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Ronald Shaw Meyer (February 17, 1941 – December 5, 2017) was an American college and professional football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 1973 to 1975 and Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1976 to 1981, and as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL), with the New England Patriots from 1982 to 1984 and the ...
Ron Meyer (August 27, 1944 – May 7, 2018) is a former American football quarterback who played for one season in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Dakota State .
Ron Meyer has the highest winning percentage at 0.771. Hyde has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.185. Of the 13 different head coaches who have led the Rebels, Robinson has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
In the winter of 1975, SMU hired Ron Meyer, an up-and-coming football coach who had previous success at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. [4] In the late 1970s, attention around SMU football grew, and in the 1978 offseason the university launched a media campaign which caused its average home attendance to double from 26,000 to 52,000. [5]
Coach Ron Meyer came to SMU in 1976 after coaching the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s (including a Super Bowl win) and a stint with UNLV. Coach Meyer was notable for his recruiting tactics, including visits each year to the homes of 70 or more of the top recruits per year.
The 1976 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by first-year head coach Ron Meyer , the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a mark of 2-6 in conference play, placing seventh in the SWC.
The 1981 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Ron Meyer in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Mustangs compiled an overall record 10–1 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, winning the SWC ...
The 1975 UNLV Rebels football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as an independent during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. In their third and final year under head coach Ron Meyer, the team compiled a 7–4 record; [2] all four losses were to teams from the Big Sky Conference.