Coach Profile
1978-1980 • Kent State
One defining program at Kent State.
Ron Blackledge coached 3 seasons, won 24.2%, and posted an average SRS of -20.6. Best season: 1978 Kent State. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Kent State
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 4.6.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
4-7 • SRS -19.8 • SP Overall -16.1
Win %
36.4%
YoY SRS
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SP Off / Def
14.5 / 29.9
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Kent State
1978-1980 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -20.6 • Win % 24.2%
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Ron Blackledge sets the reference point in overall strength.
Ron Blackledge sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ron Blackledge
Lower end
Lower end
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
1978-1980 • 8-25
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.7 during vs 6.8 baseline
-4.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-20.6 during vs -2.3 baseline
-18.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-16.9 during vs 5.4 baseline
-22.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Kent State 1978
4-7 • SRS -19.8
Biggest Improvement
Kent State 1980
3-8 • 1.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kent State 1980
3-8 • SP Off 16.5
Best Defensive Season
Kent State 1978
4-7 • SP Def 29.9
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kent State 1979
1-10 • SRS -21.5
Biggest Drop
Kent State 1979
1-10 • -1.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kent State | 1980 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -20.5 | -15.9 | 16.5 | 31.7 | +1.0 | +18.2% |
| Kent State | 1979 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -21.5 | -18.7 | 15.6 | 33.5 | -1.7 | -27.3% |
| Kent State | 1978 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -19.8 | -16.1 | 14.5 | 29.9 | — | — |
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