Javon Ringer begins a new role for the Rockets as the assistant director of football operations in 2018. Last year he served as a quality control coach at UT. He will assist Director of Football Operations Andrew Terwilliger with most non-coaching aspects of the Rocket football program, including budget, team travel and team meals.
Ringer played four seasons in the NFL as a running back for the Tennessee Titans from 2009-12. He played his college football at Michigan State from 2005-08, ranking first on MSU's all-time list in all-purpose yards (5,426), second in rushing yards (4,398) and fifth in rushing TDs (34). The Dayton, Ohio native had 19 career 100-yard rushing games and 11 career multi-TD games.
A first-team All-America running back at Michigan State in 2008, Ringer rushed for 1,637 yards and a school-record 22 touchdowns as a senior. He led the nation in scoring (10.2 points per game) and rushing TDs (22) while ranking fourth in rushing (125.9 yards per game) and 15th in all-purpose yards (157.8 ypg.). He led the Big Ten in all-purpose yards and ranked second in rushing. His 1,637 yards rank as the second-highest single-season rushing total in school history. Ringer became the first Spartan to record back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons since T.J. Duckett in 2000-01.
Ringer was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round (No. 173 overall) of the 2009 National Football League Draft. A Doak Walker Award finalist and first-team All-Big Ten selection, Ringer finished 10th in the final balloting for the Heisman Trophy.
Ringer began his coaching career as recruiting intern at Michigan State in 2016. He joined the Toledo staff in 2017 as a quality control coach, working with the running backs.
