JONESBORO, Ark. (12/18/20) – Arkansas State head football coach Butch Jones announced Friday that Ryan Aplin, an Arkansas State University alumnus and two-time Sun Belt Conference Student-Athlete of the Year who most recently spent the 2020 season as co-offensive coordinator at Western Kentucky, has been named the Red Wolves' running backs coach.
One of the most highly-touted players in school history, Aplin returns to A-State after coaching at the collegiate level the last seven seasons, including three in an offensive coordinator role. Following his playing career at A-State, he made coaching stops at Auburn (2014-15), North Alabama (2016, 2018-19), UT Chattanooga (2018-19) and WKU.