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Ron Labadie enters his 18th year of service with the Dolphins in 2007. He spent his first 11 years with the club (1990-2000) as a college scout before spending the next six (2001-06) as the team’s Director of College Scouting.
Labadie joined the Dolphins after serving as head football coach and athletic director at Adrian College. A 1971 graduate of Adrian, Labadie returned to the school as head football coach in 1982. In his eight seasons as head coach of the Bulldogs, the team posted a 53-20 (.730) collegiate record. He guided the Bulldogs to MIAA Championships in 1983, 1988 and ’89, as well as leading his team to NCAA Division III playoff berths in 1983 and 1988. He was given the additional responsibilities of Director of Athletics for Men in May, 1985.
Before returning to Adrian, Labadie served as head football coach at Marshall (Mich.) High School (1974-81), where he compiled a 42-30 overall record, including a 39-15 mark over his last six years. Under Labadie, Marshall captured Twin Valley Conference Championships in 1976 and ’77.
A native of Paw Paw, Michigan, Labadie earned the school’s most valuable player award three times (1968-70) and was named captain of the 1969 and ’70 teams. He earned first team All-MIAA honors and led the conference with 10 touchdowns in five MIAA games as a senior. He was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981.
Labadie and his wife, Marilynn, have three children, Lisa (32), Brad (29) and Ben (25), and two grandsons, Gabe and Turner, and a granddaughter, Lucy. | 