Coaches / Head coach / Ron English
Career
51
not coaching now
Rating33recent
Peak33best 5 yrs
Career51whole career
confidence
Ron English
Head coach
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here—
Programs5
Stints6
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating33Peak33Career51
2009–2013 · 5 seasonsRecord 11-46National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)Career: too early to rank all-time (8+ seasons as a head coach)
- Rating 33: 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 33: best five-season stretch, 2009–2012 at Eastern Michigan (10-38), taking over one of the weakest programs in major college football.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Eastern Michigan | 1-8 | #125 | -2.31 SD |
| 2012 | Eastern Michigan | 2-10 | #118 | -1.62 SD |
| 2011 | Eastern Michigan | 6-6 | #105 | -1.02 SD |
| 2010 | Eastern Michigan | 2-10 | #117 | -1.97 SD |
| 2009 | Eastern Michigan | 0-12 | #119 | -2.26 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As defensive coordinator
Rating78Peak84
His defense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisville | 0.12 | 0.08 | 1.34 |
| 2024 | Louisville | 0.06 | -0.00 | 0.27 |
| 2023 | Louisville | 0.13 | 0.08 | 1.33 |
| 2022 | Purdue | 0.01 | -0.04 | -0.26 |
| 2016 | San José State | -0.07 | — | -0.38 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.