Darryl Rogers

Darryl Rogers
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	May 28, 1935 (1935-05-28) Los Angeles, California
Playing career
1955–1957	Fresno State
Position(s)	Wide receiver, defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1961–1965 1966–1972 1973–1975 1976–1979 1980–1984 1985–1988 1991	Cal State Hayward (DB) Fresno State San Jose State Michigan State Arizona State Detroit Lions Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Head coaching record
Overall	126–77–7 (college) 18–40 (NFL)
Bowls	1–0
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 1 Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1975) 1 Big Ten (1978)
Awards Sporting News College Football COY (1978) Big Ten Coach of the Year (1977)

Darryl Dale Rogers (born May 28, 1935) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at California State University, Fresno (1966–1972), San Jose State University (1973–1975), Michigan State University (1976–1979), and Arizona State University (1980–1984), compiling a career college football record of 126–77–7. Rogers was then the head coach of the NFL's Detroit Lions from 1985 to 1988, where his record was 18–40. In 1991, served as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). After the CFL stint, Rogers was named head coach of the Arkansas Miners of the fledgling Professional Spring Football League. However, the league never made it out of its first training camp and folded just ten days before the start of the 1992 season.

College football coaching career

Roger's 1978 Michigan State team tied for the Big Ten Conference title with Michigan.

Professional football coaching career

Rogers was hired by the Detroit Lions in 1985 as head coach. He went 7–9 in 1985, 5–11 in 1986, 4–11 in 1987, and 2–9 in 1988, for a career record with the Lions of 18–40. One of his more famous quotes during his unsuccessful tenure with the Lions was when he once wondered aloud to reporters after a loss, "What does a coach have to do around here to get fired?" He was succeeded by Wayne Fontes.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Fresno State Bulldogs (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1966–1968)
1966	Fresno State	7–3
1967	Fresno State	3–8
1968	Fresno State	7–4
Fresno State Bulldogs (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1969–1972)
1969	Fresno State	6–4	1–3	T–4th
1970	Fresno State	8–4	4–2	3rd
1971	Fresno State	6–5	3–2	3rd
1972	Fresno State	6–4–1	1–3	T–3rd
Fresno State:		43–32–1	9–10
San Jose State Spartans (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1973–1975)
1973	San Jose State	5–4–2	2–0–2	2nd
1974	San Jose State	8–3–1	2–2	T–2nd
1975	San Jose State	9–2	5–0	1st
San Jose State:		22–9–3	9–2–2
Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten Conference) (1976–1979)
1976	Michigan State	4–6–1	3–5	T–7th
1977	Michigan State	7–3–1	6–1–1	3rd
1978	Michigan State	8–3	7–1	T–1st			12
1979	Michigan State	5–6	3–5	T–6th
Michigan State:		24–18–2	19–12–1
Arizona State Sun Devils (Pacific-10 Conference) (1980–1984)
1980	Arizona State	7–4	5–3	4th
1981	Arizona State	9–2	5–2	T–2nd			16
1982	Arizona State	10–2	5–2	T–3rd	W Fiesta	6	6
1983	Arizona State	6–4–1	3–3–1	T–6th
1984	Arizona State	5–6	3–4	6th
Arizona State:		37–18–1	21–14–1
Total:		126–77–7
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.

External links

• Darryl Rogers at the College Football Data Warehouse