Jesse Ruby
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- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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- Email:
- jruby3@shawnee.edu
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- Year:
- First
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- High School:
- Minford HS
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- Previous College:
- Wilmington (Ohio) University
Bio
A familiar name to many within the Scioto County lines, Jesse Ruby will join the Shawnee State track and field program as an assistant coach. Ruby led the Minford track and field program since 2010 through this past spring and was the head coach of the Minford football program from 2016 until the conclusion of the 2023 season.
Track-wise, Ruby ultimately led Minford to five Southern Ohio Conference Championships -- including three in a row from 2013 to 2015 -- and three OHSAA Southeast District crowns, with the Falcons winning conference and district titles in both 2013 as well as 2023.
During this time, Ruby coached two NCAA Division I athletes in Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis and Luke Rader between football (Vogelsong-Lewis, who played Division I baseball) and track (Rader), and helped produce 14 OHSAA state qualifiers in track and field, including Rader, Cory McKnight, Seth Lloyd, Kyle Snyder, Ethan Butcher, Jacob Piguet, Sean Berry, Zach Farrar, Kenton Gullion, Chris McCallister, Grant Piguet, Mason Harris, Breydan Tilley, and Peyton Caudill.
"It's a really exciting time to be involved with Shawnee State Athletics," Ruby said. "I believe that it will be a lot of fun, and I am looking forward to working with the great student-athletes who attend there."