Derek Dooley

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—

Programs3

Stints4

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2018–2019MissouriOffensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks

2017MissouriOffensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks

2010–2012TennesseeHead Coach

2007–2009Louisiana TechHead Coach

As head coach

Rating60Peak60Career61

2007–2012 · 6 seasonsRecord 32-41National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)Career: too early to rank all-time (8+ seasons as a head coach)

Rating 60: 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 60: best five-season stretch, 2008–2012 at Louisiana Tech and Tennessee (27-34).

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
2012	Tennessee	4-7	#52	+0.32 SD
2011	Tennessee	5-7	#51	+0.18 SD
2010	Tennessee	6-7	#50	+0.25 SD
2009	Louisiana Tech	4-8	#68	-0.15 SD
2008	Louisiana Tech	8-5	#81	-0.58 SD
2007	Louisiana Tech	5-7	#106	-1.28 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

Rating64Peak73

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
2019	Missouri	-0.01	-0.08	-0.71
2018	Missouri	0.08	0.03	0.66

Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.