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John Ralston (American football)

John Ralston
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1927-04-26) April 26, 1927 (age 90)
Oakland, California
Playing career
1948–1950 California
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1953–1954 San Lorenzo (CA) HS
1956–1958 California (assistant)
1959–1962 Utah State
1963–1971 Stanford
1972–1976 Denver Broncos
1978 Philadelphia Eagles (OC)
1981 Toronto Argonauts (assistant)
1983–1984 Oakland Invaders
1993–1996 San Jose State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1979–1980 San Francisco 49ers (VP of admin.)
1997–2013 San Jose State (special asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall 97–81–4 (college)
34–33–3 (NFL)
9–12 (USFL)
Bowls 2–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Skyline (1960–1961)
2 AAWU/Pac-8 (1970–1971)
Awards
Sporting News College Football COY (1970)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1992 (profile)

John R. Ralston (born April 26, 1927) is a former American football player, coach, and sports executive. He served as the head football coach at Utah State University (1959–1962), Stanford University (1963–1971), and San Jose State University (1993–1996), compiling a career college football record of 97–81–4. Ralston also coached the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) from 1972 to 1976, amassing a record of 34–33–3, and the Oakland Invaders of the United States Football League (USFL) in 1983 and part of the 1984 season, tallying a mark of 9–12. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1992.

Born in Oakland, California, Ralston and his family moved to Norway, Michigan when he was eight years old. Upon graduating from Norway High School in 1944, he went to the University of California, Berkeley and played linebacker there on two Rose Bowl teams before earning his physical education degree in 1951.

Ralston began his coaching career in 1953 at San Lorenzo High School in San Lorenzo, California, just south of Oakland. He subsequently was an assistant coach at Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, California. in 1954 and 1955. He then spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Cal from 1956–1958. Ralston was then named head coach at Utah State University in 1959. In four years there, he compiled a 31–11–1 record and won Skyline Conference championships. He moved to Stanford University in 1963 and, over nine seasons, built a mark of 55–36–3. In his last two seasons, 1970–1971, Ralston's teams won two Pacific-8 titles and notched back-to-back Rose Bowl victories over Ohio State and Michigan, both of whom were undefeated coming into the Rose Bowl game. Under Ralston's tutelage, Stanford quarterback Jim Plunkett won the Heisman Trophy in 1970.


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