New coach Greg Ruffin is resurrecting Paine football program

COACH GREG RUFFIN

AUGUSTA, Georgia  -- The two assistant coaches kept crossing paths in various circles, noticing they shared some similar physical characteristics and the same last name.

The Ruffins – Greg and Reginald – later discovered they’re cousins. Reginald grew up in Meridian, Miss., and Greg’s grandfather is from that city. For the past decade they’ve grown closer, but now that Greg Ruffin is the new coach at Paine College don’t expect Reginald – the head coach at Miles College – to take it easy on his new Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival.

“He’s got to go by ‘Greg’. He can’t go by ‘Coach Ruffin,’ ” Reginald Ruffin said. “He hasn’t established himself in the conference yet.”

Greg Ruffin is the new guy on the SIAC football block.

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