Roderick Plummer is in his first season as an assistant football coach at Kentucky State University. He comes to The Hill after serving as the running back/special teams coordinator at Alabama State University.
His punter ranked 17th nationally in 2018, and five members of the ASU special teams unit was named all-conference.
A number of Plummer’s former players have either been drafted or signed free agent contracts in the National Football League, including T.J. Conley (Idaho), Michael Cox (UMass), LeRoy Vann (Florida A&M), Bryan Walters (Cornell) and Kalif Raymond (Holy Cross).
Plummer helped to improve the Florida A&M kick coverage team from last in the MEAC to first, and coached a pair of All-Conference selections at the school. Prior to his stint at Florida A&M, Plummer served a three-year stint at Holy Cross where he served as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator.
During his final two seasons, the Crusaders have led the Patriot League in punt returns (11.0 yards/return in 2015; 12.3 yards/return in 2016). In addition, return specialist Jake Wieczorek was named a third team All-American in 2016. Several other players Plummer has coached have been named All-Patriot League in the last two years, in linebackers Nick McBeath (2016) and Kyle Young (2015), punter Connor Fitzgerald (2015) and return specialist Kalif Raymond (2015).
Plummer joined the Crusaders after spending two seasons at the University of Massachusetts in 2012 and 2013. Prior to his time at UMass, Plummer was the running backs coach and special teams coordinator at Yale from 2009-2011. At Yale, the kickoff return unit finished number one in the country. His other coaching stops include time at Cornell (2004-2006), Florida A&M (2008), Hampton (1997-1998), Idaho (2007), James Madison (1996), Kutztown (1994-1995 and 2002-2003), Michigan State (1999-2000) and Wayne State (2001).
He also had National Football League coaching fellowships with Philadelphia, Jacksonville, San Francisco and Cleveland.
A native of Oakland, Calif., Plummer is a 1993 graduate of Washington State University, where he was a four-year letterwinner and starting linebacker for the Cougars. In 2002, he was inducted into the St. Mary’s College High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
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