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Ron Dugans Position: Wide Receivers Experience: 3rd Season

One of the best wide receivers in Florida State University history and former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver, Ron Dugans begins his third season coaching the wide receivers at Louisville.

In two seasons with the Cardinals, Dugans has improved the play of the wide receivers, especially in this past season with three freshmen starters in the lineup.

Dugans tutored true freshman Eli Rogers to lead the Cardinals in receptions with 41, and red-shirt freshman Michaelee Harris caught 37 passes for a team-high 455 yards. True freshman DeVante Parker caught a team-high six touchdown passes on just 18 receptions.

Dugans oversaw a unit that was consistent in 2010, and made a number of big plays led by senior Doug Beaumont, who paced the Cardinals with 41 receptions for 440 yards and a score. Josh Bellamy added 29 receptions for 401 yards, while Dugans' big project was the development of Andrell Smith, who caught a career-high 25 passes for 377 yards and three touchdowns.

Dugans brings a wealth of collegiate and professional experience to the staff at Louisville after serving three years at Georgia Southern.

Under Dugans' tutelage, Georgia Southern wide receiver Raja Andrews broke several school records during his senior campaign, en route to finishing 15th nationally in receptions per game and 20th in receiving yards. Andrews smashed the single-season records in receptions by 25 (64), the receiving yards by 200 (873) and most games gaining 100 receiving yards by three (5).

In 2008, the speedy receiver corps accounted for the majority of the team's 42 receptions of 20-plus yards.

During the 2007 season the receivers corps caught eight touchdown passes, including the third-longest completion in program history (Michael McIntosh, 81 yards). That year Andrews nearly set the season receptions record, finishing one shy of the mark.

Dugans spent the 2006 season at his alma mater Florida State as a graduate assistant coach on offense. FSU ended its 7-6 season with a victory over UCLA in the Emerald Bowl. The year prior he worked as a graduate assistant with the Florida State Strength and Conditioning program.

As a player, Dugans spent five years in the National Football League, the first four with the Cincinnati Bengals and one season with the Houston Texans, ending He was a third-round pick of the Bengals in 2000.

A member of the Florida State program from 1995-99, Dugans won a National Championship his senior year and was the wide receiver opposite fellow NFL pick Peter Warrick. Dugans holds the distinction of having played in three title games with the Seminoles, recording a stellar 45-4 record during his playing career.

A native of Tallahassee, Fla., Dugans played his first two seasons at FSU before taking a medical redshirt during the 1997 campaign. He returned as a starting wide receiver his final two years in 1998-99.

In his career with the Seminoles, Dugans caught 105 passes for 1,520 yards and seven touchdowns. Two of his most impressive games came in bowl games. He caught six passes for 135 yards in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, then in his last collegiate game tallied five receptions for 99 yards and two touchdowns in the 2000 Sugar Bowl win over Virginia Tech.

A three-sport standout at Florida A&M University High (football, basketball and track), Dugans rushed for 730 yards and 10 touchdowns his senior year, on just 70 carries. He also tallied 75 tackles, two sacks, three forced fumbles and seven interceptions on defense.

Dugans graduated from Florida State with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1999.