Jerald Ingram (born December 24, 1960) is an

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coach and a former player who most recently served as the running backs coach for the

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of the XFL. He played college football at the fullback position for the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

from 1979 to 1981 and later served as the running backs coach for the

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(1995–2003) and

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(2004–2013) of the

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(NFL).

Playing career

Ingram was born in

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, in 1960 and grew up in

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. He enrolled at the

in 1979 and played college football as a fullback for Bo Schembechler's

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teams from 1979 to 1981. In three years at Michigan, Ingram gained 191 rushing yards on 46 carries.(Ricks' statistics can be retrieved by typing "ricks" into the space provided for the player's last name.)

Coaching career

Ingram became a football coach after his playing career at Michigan. He began as a

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at Michigan in 1984 and then held assistant coaching positions at Ball State University (tight ends, 1985; running backs, 1986–1990) and

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(running backs, 1991–1993). In 1995, when

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moved from Boston College to the

, Ingram followed Coughlin and became the Jaguars' running backs coach from 1995 to 2003. When Coughlin joined the

in 2004, Ingram again followed and became the Giants' running backs coach from 2004 to 2013. In three seasons under Ingram's tutelage,

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emerged as a dominant running back in the NFL, gaining over 5,000 rushing yards through the 2004 and 2006 seasons. In 2008, the Giants led the NFL with 2,518 rushing yards and won

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in 2008 over the previously undefeated New England Patriots. In January 2014, after the 2013 Giants finished with an offense ranked 28th in the NFL, Ingram was fired by the Giants. In 2019, Ingram was named running backs coach for the

of the newly-formed XFL.

References

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