Background
Rogers, Darryl D. was born on May 28, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Darryl D. Rogers
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Student, Long Beach City College. Bachelor, Fresno State University, 1957. Master of Science, Fresno State University, 1964.
Career
He served as the head coach at California State University, Fresno (1966–1972), San Jose State University (1973–1975), Michigan State University (1976–1979), and Arizona State University (1980–1984), compiling a career college football record of 126–77–7. Rogers was then the head coach of the "s Detroit Lions from 1985 to 1988, where his record was 18–40. In 1991, served as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (Canadian Football League) coaching the Blue Bombers to a 9–9 record and an appearance in the East Final.
After the Canadian Football League stint, Rogers was named head coach of the Arkansas Miners of the fledgling Professional Spring Football League.
However, the league never made it out of its first training camp and folded just ten days before the start of the 1992 season. Rogers" career as a head football coach started when he became the head coach of Fresno State in 1966.
Rogers holds the distinction of being the head coach at 4 different schools over 18 seasons without being fired at any point. He moved to San Jose State Spartans football, Michigan State, Arizona State, and then the NFL"s Detroit Lions over that time.
Rogers was hired by the Detroit Lions in 1985 as head coach.
He went 7–9 in 1985 (with home wins over four playoff teams), 5–11 in 1986, 4–11 in 1987, and 2–9 in 1988, for a career record with the Lions of 18–40. One of his more famous quotes during his unsuccessful tenure with the Lions was when he once wondered aloud to reporters after a loss, "What does a coach have to do around here to get fired?" He was succeeded by Wayne Fontes.
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Served with United States Marine Corps, 1958-1959.
