Ron McBride
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 14, 1939 South Gate, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1959–1962 | San Jose State |
| ? | San Jose Apaches |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1965 | San Jose State (FR/DC/LB) |
| 1966–1968 | Piedmont Hills HS (CA) (DC) |
| 1969–1971 | Gavilan JC (OC/OL) |
| 1972–1973 | UC Riverside (OC) |
| 1974–1976 | Long Beach State (OC) |
| 1977–1982 | Utah (OC) |
| 1983–1984 | Wisconsin (OL) |
| 1985–1986 | Utah (OL) |
| 1987–1989 | Arizona (OL) |
| 1990–2002 | Utah |
| 2003–2004 | Kentucky (LB) |
| 2005–2011 | Weber State |
| 2013 | Utah Blaze (OL) |
| 2016 | Portland Steel (OL) |
| 2017–present | Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (AHC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 131–101 |
| Bowls | 3–3 |
| Tournaments | 1–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 WAC (1995) 1 MWC (1999) 1 Big Sky (2008) |
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Ron McBride (born October 14, 1939) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Utah from 1990 to 2002 and at Weber State University from 2005 to 2011, compiling a career college football record of 131–101.
A native of Los Angeles, California, McBride was an all-city football and baseball standout at South Gate High School. He graduated from San Jose State University where he played for the Spartans from 1959 to 1962 and served as team captain his senior year. He later played professionally with the San Jose Apaches of the USA League.
McBride began his coaching career at San Jose State in 1965, serving as the freshman coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. He then spent two years as an assistant coach at Piedmont Hills High School (1966–1968) and three years as an assistant at Gavilan College (1969–1971), before returning to the NCAA ranks.
From 1972 to 1973, he served as an assistant coach at University of California, Riverside, where he was in charge of the offensive line and served as offensive coordinator. He then served in the same capacities at California State University, Long Beach from 1974 to 1976.
McBride first came to Utah in 1977 to serve as the offensive line coach and offensive coordinator under Wayne Howard at Utah. In 1983, he accepted a position as the offensive line coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he served two seasons before returning to Salt Lake City, coaching the offensive line from 1985 to 1986 under head coach Jim Fassel.
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