John Roning

Who is John Roning?

John Roning was an American college football player, coach, athletic director and commissioner of the Big Sky Conference. After he played end for Minnesota from 1932 through 1934, Roning entered the coaching ranks. After a few years coaching in the high school ranks, Roning became the head coach at Gustavus Adolphus in 1939. After he left Gustavus Adolphus in 1942, Roning served as an assistant coach at Minnesota and North Carolina Pre-Flight before he took head coaching positions at Utah Agricultural and later Denver. He then served as athletic director at South Dakota during the 1960s and then as commissioner of the Big Sky Conference from 1971 through 1977.