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Ron English

Followed Jeff Genyk. Ron English held Eastern Michigan at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

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2009–2013 · 1 stint
Eastern Michigan
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerEASTERN MICHIGANRegional Programthe building-block levelEastern Michigan, 2009: 0-12, Regional Program V2009Eastern Michigan, 2010: 2-10, Regional Program VI2010Eastern Michigan, 2011: 6-6, Regional Program VI2011Eastern Michigan, 2012: 2-10, Regional Program VI2012Eastern Michigan, 2013: 1-8, Regional Program VI2013-3.8One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Eastern Michigan, 5 seasons
−3.8
Regional Program V → Regional Program VI.

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.

3–5 against his rivals. Just 1–2 against Dan Enos.

Rivalry record
3–5
37.5% · 2 rivals
One-score games
6–9
40.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Central Michigan1–325%
Western Michigan2–250%
The toughest matchup
vs. Dan Enos1–2
3 meetings, 2010–2012
’10 L’11 W’12 L
33% win rate across a real, 3-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
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–5 0.0%
National Program
0–2 0.0%
Regional Program
8–26 23.5%

Coaching career

2009–2013
Eastern Michigancaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program V
Ron English held Eastern Michigan at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

12th-best Eastern Michigan tenure of 13 by the numbers.

Followed Jeff Genyk (2004–2008) · succeeded by Chris Creighton (2014–2026).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Tight end from high school
100%
#164 of 188 stints
Grows Edge from high school
100%
#191 of 208 stints

1 NFL Draft pick: T.J. Lang (2009)

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