He has also served as head football coach at the junior college and high school levels.
Ross left Oklahoma State to become the assistant head coach/defensive coordinator at his college alma mater in 1987.
In 1992 Ross was hired as the first head football coach at Blue Springs South High School, starting his first program from scratch and took the team to an 11–1 record in its third year, losing in the state quarterfinals.
In 1995 Ross was hired to rebuild a struggling Kemper Military Junior College program in Boonville, Missouri.
[1] Ross departed Bacone College in 2006 to be an assistant at Illinois State, coaching cornerbacks for all three years while later serving as defensive coordinator.