Roderick Plummer is in his second season as Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach at New Mexico Highlands University. In his first season at New Mexico Highlands the defense improved from 8th in total defense in 2021 to 6th in total defense in 2022. Increasing the number of sacks from 23 in 2021 to 29 in 2022. 
 
Prior to arriving in Las Vegas, he spent two seasons at Kentucky State University. In his first season he was the Defensive Backs Coach and Special Teams Coordinator. In his second season he was 
the Linebackers Coach and Special Teams Coordinator. In 2021 Kentucky State's Punt unit finished third in Net Punting Nationally. At Kentucky State Plummer lead them to a fourteen-win improvement over two seasons. 
 
Before that he was the running back/special teams coordinator at Alabama State University. 
Plummer also spent a season at Florida A&M University for a season where he was Running Backs Coach and Special Teams Coordinator. During his time at Florida A&M, the Rattlers finished sixth in rushing offense at 136.2 yards per game. They ran for a total of 1,498 yards as a team during the 2017 season. 
Plummer helped to improve the Florida A&M kick coverage team from last in the MEAC to first, and coached a pair of All-Conference selections at the school. 
 
Prior to his stint at Florida A&M, Plummer served a three-yearstint at Holy Cross where he served as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. 
 
During his final two seasons, the Crusaders have led the Patriot League in punt returns (11.0 yards/return in 2015; 12.3 yards/return in 2016). 
 
Plummer joined the Crusaders after spending two seasons at the University of Massachusetts in 2012 and 2013. He was the running backs coach at UMass during both years, in addition to serving as special teams coordinator in 2012. Plummer played a key role for the Minutemen in helping the program transition to the Mid-American Conference and the footbali bowl subdivision. 
 
Prior to his time at UMass, Plummer was the running backs coach and special teams coordinator at Yale from 2009-2011. At Yale, the kickoff return unit finished number one in the country. His other coaching stops include time at Cornell (2004-2006), Florida A&M (2008), Hampton (1997-1998), Idaho (2007), James Madison (1996), Kutztown (1994-1995 and 2002-2003), Michigan State (1999- 2000) andWa y n e State (2001). Plummer helped lead Hampton to back-to-back Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships in 1997 and 1998, and was on the staffof the MichiganState team which won the Citrus Bowl following the 1999 season. He also had National Football League coaching fellowships with Philadelphia, Jacksonville, San Francisco, Cleveland and Cincinati.. 
 
A number of Plummer's former players have either been drafted or signed free agent contracts in the National Football League, including T.J. Conley (Idaho), Michael Cox (UMass), LeRoy V a n (Florida A&M), Bryan Walters (Cornell) and Kalif Raymond (Holy Cross). 
 
A native of Oakland, Calif., Plummer is a 1993 graduate of Washington State University, where he was a four-year letter winner and starting linebacker for the Cougars. In 2002, hew a s inducted into  the St. Mary's College High School Athletic Hall of Fame.