Ray Bonner serves as Assistant Coach for Middle Tennessee State University's Track and Field program in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Raymond Bonner, a product of Franklin County High School in Winchester, Tenn., was one of the first two African-Americans that Coach Charles "Bubber" Murphy signed to football scholarships in 1969. In his junior season, Bonner was given the added duty of returning punts full-time. In 1971, Bonner returned 31 punts for 219 yards and two touchdowns.