Ron Marciniak
Ron Marciniak went 17–26–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1973 at Dayton, 1974 at Dayton, 1975 at Dayton and 1976 at Dayton. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 17–26–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1973 5–5–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Dayton | 5–5–1 | ||
| 1974 | Dayton | 3–8 | ||
| 1975 | Dayton | 5–6 | ||
| 1976 | Dayton | 4–7 |
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 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 9–7–1 | 56% |
| At home | 19 | 7–12 | 37% |
| On the road | 25 | 10–14–1 | 42% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 22 | 12–9–1 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 22 | 5–17 | 23% |
His own 44 games on file, 1973–1976, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Murphy 1973–1976 | 2–2 | Toledo | 4 | |
| Don Nehlen 1973–1975 | 0–3 | Bowling Green | 3 |
Ron Marciniak’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marshallseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Toledoseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Louisvilleseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Eastern Kentuckyseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Miami (OH)series | 3 | 0–3 |
| Drakeseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Youngstown Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Also a player: Ron Marciniak’s playing career.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Dennis GreenNorthwestern, Stanford, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, California Redwoods / Sacramento Mountain Lions
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Green | Dayton, 1973: running backs and wide receivers coach | Northwestern, Stanford, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, California Redwoods / Sacramento Mountain Lions |
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.