Darryl Rogers

Darryl Rogers

Biographical details
Born	(1935-05-28) May 28, 1935 Los Angeles, California
Playing career
1955–1957	Fresno State
Position(s)	Wide receiver, defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1961–1965	Cal State Hayward (DB)
1966–1972	Fresno State
1973–1975	San Jose State
1976–1979	Michigan State
1980–1984	Arizona State
1985–1988	Detroit Lions
1991	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Head coaching record
Overall	126–77–7 (college) 18–40 (NFL) 9–9 (CFL)
Bowls	1–0
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 National Football League'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) coaching the Blue Bombers to a 9–9 record and an appearance in the East Final. 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

Rogers' career as a head football coach started when he became the head coach of Fresno State in 1966. Rogers holds the distinction of being the head coach at 4 different schools over 18 seasons without being fired at any point. He moved to San Jose State Spartans football, Michigan State, Arizona State, and then the NFL's Detroit Lions over that time.

Professional football coaching career

Rogers was hired by the Detroit Lions in 1985 as head coach. He went 7–9 in 1985 (with home wins over four playoff teams), 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 or championship game berth
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.

NFL

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
DET	1985	7	9	0	.438	4th in NFC Central	-	-
DET	1986	5	11	0	.313	3rd in NFC Central	-	-
DET	1987	4	11	0	.267	5th in NFC Central	-	-
DET	1988	2	9	0	.182	4th in NFC Central	-	-
Total		18	40	0	.310		-	-	-

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