R. N. Groner

R.N. Groner
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1876-09-13)September 13, 1876
Died	January 18, 1930(1930-01-18) (aged 53)^[1]
Alma mater	University of Virginia^[2]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1897	VMI
Head coaching record
Overall	3-2

Robert Newell Groner^[3] was the third head football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets located in Lexington, Virginia and he held that position for the 1897 season. His career coaching record at VMI was 3 wins, 2 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 25th at VMI in total wins and ninth at VMI in winning percentage.^[4]

Year	Team	Overall
Virginia Military Institute (Independent) (1897)
1897	VMI	3–2
Total:		3–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

References

External links

R. N. Groner at the College Football Data Warehouse

VMI Keydets head football coaches

Unknown (1873)
No team (1874–1890)
Walter Taylor (1891)
No coach (1892–1894)
George W. Bryant (1895–1896)
R. N. Groner (1897)
Sam Boyle (1898–1899)
Sam Walker (1900–1902)
Bill Roper (1903–1904)
Ira Johnson (1905–1906)
Charles Roller (1907–1908)
William C. Gloth (1909–1910)
Alpha Brumage (1911–1912)
Henry Poague (1913)
Frank Gorton (1914–1916)
Earl Abell (1917)
Earl Abell & Mose Goodman (1918)
Red Fleming (1919)
Blandy Clarkson (1920–1926)
W. C. Raftery (1927–1936)
Pooley Hubert (1937–1946)
Arthur Morton (1947–1948)
Tom Nugent (1949–1952)
John McKenna (1953–1965)
Vito Ragazzo (1966–1970)
Bob Thalman (1971–1984)
Eddie Williamson (1985–1988)
Jim Shuck (1989–1993)
Bill Stewart (1994–1996)
Ted Cain (1997–1998)
Donny White # (1998)
Cal McCombs (1999–2005)
Jim Reid (2006–2007)
Sparky Woods (2008–2014)
Scott Wachenheim (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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