---
"title": "Norfolk State offensive coordinator takes assistant coach job at FBS school"
"description": "Ray Pickering, who was the offensive coordinator at Norfolk State, has reportedly agreed to a coaching position at an FBS school. According to a report by Football Scoop, Pickering will be the running backs coach at Buffalo on the staff of head coach Maurice Linguist. “In Pickering, Linguist is bringing in a coach who’s shown […]"
"date": "2024-01-14"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "HBCU Sports"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2024/01/14/norfolk-state-offensive-coordinator-takes-assistant-coach-job-at-fbs-school/"
"categories":
  - "Football"
"tags":
  - "Norfolk State"
---

# Norfolk State offensive coordinator takes assistant coach job at FBS school

Ray Pickering, who was the offensive coordinator at Norfolk State, has reportedly agreed to a coaching position at an FBS school. [According to a report by Football Scoop](https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-maurice-linguist-buffalo-adding-former-texas-longhorns-staffer-as-running-backs-coach), Pickering will be the running backs coach at Buffalo on the staff of head coach Maurice Linguist. “In Pickering, Linguist is bringing in a coach who’s shown considerable recruiting prowess — particularly as an offensive analyst across multiple seasons at Texas — as well as more recently serving as offensive coordinator at Norfolk State,” Football Scoop reporter John Brice wrote.

> Ray Pickering ([@CoachPickOC](https://twitter.com/CoachPickOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) did a good job in his lone season with Norfolk State. He helped give a jolt to an offense that desperately needed it and will be a good edition to Buffalo’s staff. Here’s a bit I wrote from the season recap in November: [pic.twitter.com/Jxcc8PKJ9p](https://t.co/Jxcc8PKJ9p)
>
> — Michael Sauls (@mcsauls) [January 13, 2024](https://twitter.com/mcsauls/status/1745992688757854649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Under Pickering, Norfolk State ranked third in the MEAC in points per game at 24.0, No. 2 in rushing (173.8 yards per game), and third in offense efficiency. Pickering previously was an assistant at Alabama State, Texas, Jones Junior College and Lane College.