Pat Ruel
Ruel in 2013.
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| Seattle Seahawks | |
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| Position: | Offensive line coach |
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| Date of birth: | December 5, 1950 |
| Place of birth: | Coral Gables, Florida |
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| High school: | Coral Gables (FL) |
| College: | Miami (FL) |
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Golden Pat Ruel (born December 5, 1950) is an American football offensive line coach for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League.
Ruel has 35 years of college and National Football League coaching experience.
He lettered at offensive guard for University of Miami under head coach Fran Curci and received his B.S. in psychology in 1972 where he immediately became a graduate assistant coach in 1973. He and Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll were both graduate assistants on the 1977 Arkansas Razorbacks football team. Former Mississippi Head Coach Houston Nutt was also at Arkansas at the same time, as a backup quarterback. Arkansas' Defensive Coordinator at the time, Monte Kiffin, would be a mentor to Carroll who would later have his son Lane Kiffin as his offensive coordinator at USC. The Razorbacks won the 1978 Orange Bowl that season and Ruel would move on to a full-time position at Washington State University. He spent four years with the Cougars, the first 2 seasons as the offensive line coach before adding offensive coordinator duties for his final two seasons.
Ruel's longest tenure was at Kansas from 1988–96, the first 3 as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, then adding assistant head coach to his title the final 6 years. During his first summer Lawrence, he joined the coaches and 50 or so scholarship players in sleeping on the practice field for solidarity. During his time at Kansas, the Jayhawks improved from 1-10 in 1988 to 10-2 in 1995, finishing in the top 10.
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