Ross Douglas

Ross Trevoy Douglas Sr. (born December 3, 1994) is an American football coach and former player who is the wide receivers coach for the Oregon Ducks football team. He previously worked in the same position for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Having played his college career at Michigan and Rutgers in a variety of offensive and defensive positions, he went undrafted in the 2018 NFL draft and began a career in coaching. Having served as a graduate assistant at Rutgers until the end of 2020, he briefly became cornerbacks coach at Richmond before accepting a Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the New England Patriots.

Playing career Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl player portrait of Douglas in 2012.

Ross Douglas went to high school in Avon, Ohio. A three star prospect at cornerback, he committed to play for the University of Michigan in 2012. He went undrafted in the 2018 NFL draft, failing a try-out with the Pittsburgh Steelers at rookie minicamp.

Coaching career Rutgers and Richmond Douglas chose to disregard further attempts to play in the National Football League (NFL) and instead went back to Rutgers as a coach. Under Chris Ash Douglas initially served in the recruiting department before becoming a graduate assistant on defense. Douglas was kept on when Greg Schiano took over in 2020, continuing in his role on defense. After the end of the 2020 season Douglas accepted a position as cornerbacks coach with the University of Richmond.

At the end of the 2020 minicamp, Douglas was offered a full-time role by the Patriots, working on defense in quality control. Before the start of the 2022 season Patriots head coach Bill Belichick initially declined to reveal the exact titles taken on by his assistant coaches, with it being suggested that Douglas would become the wide receivers coach.

Syracuse Orange In December 2023, Douglas was hired by the incoming head coach Fran Brown as the wide receivers coach for the Syracuse Orange football team.

Oregon Ducks Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning announced the hiring of Ross Douglas as the Ducks' new wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator on Feb. 20, 2025.

Personal life Douglas and his wife Kaylyn welcomed their first child—a son named Ross Jr., nicknamed RJ—in 2023.