Coaches / Head coach / Darrell Dickey
Career
46
not coaching now
Rating51recent
Peak51best 5 yrs
Career46whole career
confidence
Darrell Dickey
Head coach
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here—
Programs4
Stints5
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating51Peak51Career46
1998–2006 · 9 seasonsRecord 42-64National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 51: 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 51: best five-season stretch, 2000–2004 at North Texas (32-29), taking over one of the weakest programs in major college football.
- Career 46 (#485 since 1936): total accomplishment over 9 seasons (42-64), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | North Texas | 3-9 | #115 | -1.80 SD |
| 2005 | North Texas | 2-9 | #116 | -1.88 SD |
| 2004 | North Texas | 7-5 | #96 | -0.95 SD |
| 2003 | North Texas | 9-4 | #69 | -0.19 SD |
| 2002 | North Texas | 8-5 | #57 | +0.10 SD |
| 2001 | North Texas | 5-7 | #89 | -0.79 SD |
| 2000 | North Texas | 3-8 | #106 | -1.45 SD |
| 1999 | North Texas | 2-9 | #110 | -1.88 SD |
| 1998 | North Texas | 3-8 | #95 | -1.14 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As offensive coordinator
Rating63Peak87
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Texas A&M | -0.02 | -0.12 | -1.05 |
| 2021 | Texas A&M | 0.00 | -0.15 | -1.22 |
| 2020 | Texas A&M | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.63 |
| 2019 | Texas A&M | 0.05 | -0.06 | -0.27 |
| 2018 | Texas A&M | 0.11 | 0.09 | 1.27 |
| 2017 | Memphis | 0.11 | 0.08 | 1.27 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.