Ivy Williams enters his first season on the Ranger coaching staff as the assistant head coach in charge of the offensive line. This season will be his 33rd year in the coaching profession.

Before coming to Alva, Williams coached tight ends at Savannah State (Ga.), an NCAA I-AA school. Seven years prior (1994-00), he was the running backs coach at the University of Alabama.

Williams began coaching at Xavier (Ohio) as a graduate assistant where he played collegiate football from 1968-71. The three-year letterman, led his team in scoring and receiving. He was named a member of the Legion of Honor after serving as team captain for the Muscateers.

Williams’ first full-time coaching job was at Middletown (Ohio) High School. He left Middletown for the collegiate ranks as the running backs coach at Marshall University from 1974-75.

Williams has made several coaching stops, including numerous NCAA Division I schools and even time in the NFL. His coaching career includes jobs at Kansas State University (1975-77), New Mexico State (1978), University of Kansas (1979-81), Arizona State University (1982-84), the Detroit Lions of the NFL (1985-86), University of Akron (1987-88) and Texas Tech (1989-93).

While at Arizona State, he led the Sun Devils to the national lead in total offense and at Texas Tech, Williams led the Red Raiders to the South West Conference rushing and passing titles in 1992 and 1993.

Williams resides in Alva with his wife Barbara. They have a son, Courtney, who is a junior at Stillman (Ala.) College and daughter, Blair, who is attending the University of Alabama.

Clay Moose joins the Ranger coaching staff for his first season and will serve as the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator.

Moose came to Northwestern by way of Victoria Memorial High School in Victoria, Texas where he was a teacher and assistant football coach from 2005-06.

From 2004-05 Moose spent time working in professional football. In 2004, he was a regional scout for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He served as director of player personnel for the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings of Arena Football League 2 from 2004-05.

Moose was in the capacity as a head coach at Rocky Mountain College, his alma mater, from 2001-03 and also was the head coach of the Tokai Bank Red Wave, a team in Japan’s X-League, from 1996-99.

His first coaching gig was at St. Cloud State University as a defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator during the 1991-93 seasons. Moose also was the defensive coordinator at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 1993-96 and was the offensive coordinator at Mount Senario College during the 1999 and 2000 seasons.

Moose, a 1987 graduate of Rocky Mountain College, received his master’s degree in athletic administration in 1999 from St. Cloud State University.

He resides in Alva.

Jamie Rigdon enters his first season on the Ranger staff and will be in charge of the defensive line.

Rigdon previously was the head baseball coach at NCAA Div. 1-AA Savannah State (Ga.) from 1995-2005. During his nine years, he turned in an exceptional 301-120 record. He is the all-time winningest coach in school history and from 1997-99 he was named SIAC Coach of the Year in addition to winning the conference title. He also served as an assistant football coach at Savannah State from 1999-00

Rigdon graduated from Savannah State in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in history and a minor in recreation special population. He lives in Alva with his wife Stacey and seven children: Wesley (12), Chandler (11), Hunter (8), Matthew (5), Chase (4), Iverson (2), and Sharrilynn (1).

Granison Wagstaff begins his first season with the Rangers and will coach the linebacking corp.

Wagstaff coached last season at Carroll (Tex.) High School, where he was in charge of linebackers. He was selected as a linebacker’s coach in the Max Emfinger All-American High School Bowl in Shreveport, La.

From 1994-1998, Wagstaff played linebacker and defensive end at the University of Alabama. The three-year letterman played in three bowl games including: the 1995 Florida Citrus Bowl, 1997 Outback Bowl and 1998 Music City Bowl.

Wagstaff graduated from Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1998. He is working on his master’s at Northwestern.

Travis Cole begins his third season as a student assistant coach for Northwestern and will move back to coaching running backs after coaching quarterbacks last season.

He played two seasons at Northwestern in two separate tenures (2001 and 2004). Cole caught six passes for 93 yards and a touchdown in his Ranger career. During the 2002 and 2003 seasons, Cole was a fullback for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Cole, a native of Turpin, graduated in May of 2006 with a bachelor’s in health and physical education. Currently, Cole is working on his master’s degree in secondary education.