John Roning, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Roning

American football player, coach

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1910

Place of Birth: Red Wing, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 03-Oct-2001

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About John Roning

  • John Olaf Roning (December 2, 1910 – October 3, 2001) was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator.
  • After he played end at the University of Minnesota from 1932 to 1934, Roning entered the coaching ranks.
  • After a few years coaching in the high school ranks, Roning became the head football coach at Gustavus Adolphus College in 1939.
  • He left in 1942 to return to Minnesota as an assistant and then was at North Carolina Pre-Flight.
  • In 1951, Roning became the head football coach at Utah Agricultural College—now known as Utah State University—in Logan for four seasons and then at the University of Denver.
  • He was the athletic director at the University of South Dakota from 1961 to 1971 and the second commissioner of the Big Sky Conference (1971–1977).

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