John Olaf Roning (December 2, 1910 – October 3, 2001) was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator.
[2] In 1939, Roning took over at Gustavus Adolphus College where he served as athletic director, football, basketball and track coach.
[2] During his tenure as football head coach, Roning led the Gusties to an overall record of 17 wins, five losses and one tie (17–5–1).
[8][9][10][11] After the closure of the Denver football program, Roning accepted the position of athletic director at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion in 1961.
[12] He remained at South Dakota until 1971, when he followed Jack Friel as commissioner of the Big Sky Conference;[12][13][14] he served until June 1977, succeeded by Steve Belko.