Ron Prince
Ron Prince went 18–28 as a head coach, 2006–2019, at Kansas State and Howard. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2019 at Howard. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 18–28 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2006 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kansas State | 7–6 | T–2nd (North) | Texas Bowl L | ||
| 2007 | Kansas State | 5–7 | 4th (North) | |||
| 2008 | Kansas State | 5–7 | T–4th (North) | |||
| 2009–18: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2019 | Howard * | 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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 11 | 2–9 | 18% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 4–12 | 25% |
| Conference games | 24 | 9–15 | 38% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| At home | 21 | 14–7 | 67% |
| On the road | 15 | 3–12 | 20% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 17 | 13–4 | 76% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 20 | 4–16 | 20% |
His own 37 games on file, 2006–2008, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Hawkins 2006–2008 | 2–1 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Gary Pinkel 2006–2008 | 0–3 | Missouri | 3 | |
| Mark Mangino 2006–2008 | 0–3 | Kansas | 3 |
Ron Prince’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coloradoseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Missouriseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Nebraskaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Kansasseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Texasseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Baylorseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Dodge City | Volunteer coach | |
| 1993 | Alabama A&M | Offensive line coach | |
| 1994 | South Carolina State | Offensive line coach | |
| 1995–97 | James Madison | Offensive line coach | |
| 1998–2000 | Cornell | Offensive line coach | |
| 2001–02 | Virginia | Offensive line coach | |
| 2003–05 | Virginia | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2006–08 | Kansas State | Head coach | |
| 2009 | Virginia | Special teams coach | |
| 2010–11 | Indianapolis Colts NFL | Assistant offensive line coach | |
| 2012 | Jacksonville Jaguars NFL | Assistant offensive line coach | |
| 2013 | Rutgers | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2014–15 | Detroit Lions NFL | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| 2015–17 | Detroit Lions NFL | Assistant head coach and offensive line coach | |
| 2018 | Michigan | Offensive analyst | |
| 2019 | Howard | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Alex WoodJames Madison
- Al GrohVirginia
- Jim CaldwellIndianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions
- Kyle FloodRutgers
- Jim HarbaughMichigan
Assistants who became head coaches
- James FranklinVanderbilt, Penn State, Virginia Tech
- Raheem MorrisAtlanta Falcons
- Ricky RahneOld Dominion
- Scott FrostUCF, Nebraska
- Dave BrockDelaware
- Josh KotelnickiUniversity of Mary
- Warren RuggieroGlenville State
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Wood | James Madison | 1995–97 | Offensive line coach | |
| Al Groh | Virginia | 2001–09 | 2001–02: offensive line coach; 2003–05: offensive coordinator; 2009: special teams coach | |
| Jim Caldwell | Indianapolis Colts NFL | 2010–11 | Assistant offensive line coach | |
| Kyle Flood | Rutgers | 2013 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Jim Caldwell | Detroit Lions NFL | 2014–17 | 2014–15: assistant head coach and tight ends coach; 2015–17: assistant head coach and offensive line coach | |
| Jim Harbaugh | Michigan | 2018 | Offensive analyst |
Coached under him, later head coaches (7)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Franklin | Kansas State, 2006–07: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Vanderbilt, Penn State, Virginia Tech | |
| Raheem Morris | Kansas State, 2006: defensive coordinator | Atlanta Falcons | |
| Ricky Rahne | Kansas State, 2006: graduate assistant; 2007–08: running backs coach | Old Dominion | |
| Scott Frost | Kansas State, 2006: graduate assistant | UCF, Nebraska | |
| Dave Brock | Kansas State, 2007: wide receivers coach; 2008: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | Delaware | |
| Josh Kotelnicki | Kansas State, 2007: graduate assistant | University of Mary | |
| Warren Ruggiero | Kansas State, 2008: quarterbacks coach | Glenville State |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Tibesar | Kansas State, 2006: special teams coach; 2007–08: defensive coordinator and defensive backs 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kansas State | head coach | $1,100,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2007 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $250,000 | $754,142 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2006 | Kansas State | head coachbonuses up to $250,000 | $750,000 USA Today via Leeds |
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
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
Prince’s teams went for it on 26% of fourth downs and on 46% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 57% of plays and took 24.0 seconds a play, 2006–2008.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 9 g | 19 of 75 25% | 53% | 57% | 25.0 | −0.20 | |
| 2007 11 g | 14 of 94 15% | 26% | 60% | 24.6 | 0.00 | |
| 2008 12 g | 35 of 91 38% | 58% | 53% | 22.7 | +0.02 | |
| All 32 g | 68 of 260 26% | 46% | 57% | 24.0 | −0.05 |
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.