Ron Caragher

Head coach

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry

continuity at San José State · early

Seasons here—

Programs2

Stints2

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2018–2019San Diego StateAssistant Coach (tight ends/passing game coordinator)

2013–2016San José StateHead Coach

Chemistry

vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical

How much continuity and loyalty his programs carryat San José State

Tenure here

Seasons as head coach at his current school

Staff continuity

Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together

Player retention

Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)

soon

Followers

Players and staff who followed him from his previous job

QB & coordinator

How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator

Roster continuity

Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him

soon

Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.

As head coach

Rating59Peak61Career61

2007–2016 · 10 seasonsRecord 63-52National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 59: 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 61: best five-season stretch, 2007–2009 at San Diego (22-11), taking over an average program.
Career 61 (#330 since 1936): total accomplishment over 10 seasons (63-52), 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
2016	San José State	4-8	#116	-1.39 SD
2015	San José State	6-7	#91	-0.54 SD
2014	San José State	3-9	#113	-1.17 SD
2013	San José State	6-6	#80	-0.40 SD

Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).