Coaches / Head coach / Dennis Erickson
Career
83
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak79best 5 yrs
Career83whole career
confidence
Dennis Erickson
Head coach, 1986–2011
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
—
index in development
Seasons here—
Programs6
Stints6
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
2006IdahoHead Coach
As head coach
Rating—Peak79Career83
1986–2011 · 19 seasonsRecord 147-81National titles 2Great seasons 6 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 73: 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 79: best five-season stretch, 1988–1992 at Washington State and Miami (53-7, 4 top-10 seasons by team strength, 2 national titles).
- Career 83 (#41 since 1936): total accomplishment over 19 seasons (147-81), 2 national titles, 6 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Proven at 2 programs: Miami · Oregon State.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Arizona State | 6-7 | #31 | +0.61 SD |
| 2010 | Arizona State | 6-6 | #18 | +1.11 SD |
| 2009 | Arizona State | 4-8 | #60 | +0.01 SD |
| 2008 | Arizona State | 5-7 | #52 | +0.19 SD |
| 2007 | Arizona State | 10-3 | #15 | +1.15 SD |
| 2006 | Idaho | 4-8 | #111 | -1.47 SD |
| 2002 | Oregon State | 8-5 | #18 | +1.05 SD |
| 2001 | Oregon State | 5-6 | #50 | +0.29 SD |
| 2000 | Oregon State | 11-1 | #4 | +1.79 SD |
| 1999 | Oregon State | 7-5 | #45 | +0.32 SD |
| 1994 | Miami | 10-2 | #6 | +1.57 SD |
| 1993 | Miami | 9-3 | #16 | +1.19 SD |
| 1992 | Miami | 11-1 | #7 | +1.66 SD |
| 1991 | Miami | 12-0 | #2 | +2.10 SD |
| 1990 | Miami | 10-2 | #1 | +2.13 SD |
| 1989 | Miami | 11-1 | #4 | +1.89 SD |
| 1988 | Washington State | 9-3 | #15 | +1.15 SD |
| 1987 | Washington State | 3-7-1 | #67 | -0.45 SD |
| 1986 | Wyoming | 6-6 | #55 | -0.06 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).