff at the University of Miami and was co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. In January 2019, Dugans was released by new Hurricanes coach Manny Diaz and hired as the wide receivers coach by Willie Taggart at his alma mater, Florida State.
Personal life
[edit]On September 5, 2008, a crash involving Dugans' daughter's school bus killed his daughter Ronshay, aged 8. There is now a national Don't Drive Drowsy Week (the first week of September) in memory of her death.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Texans 2004 Media Guide (PDF). p. 260.
- ^ "Ron Dugans, Combine Results, WR - Florida State". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ Mamdooh, Sally (September 1, 2014). "Man raising awareness of drowsy driving after daughter's death".
External links
[edit]- American football wide receivers
- Cincinnati Bengals players
- Florida State University alumni
- Florida State Seminoles football players
- Living people
- 1977 births
- Florida State Seminoles football coaches
- Cincinnati Bengals coaches
- Georgia Southern Eagles football coaches
- Louisville Cardinals football coaches
- South Florida Bulls football coaches
- Miami Hurricanes football coaches
- Coaches of American football from Florida
- Houston Texans players