Ron English (American football)

This article is about the American football coach. For the artist, see Ron English (artist).

Ron English
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Eastern Michigan
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	8–28
Biographical details
Born	May 21, 1968 (1968-05-21) Pomona, California
Playing career
1987–1990	California
Position(s)	Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992 1993 1994–1995 1996 (spring) 1996–1997 1998–2002 2003–2005 2006–2007 2008 2009–present	Ganesha HS (CA) (assistant) Mt. San Antonio (DB) Arizona State (GA) Northern Arizona (DB) San Diego State (DB) Arizona State (DB) Michigan (DB) Michigan (DC) Louisville (DC) Eastern Michigan
Head coaching record
Overall	8–28
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards Rivals.com Defensive Coordinator of the Year (2006) MAC Coach of the Year (2011)

Ron English (born May 21, 1968) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, having replaced Jeff Genyk before the 2009 season.

Playing career and education

From 1987 to 1990, English attended and played college football at the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated in 1990 with a degree in communications. In 1995, he received his master's degree in education administration from Arizona State University.

Coaching career

English has served as an assistant coach at Mt. San Antonio College, Northern Arizona University, San Diego State University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, and University of Louisville. He coached the defensive secondary at Michigan from 2003 through 2005. In February 2006, he accepted a position on the coaching staff of the NFL's Chicago Bears. However, Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr persuaded English to stay on as the defensive coordinator after Jim Herrmann, who coordinated Michigan's defense from 1997 to 2005, accepted a position with the NFL's New York Jets. In the 2006 season, English coached only safeties, rather than the entire defensive secondary, to allow him to concentrate more fully on his responsibilities as defensive coordinator. English's defense showed great success against most run-heavy teams in the Big Ten Conference and allowed the fewest rushing yards per game in the nation.

With Carr's retirement at the end of the 2007 season, English, along with all of the assistant coaches at Michigan except for running backs coach Fred Jackson, was fired by incoming head coach Rich Rodriguez. English interviewed for the head coaching vacancies at the University of Arkansas and at Michigan before accepting the defensive coordinator duties for Steve Kragthorpe at the University of Louisville.

English was hired as head coach at Eastern Michigan in December 2008. At the time of his hiring by Eastern Michigan, he was one of six African American head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision teams; the others (and their teams at the time) were Turner Gill (Buffalo), Kevin Sumlin (Houston), Mike Locksley (New Mexico), Randy Shannon (University of Miami), and Mike Haywood (Miami University). Eastern Michigan compiled a 0–12 record in 2009.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference) (2009–present)
2009	Eastern Michigan	0–12	0–8	6th (West)
2010	Eastern Michigan	2–10	2–6	6th (West)
2011	Eastern Michigan	6–6	4–4	T-4th (West)
Eastern Michigan:		8–28	6–18
Total:		8–28
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.

External links

• Eastern Michigan profile
• Louisville profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mike Cassity	Louisville Defensive Coordinator 2008	Succeeded by Brent Guy