Ryan Allgood begins his third year as a Blazer under VSU head coach Gary Goff. Allgood came to VSU in 2019 after two years at Tiffin University working under Goff.
In 2019, Allgood helped guide VSU to its second-straight Gulf South Conference title and a berth in the second round of the NCAA playoffs with a 10-1 record and an 8-0 mark in Gulf South Conference play. The Blazers finished the season third nationally in total offense at 522.1 yards per game for tops in the conference, while the team was 12th nationally in passing efficiency (162.12) to lead the league and was first in the league in rushing offense at 260.2 yards per game for 11th nationally. VSU rushing offense was best in the nation at 6.8 yards per carry, while the team was second nationally in third down conversion percentage at 53% and VSU finished fifth nationally is sacks allowed at just 0.73 sacks allowed per game.
Allgood’s line blocked for two-time Harlon Hill finalist quarterback Rogan Wells who earned All-America honors for the second-straight season and Wells was named GSC Player of the Year for the second-straight season in 2019. Allgood coached two linemen to first team all-region honors in Adonis Sealey and Brandon Kemp. Sealey earned All-America accolades and Kemp signed a free agent contract with the Tennessee Titans.
At Tiffin in 2018, his unit continued to excel, leading an offense averaging 30.4 points per game, 271.2 passing yards per game and 425.7 total yards per game. He had three students-athletes earn all-conference honors. In 2017, the offensive line aided a Tiffin offense which averaged 23.8 points per game, 366 passing yards and 202.5 rushing yards per game. His line was a big part of JaQuan Hardy’s 1,000-yard rushing season, marking the first for the Dragons since 2005. Allgood also had three all-conference selections in 2017.
Prior to Tiffin, Allgood was graduate assistant at his alma mater the University of Oklahoma. There as a graduate assistant, the offensive line had one of its most productive years in Sooner history as it ranked first nationally in passing efficiency (193.79) and pass completion percentage (.706), while ranking second nationally in total offense at 554.8 yards per game and third in scoring offense (43.9 ppg). OU also led the Big 12 Conference in allowing just 1.6 sacks per game.
Allgood played for the Sooners from 2006-2008 and was a student assistant from 2009-2011 and a graduate assistant from 2014-2016. In 2015, he helped an offensive line unit featuring First Team All-Big 12 selections Ty Darlington and Nila Kasitati. Darlington won the Campbell Trophy, Wuerffel Trophy and Bowden Award for his efforts on the field and in the classroom. OU had a pair of freshmen at the tackle positions, including left tackle Orlando Brown, who was named a Freshman All-America selection by Sporting News. That line led the way for an offense that ranked fourth in scoring, 17th in passing and 22nd in rushing. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Oklahoma in 2011.
In 2014, Allgood helped OU to lead the nation in sacks allowed at just 9.0 for the season, while the Sooners led the Big 12 and ranked tenth nationally averaging 261.2 yards rushing, the highest total produced by the Sooners under head coach Bob Stoops. The offensive line helped freshman Samaje Perine lead the Big 12 in rushing (131.8 ypg), and set the FBS single-game rushing record with 427 yards against Kansas (11/22/14).
In between his stints with the Sooners, Allgood was the offensive line coach during the 2013 season at NCAA Division III College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn., where it won the UMAC Championship. He also spent two years as a graduate assistant at Fort Hays State in Fort Hays, Kan., where he coached tight ends, full backs and was the assistant offensive line coach in 2011-12.
