Coaches / Head coach / Dennis Franchione
Career
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not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak69best 5 yrs
Career61whole career
confidence
Dennis Franchione
Head coach, 1992–2015
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here—
Programs5
Stints5
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating—Peak69Career61
1992–2015 · 20 seasonsRecord 127-111National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 53: 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 69: best five-season stretch, 1998–2002 at TCU and Alabama (42-18, 1 top-10 season by team strength).
- Career 61 (#321 since 1936): total accomplishment over 20 seasons (127-111), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
- Won big at one of his 5 programs (TCU).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Texas State | 3-9 | #125 | -1.77 SD |
| 2014 | Texas State | 7-5 | #99 | -0.86 SD |
| 2013 | Texas State | 6-6 | #111 | -1.26 SD |
| 2012 | Texas State | 4-8 | #93 | -0.82 SD |
| 2007 | Texas A&M | 7-6 | #45 | +0.47 SD |
| 2006 | Texas A&M | 9-4 | #39 | +0.51 SD |
| 2005 | Texas A&M | 5-6 | #46 | +0.32 SD |
| 2004 | Texas A&M | 7-5 | #23 | +0.95 SD |
| 2003 | Texas A&M | 4-8 | #84 | -0.62 SD |
| 2002 | Alabama | 10-3 | #10 | +1.37 SD |
| 2001 | Alabama | 7-5 | #26 | +0.81 SD |
| 2000 | TCU | 10-1 | #13 | +1.15 SD |
| 1999 | TCU | 8-4 | #50 | +0.19 SD |
| 1998 | TCU | 7-5 | #49 | +0.14 SD |
| 1997 | New Mexico | 9-4 | #46 | +0.26 SD |
| 1996 | New Mexico | 6-5 | #63 | -0.15 SD |
| 1995 | New Mexico | 4-7 | #92 | -0.94 SD |
| 1994 | New Mexico | 5-7 | #54 | +0.08 SD |
| 1993 | New Mexico | 6-5 | #47 | +0.14 SD |
| 1992 | New Mexico | 3-8 | #80 | -0.64 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).