Ron Caragher
Ron Caragher went 19–30 as a head coach, 2013–2016, at San José State. Share
- Record
- 19–30 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jan 24, 1967
- Alma mater
- UCLA 1990
- Best season
- 2013 6–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | San José State | 6–6 | |||
| 2014 | San José State | 3–9 | |||
| 2015 | San José State | 6–7 | Cure Bowl W | ||
| 2016 | San José State | 4–8 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
| Conference games | 32 | 14–18 | 44% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 14 | 7–7 | 50% |
| At home | 23 | 11–12 | 48% |
| On the road | 25 | 7–18 | 28% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 22 | 14–8 | 64% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 27 | 5–22 | 19% |
His own 49 games on file, 2013–2016, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Polian 2013–2016 | 1–3 | Nevada | 4 | |
| Rocky Long 2013–2016 | 0–4 | San Diego State | 4 | |
| Tim DeRuyter 2013–2015 | 2–1 | Fresno State | 3 |
Ron Caragher’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| UNLVseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Fresno Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Hawai’iseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Nevadaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| San Diego Stateseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Wyomingseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| New Mexicoseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Donte WilliamsUSC
- Greg RobinsonSyracuse
- Ron EnglishEastern Michigan
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donte Williams | San José State, 2013: cornerbacks coach; 2014–15: defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator | USC | |
| Greg Robinson | San José State, 2014–15: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Syracuse | |
| Ron English | San José State, 2016: defensive coordinator | Eastern Michigan |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmie Dougherty | San José State, 2013: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2014: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2015: assistant head coach, pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Kenwick Thompson | San José State, 2013: defensive coordinator | |
| Al Borges | San José State, 2015–16: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Dan Ferrigno | San José State, 2015–16: special teams and tight ends coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | San José State | head coachbonuses up to $195,000; $10,000 in bonuses paid | $546,745 USA Today | |
| 2015 | San José State | head coachbonuses up to $195,000; $5,000 in bonuses paid | $540,775 USA Today | |
| 2014 | San José State | head coachbonuses up to $195,000 | $525,000 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.