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Reuben Nelson

Reuben Nelson spent six years as head coach at Midfield, his alma mater, before taking over at Ramsay. He went 40-28 there, reaching the playoffs five times.

Coach Nelson started the football program at Ramsay in 2012 after they had not fielded a team since 1976.

Under Nelson, the Rams went 1-9 the first season back and 2-8 in 2013 before getting on a roll. They went 10-2 in 2014 followed by 7-4, 13-2, 7-5, 11-2, 10-3 and 13-1 seasons. In addition to the 2016 Class 6A state title, Ramsay reached the Class 5A quarterfinals twice and the semifinals a year ago. His teams at Ramsay won three region crowns and went 14-6 in the playoffs.

In 2021 Nelson moved over to Shades Valley as the head football coach where he will work to rebuild that football program.

Known Record: 129-86-0 60.0%

Season Total

Playoffs

Region Record

Team

Season

Class

W/L/T

Region

Title

W/L/T

Shades Valley

2024

3-6

166

263

2-4

100

195

Shades Valley

2023

4-5

229

280

2-4

133

179

Shades Valley

2022

5-4

189

266

2-4

109

205

Shades Valley

2021

3-7

256

3-3

117

4 Years

15-22

683

1065

0-0

9-15

441

696

Ramsay

2020

13-1

506

191

3-1

176

7-0

248

Ramsay

2019

10-3

453

211

2-1

6-1

273

Ramsay

2018

11-2

345

133

2-1

7-0

212

Ramsay

2017

7-5

265

243

1-1

4-2

141

118

Ramsay

2016

13-2

495

240

5-0

158

6-0

264

Ramsay

2015

7-4

339

134

0-1

4-3

219

106

Ramsay

2014

10-2

357

203

1-1

6-1

220

154

Ramsay

2013

2-8

172

271

1-6

110

204

Ramsay

2012

1-9

140

401

0-7

313

9 Years

74-36

3072

2027

14-6

566

378

41-20

1765

1167

Midfield

2010

2-8

156

227

2-5

123

140

Midfield

2009

11-2

306

165

2-1

5-1

146

Midfield

2008

9-2

347

153

0-1

6-0

231

Midfield

2007

6-5

335

186

0-1

5-2

248

Midfield

2006

4-7

168

282

0-1

4-3

150

149

Midfield

2005

8-4

361

233

1-1

6-1

271

6 Years

40-28

1673

1246

3-5

127

205

28-12

1169

579

TOTALS

19 Years

129-86

5428

4338

17-11

693

583

78-47

3375

2442

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