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Newsstand: Former Notre Dame assistant named MAC offensive coordinator

Kyle Kellyby: Kyle Kelly01/19/26ByKyleKelly

Former Notre Dame football assistant coach Gus Ragland is getting his first opportunity as a college offensive coordinator.

On Sunday, On3 college football insider Pete Nakos reported that Miami (Ohio) promoted Ragland to the role. He spent the past three seasons with the RedHawks as their quarterbacks coach on Chuck Martin’s staff. Martin, a former Notre Dame offensive coordinator, is entering his 13th season as Miami’s head coach.

Before making the move to Oxford, Ohio, Ragland spent four seasons on Notre Dame’s coaching staff. He most recently served as an assistant quarterbacks coach in 2022. Prior to that, he served as a graduate assistant working with the wide receivers from 2020 to 2021, and also worked as an offensive analyst and assistant running backs coach in 2019.

Ragland is a former Miami quarterback and a 2018 graduate. He ranks sixth in program history with 6,306 passing yards, fourth in completion percentage at 60.2% and fourth with 56 career passing touchdowns.

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