Coaches / Head coach / Dan Devine
Career
87
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak81best 5 yrs
Career87whole career
confidence
Dan Devine
Head coach, 1955–1980
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
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Programs3
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Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating—Peak81Career87
1955–1980 · 22 seasonsRecord 172-57National titles 2Great seasons 3 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 81: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
- Peak 81: best five-season stretch, 1969–1977 at Missouri and Notre Dame (42-15, 2 top-10 seasons by team strength, 1 national title).
- Career 87 (#25 since 1936): total accomplishment over 22 seasons (172-57), 2 national titles, 3 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Proven at 3 programs: Arizona State · Missouri · Notre Dame.
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Notre Dame | 9-2-1 | #14 | +1.34 SD |
| 1979 | Notre Dame | 7-4 | #29 | +0.80 SD |
| 1978 | Notre Dame | 9-3 | #12 | +1.49 SD |
| 1977 | Notre Dame | 11-1 | #1 | +2.27 SD |
| 1976 | Notre Dame | 9-3 | #12 | +1.35 SD |
| 1975 | Notre Dame | 8-3 | #24 | +0.96 SD |
| 1970 | Missouri | 5-6 | #21 | +0.91 SD |
| 1969 | Missouri | 9-2 | #4 | +1.68 SD |
| 1968 | Missouri | 8-3 | #3 | +1.56 SD |
| 1967 | Missouri | 7-3 | #32 | +0.52 SD |
| 1966 | Missouri | 6-3-1 | #45 | +0.17 SD |
| 1965 | Missouri | 8-2-1 | #12 | +1.28 SD |
| 1964 | Missouri | 6-3-1 | #26 | +0.73 SD |
| 1963 | Missouri | 7-3 | #29 | +0.76 SD |
| 1962 | Missouri | 8-1-2 | #16 | +1.03 SD |
| 1961 | Missouri | 7-2-1 | #21 | +0.80 SD |
| 1960 | Missouri | 10-1 | #5 | +1.49 SD |
| 1959 | Missouri | 6-5 | #39 | +0.32 SD |
| 1958 | Missouri | 5-4-1 | #46 | +0.19 SD |
| 1957 | Arizona State | 10-0 | #19 | +0.85 SD |
| 1956 | Arizona State | 9-1 | #32 | +0.46 SD |
| 1955 | Arizona State | 8-2-1 | #43 | +0.17 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).