Coaches / Head coach / John Roning
Career
35
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak43best 5 yrs
Career35whole career
confidence
John Roning
Head coach, 1951–1960
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
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index in development
Seasons here—
Programs2
Stints2
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
1955–1960DenverHead Coach
As head coach
Rating—Peak43Career35
1951–1960 · 10 seasonsRecord 45-54National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 43: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
- Peak 43: best five-season stretch, 1951–1955 at Utah State and Denver (26-23).
- Career 35 (#508 since 1936): total accomplishment over 10 seasons (45-54), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Denver | 3-7 | #95 | -1.79 SD |
| 1959 | Denver | 2-8 | #87 | -1.49 SD |
| 1958 | Denver | 2-8 | #78 | -0.77 SD |
| 1957 | Denver | 6-4 | #82 | -1.25 SD |
| 1956 | Denver | 6-4 | #83 | -1.28 SD |
| 1955 | Denver | 8-2 | #55 | -0.29 SD |
| 1954 | Utah State | 4-6 | #85 | -1.25 SD |
| 1953 | Utah State | 8-3 | #67 | -0.60 SD |
| 1952 | Utah State | 3-7-1 | #88 | -1.78 SD |
| 1951 | Utah State | 3-5-1 | #87 | -1.29 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).