Last updated on April 20, 2012

Ron Antoine is in his first season as the wide receivers coach for the Bulldogs. He was hired on Jan. 20, 2012 after spending the past two seasons at South Alabama.

Serving as the Jaguars' wide receiver coach in 2010 and 2011, Antoine led Courtney Smith to a banner year in 2010, as Smith set a school single-season record with 38 receptions for 592 yards. Smith became the first individual in program history to be invited to the Senior Bowl. The 2010 season saw the Jags average 35 more yards per outing than they did the year before Antoine's arrival.

Prior to his time at South Alabama, Antoine spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Arkansas. His duties with the Razorbacks included assisting with the running backs, full backs and tight ends, scouting the opposition, helping with practice scripts and game plans and evaluating and developing self scouting reports. He also evaluated the performance of UA's offensive players and assisted in recruiting.

His first season with the Razorbacks in 2008 saw Arkansas pick up wins over nationally ranked opponents Auburn and Tulsa. In 2009, Arkansas finished with a 8-5 record after defeating East Carolina in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. That year, the Razorback offense set school single-season records for points, passing yards, touchdown passes and total offense.

From 2006-07, Antoine coached running backs and assisted with special teams at Wofford. The Terriers won the 2007 Southern Conference championship, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly NCAA Division I-AA) playoffs en route to a 9-4 finish. That fall, WC running backs ranked second in the nation with 2,899 yards and 32 touchdowns, while he helped Kevious Johnson earn first-team all-conference honors.

In his first season with the Terrier program, Antoine helped WC go 7-4 overall and 5-2 in the SoCon. WC averaged just under 30 points per game while two of its four losses were by only one touchdown at eventual FCS champion Appalachian State as well as at Football Bowl Subdivision and SEC member South Carolina.

While at Elon in 2005, he worked with wide receivers and slot backs. Under his direction, Michael Mayers collected 632 yards receiving -- a total that still ranks among the top 10 on the school's season record list -- on his way to becoming one of only three players in school history to record more than 2,000 receiving yards in a career. Antoine's other responsibilities with the Phoenix included assisting with special teams and monitoring the team's academic progress.

Antoine has served two stints on the staff at Ohio, both at the same time Bulldog head coach Tim DeRuyter was there. He was a graduate assistant during the 1998 and `99 seasons before earning his master's degree in higher education in 2000, then returned as a full-time assistant from 2001-04.

In his role working with Ohio's wide receivers and coordinating its passing attack, several Bobcats recorded performances that made the school's top-10 lists for catches and yards receiving in a game, and receiving and all-purpose yards in a career.

His other responsibilities with the school included scouting opponents, working with the kickoff return unit, monitoring the program's academic progress and serving as a liaison with the faculty on campus.

During Antoine's two years as a graduate assistant with the Bobcats, when his duties included coordinating the scout defense and special teams, and breaking down film, OU posted a 5-3 mark in MAC action each fall.

In between stints at Ohio, he was an assistant coach -- his duties also included coordinating recruiting efforts off the field and the program's passing attack on it -- at Fayetteville (N.C.) State during the 2000 campaign. His work with Bronco receivers helped Andregus Holmes earn all-Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association honors.

Antoine was a four-year letterwinner at Colorado State from 1993-96, where he played wide receiver. Twice during his career the Rams won the Western Athletic Conference championship to earn a berth in the Holiday Bowl, highlighted by the program's 10-2 record his sophomore season -- that fall, CSU defeated both nationally ranked Brigham Young and Arizona. As a junior, the Rams finished 8-4 with a victory over No. 21 Air Force, and they posted a 7-5 mark (three of those losses came against top-25 teams) his final year.

CSU would go on to reclaim the WAC title in 1997 when Antoine served as a student assistant coach, ending the season ranked 17th in the nation after picking up a 35-24 win over 19th-ranked Missouri in the Holiday Bowl. He would earn his degree in exercise and sport science from the school in '97.

Antoine's wife, Zenarae, is in her first season as head coach of the women's basketball program at Texas State. The couple's twin sons, Zachary and Zavier, turned two the last week of January.

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