John Roning: coaching record and career

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

3-1 against his rivals. Just 1-3 against Jack Curtice.

Rivalry record

3-1

75.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

9-9-2

45.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

BYU3-175%

The toughest matchup

vs. Jack Curtice1-3

4 meetings, 1951–1954

’51 L’52 L’53 L’54 W

25% win rate across a real, 4-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

National Program

1-3 25.0%

Regional Program

11-12 47.8%

Building the roster

One numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1951-1954) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

Career

Coaching career

See Utah State’s full coaching history →

The arc of his career is on Now.

Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder

1951–1954

Utah State Steady

Regional Program V → Regional Program IV

Closest comparable run: Jeff Brohm’s Louisville run (2023–now)

John Roning moved Utah State from Regional Program V to Regional Program IV in 4 seasons.

+2.4 pts over 4 seasons · top 23% of 3-5-season tenures (717 in sample)

21st-best Utah State tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed George Melinkovich (1949–1950) · succeeded by Everett Faunce (1955–1958).

18-21-2

Was he good?

Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.

Raised the program

+2.4 pts at Utah State · #530 of 1290 · middle half