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Ron English
Ron English went 11–46 as a head coach, 2009–2013, at Eastern Michigan. Share
- Record
- 11–46 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2011 6–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Eastern Michigan | 0–12 | 6th (West) | |||
| 2010 | Eastern Michigan | 2–10 | 6th (West) | |||
| 2011 | Eastern Michigan | 6–6 | T–4th (West) | |||
| 2012 | Eastern Michigan | 2–10 | 6th (West) | |||
| 2013 | Eastern Michigan coached nine of 12 games | 1–8 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Conference games | 37 | 7–30 | 19% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 7–10 | 41% |
| At home | 25 | 7–18 | 28% |
| On the road | 32 | 4–28 | 13% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 10 | 6–4 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 47 | 5–42 | 11% |
His own 57 games on file, 2009–2013, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cubit 2009–2012 | 2–2 | Western Michigan | 4 | |
| Rich Ellerson 2009–2013 | 1–3 | Army | 4 | |
| Jeff Quinn 2010–2013 | 2–1 | Buffalo | 3 | |
| Dan Enos 2010–2012 | 1–2 | Central Michigan | 3 | |
| Tim Beckman 2009–2011 | 0–3 | Toledo | 3 | |
| Frank Solich 2010–2013 | 0–3 | Ohio | 3 | |
| Pete Lembo 2011–2013 | 0–3 | Ball State | 3 |
Ron English’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ball Stateseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Toledoseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Western Michiganseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Armyseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Central Michiganseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Buffaloseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Ohioseries | 3 | 0–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Pomona Ganesha HS (CA) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1993 | Mt. San Antonio | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1994–95 | Arizona State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1996 | Northern Arizona | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1996–97 | San Diego State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1998–2002 | Arizona State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2003–05 | Michigan | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2006–07 | Michigan | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2008 | Louisville | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2009–13 | Eastern Michigan | Head coach | |
| 2016 | San Jose State | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | Safeties coach | |
| 2018–20 | Florida | Safeties coach | |
| 2021–22 | Purdue | Co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2023–25 | Louisville | Co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bruce SnyderArizona State
- Steve AxmanNorthern Arizona
- Ted TollnerSan Diego State
- Dirk KoetterArizona State
- Lloyd CarrMichigan
- Steve KragthorpeLouisville
- Ron CaragherSan José State
- Greg KnoxMississippi State
- Dan MullenMississippi State, Florida
- Jeff BrohmPurdue, Louisville
- Brian BrohmPurdue
Assistants who became head coaches
- Ken KarcherLiberty, East Central (MS)
- Steve SzaboEdinboro
- KiJuan WareAugsburg
- Stan ParrishKansas State, Ball State, Eastern Michigan
Worked under (11)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Snyder | Arizona State | 1994–2000 | 1994–95: graduate assistant; 1998–2000: defensive backs coach | |
| Steve Axman | Northern Arizona | 1996 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Ted Tollner | San Diego State | 1996–97 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Dirk Koetter | Arizona State | 2001–02 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Lloyd Carr | Michigan | 2003–07 | 2003–05: defensive backs coach; 2006–07: defensive coordinator | |
| Steve Kragthorpe | Louisville | 2008 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Ron Caragher | San José State | 2016 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Greg Knox | Mississippi State | 2017 | Safeties coach | |
| Dan Mullen | Mississippi State | 2017 | Safeties coach | |
| Dan Mullen | Florida | 2018–20 | Safeties coach | |
| Jeff Brohm | Purdue | 2021–22 | Co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Brian Brohm | Purdue | 2022 | Co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Jeff Brohm | Louisville | 2023–25 | Co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Karcher | Eastern Michigan, 2009–12: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Liberty, East Central (MS) | |
| Steve Szabo | Eastern Michigan, 2009: associate head coach and linebackers coach | Edinboro | |
| KiJuan Ware | Eastern Michigan, 2013: defensive backs coach | Augsburg | |
| Stan Parrish | Eastern Michigan, 2013: offensive coordinator | Kansas State, Ball State, Eastern Michigan |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Lewis | Eastern Michigan, 2009: defensive coordinator | |
| Phil Snow | Eastern Michigan, 2010–12: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Steve Morrison | Eastern Michigan, 2010–11: linebackers coach | |
| Mark Criner | Eastern Michigan, 2013: linebackers 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 | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $3,000 | $164,004 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.
How he coached
English’s teams went for it on 18% of fourth downs and on 27% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 40% of plays and took 24.3 seconds a play, 2009–2012.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 11 g | 15 of 91 16% | 20% | 47% | 27.2 | −0.16 | |
| 2010 11 g | 25 of 99 25% | 37% | 40% | 24.4 | −0.08 | |
| 2011 12 g | 13 of 97 13% | 22% | 28% | 22.1 | −0.05 | |
| 2012 12 g | 16 of 98 16% | 26% | 44% | 23.5 | −0.06 | |
| All 46 g | 69 of 385 18% | 27% | 40% | 24.3 | −0.09 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.