Caleb Ross - Football Coach - Troy University Athletics

Caleb Ross

Title:
Director of Operations & High School Relations
Email:
jmorgan@troy.edu
Phone:
3682

Caleb Ross, one of the most successful high school coaches in the state of Alabama, returns for his third season at Troy following three years as the head coach at Prattville (Ala.) High School, where he led the Lions to three straight Alabama 7A Playoff appearances. In 2021, Ross served as Troy's director of player personnel and high school relations, he shifted to director of operations and high school relations in 2022 and in 2023 will be an offensive analyst.

In 2022, the Trojans finished the season ranked in a major poll for the first time in program history, checking in at No. 19 in the AP Top 25 and No. 20 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll. Additionally, Troy's appearance in the Coaches Poll and College Football Playoff Poll after its Sun Belt Championship Game victory were also firsts for the program.

Troy hosted and appeared in the Sun Belt Championship Game for the first time, reached the 12-win mark at the FBS level for the first time and hosted Army in front of a Veterans Memorial Stadium record crowd of more than 31,000 fans.

Coaching at his alma mater, Ross led Prattville to a 23-11 record during his tenure as head coach after inheriting a program that was just 5-13 the two seasons prior. Twenty-nine of his players went on to sign college scholarships and the playoff appearances were the first for the school since 2014.

Prior to returning to Prattville, Ross led Opelika to a 9-4 mark and a berth in the third round of the Alabama 6A State Playoffs in 2017 following a successful three-year run at McGill-Toolen High School in Mobile.

Ross guided the Yellow Jackets to their first-ever state title in 2015 in a season in which they were ranked No. 1 in Alabama for 13 weeks and reached as high as No. 4 in the USA Today Poll. He was named the 2015 Crichton Optimist, WKRG, Call News and USA Today HS Sports Alabama Coach of the Year following the season.

McGill returned to the state championship game the following year and finished as runner-up after an undefeated regular season. The Yellow Jackets posted a combined 26-2 record over the 2015 and 2016 seasons which featured current Troy linebacker and All-American Carlton Martial as a two-time first team all-state selection.

Before taking over as the head coach, Ross spent the 2013 season as the Yellow Jackets offensive coordinator and was named the Alabama Football Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year.

He spent one season as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Spanish Fort High School in 2012 where he helped lead the Toros to a state title. He began his head coaching career at Thompson High School in 2011.

Ross spent the previous five years as an assistant coach at Prattville, including the final three as the offensive coordinator. The Lions won three state titles and advanced to the championship game another year during his first tenure at his alma mater.

Ross began his high school coaching career at Clinton High School (2002-05), all on the defensive side of the football, before transitioning to offense the following year at Prattville.

A 2002 graduate of Samford University, Ross earned his master’s degree in sport & fitness management from Troy University in 2018. He and his wife, Amy, have two children, Rebecca Claire and Jack.