Ron Vanderlinden
Ron Vanderlinden went 15–29 as a head coach, 1997–2000, at Maryland. Share
- Record
- 15–29 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1999 5–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Maryland | 2–9 | 8th | |||
| 1998 | Maryland | 3–8 | T–8th | |||
| 1999 | Maryland | 5–6 | T–8th | |||
| 2000 | Maryland | 5–6 | T–6th |
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 | 11 | 0–11 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 8 | 1–7 | 13% |
| Conference games | 32 | 7–25 | 22% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 12 | 7–5 | 58% |
| At home | 24 | 10–14 | 42% |
| On the road | 20 | 5–15 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 13 | 10–3 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 31 | 5–26 | 16% |
His own 44 games on file, 1997–2000, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Caldwell 1997–2000 | 2–2 | Wake Forest | 4 | |
| Don Nehlen 1997–2000 | 1–3 | West Virginia | 4 | |
| Bobby Bowden 1997–2000 | 0–4 | Florida State | 4 | |
| George O’Leary 1997–2000 | 0–4 | Georgia Tech | 4 | |
| George Welsh 1997–2000 | 0–4 | Virginia | 4 | |
| Bobby Wallace 1998–2000 | 3–0 | Temple | 3 | |
| Carl Torbush 1998–2000 | 1–2 | North Carolina | 3 | |
| Mike O’Cain 1997–1999 | 0–3 | NC State | 3 |
Ron Vanderlinden’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Templeseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Dukeseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Wake Forestseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| NC Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| North Carolinaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| West Virginiaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Florida Stateseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Georgia Techseries | 4 | 0–4 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Colorado’s 1990 staff (assistant coach, defensive line) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Bowling Green | Graduate assistant | |
| 1979–80 | Michigan | Graduate assistant | |
| 1981–82 | Ball State | Offensive line coach | |
| 1983–91 | Colorado | Defensive line coach | |
| 1992–96 | Northwestern | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 1997–2000 | Maryland | Head coach | |
| 2001–11 | Penn State | Linebackers coach | |
| 2011 | Penn State | Co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2012–13 | Penn State | Linebackers coach | |
| 2014–20 | Air Force | Inside linebackers coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dennis StolzBowling Green
- Bo SchembechlerMichigan
- Dwight WallaceBall State
- Bill McCartneyColorado
- Gary BarnettNorthwestern
- Joe PaternoPenn State
- Tom BradleyPenn State
- Bill O’BrienPenn State
- Troy CalhounAir Force
Assistants who became head coaches
- Mike GundyOklahoma State
- Mike LocksleyNew Mexico, Maryland
- Elliot UzelacWestern Michigan, Navy
- Pat FitzgeraldNorthwestern, Michigan State
- James FranklinVanderbilt, Penn State, Virginia Tech
Worked under (9)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Stolz | Bowling Green | 1978 | Graduate assistant | |
| Bo Schembechler | Michigan | 1979–80 | Graduate assistant | |
| Dwight Wallace | Ball State | 1981–82 | Offensive line coach | |
| Bill McCartney | Colorado | 1983–91 | Defensive line coach | |
| Gary Barnett | Northwestern | 1992–96 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Joe Paterno | Penn State | 2001–11 | 2001–11: linebackers coach; 2011: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Tom Bradley | Penn State | 2011 | 2011: linebackers coach; 2011: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Bill O’Brien | Penn State | 2012–13 | Linebackers coach | |
| Troy Calhoun | Air Force | 2014–20 | Inside linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gundy | Maryland, 1997–99: wide receivers coach; 2000: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Oklahoma State | |
| Mike Locksley | Maryland, 1997: running backs coach; 1998–2000: running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | New Mexico, Maryland | |
| Elliot Uzelac | Maryland, 1998–2000: offensive line coach | Western Michigan, Navy | |
| Pat Fitzgerald | Maryland, 1998: graduate assistant | Northwestern, Michigan State | |
| James Franklin | Maryland, 2000: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | Vanderbilt, Penn State, Virginia Tech |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Cosh | Maryland, 1997: linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Craig Johnson | Maryland, 1997–98: offensive coordinator; 1997–99: quarterbacks coach | |
| Doug Mallory | Maryland, 1997–2000: defensive backs coach | |
| Wally Ake | Maryland, 1997–2000: defensive coordinator | |
| Bob Heffner | Maryland, 1999–2000: offensive coordinator | |
| Mike Mallory | Maryland, 2000: inside 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.