- Ron Prince
College coach infobox
Name = Ron Prince
Caption = Prince at the KC Catbackers summer 2006 event
DateOfBirth = Birth date and age|1969|9|18|mf=y
Birthplace = Omaha, NE
Sport =College football
College = Kansas State
Title = Head Coach
CurrentRecord = 15-15
OverallRecord = 15-15
Awards = None
Championships = None
CFbDWID = 4167
Player = Y
Years = 1988-89
1990-91
Team = Dodge City CC
Appalachian State
Position = OT
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1992
1993
1994
1995-1997
1998-2000
2001-2005
2006-Present
CoachTeams = Dodge City C.C. (Volunteer)
Alabama A&M (OL)
South Carolina State (OL)
James Madison (OL)
Cornell (OL)
Virginia (OC)
Kansas State
FootballHOF =Ron Prince (born
September 18 ,1969 , inOmaha, Nebraska ) is the head football coach atKansas State University . He is presently one of sixAfrican-American head coaches in the NCAADivision I -Bowl Subdivision.Coaching career
Prince succeeded
head coach Bill Snyder atKansas State following the 2005 season. When he started his first season at Kansas State, in 2006, he was 36 years old and the third-youngest head coach in the Division I-Bowl Subdivision.During the 2006 season, Prince led Kansas State to its first winning record since 2003 with a 7-6 mark, as well as a berth in the inaugural
Texas Bowl . The hallmark win of the regular season was a 45-42 upset of then #4 University of Texas on November 11, 2006. Kansas State lost the 2006 Texas Bowl to #16Rutgers University 37-10.In Prince's second season, Kansas State slipped to a 5-7 record, including a four-game losing streak to end the year. He also led the Wildcats to their first home loss against Kansas in over a decade.
On
National Signing Day in February 2008, 19junior college recruits signed to play football at Kansas State, although only 15 of them were able to enroll in the fall. As a result, Kansas State's 2008 recruiting class reportedly contains more junior college players than any other class ever compiled by current BCS teams. Some have criticized this as "panicking" to get good players, while others have praised Prince's moves, pointing out his predecessorBill Snyder 's success with using junior college players. [cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/sports/ncaafootball/23kstate.html?ref=sports|title=Kansas State Sees Players Where Some See Panic] [cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3514911&name=feldman_bruce|title=How desperate is K-State's Ron Prince this year?] [cite news|url=http://www.kansascity.com/165/story/761133.html|title=The pros and cons of raiding the junior colleges for players] [cite news|url=http://www.cjonline.com/stories/081608/cat_319265753.shtml|title=Playboy envisions breakthrough year for K-State] [cite news|url=http://www.kansas.com/sports/lutz/story/504439.html|title=Juco-heavy Wildcats take a risk]At the beginning of Prince's third season, on August 7, 2008, Ron Prince agreed to a new contract locking him up through the 2012 season. The deal is retroactive to January 1, 2008, runs through December 31, 2012, and replaces the original contract signed in December of 2005. Coach Prince's base salary for 2008 will be $143,000 with a total guaranteed package of $1.1 million, which also includes payments from endorsements such as T.V., radio, internet, personal appearances and apparel. Prince could also earn up to an additional $950,000 per year in performance-based incentives. [ [http://www.kstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3065&SPID=212&DB_OEM_ID=400&ATCLID=1551188 Prince signs new contract ] ] [ [http://www.kansascity.com/165/story/740231.html Details of Prince's contract ] ]
Previous coaching stops
Before coming to
Kansas State , Prince served for three seasons asoffensive coordinator underAl Groh at theUniversity of Virginia , and for a total of five years as the Cavaliers' offensive line coach. Prior to his years at Virginia, Prince also served as an assistant coach at South Carolina State, James Madison and Cornell.Record as head coach
CFB Yearly Record Start
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team=
conf=
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poll=bothCFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Kansas State
conf = Big 12
startyear = 2006
endyear = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2006
name = Kansas State
overall = 7–6
conference = 4–4
confstanding = T-2nd (North)
bowlname = Texas Bowl
bowloutcome = L
bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2007
name = Kansas State
overall = 5–7
conference = 3–5
confstanding = 4th (North)
bowlname =
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2008
name = Kansas State
overall = 3–2
conference = 0–1
confstanding =
bowlname =
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking =
ranking2 = CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Kansas State
overall = 15–15
confrecord = 7–10CFB Yearly Record End
overall = 15–15
bcs = no
poll= two
polltype=
polltype2=
Record against Big 12 teams
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Personal information
Although Prince was born in
Prince attended Junction City High School, where he graduated in 1988. He began his college football career at
References
External links
* [http://www.kstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3070&SPID=212&DB_OEM_ID=400&ATCLID=220015&Q_SEASON=2007 Kansas State biography]
* [http://www.texasbowl.org Texas Bowl]
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