Top 25
2-13
- Games
- 15
- Win rate
- 13.3%
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Coach Profile
Dana Dimel
1997-2023 • Houston, UTEP, Wyoming
3 schools coached, anchored by UTEP.
Dana Dimel coached 12 seasons, won 36.2%, and posted an average SRS of -11.7. Best season: 1997 Wyoming. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 50-88
- Career win rate
- 36.2%
- Average SRS
- -11.7
- Peak SRS
- 5.3
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 12
- Career span
- 27 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 14.9
Primary school anchor
UTEP
Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 48.3.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Dana Dimel
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dana Dimel: 2000 HoustonDana Dimel: 2018 UTEP
1997Actual season year • SRS range -28.1 to 5.32023
Active comparison point
Dana Dimel • 1997
1997 Wyoming
Best season7-6 • SRS 5.3 • SP Overall 8.9
Win %
53.8%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
29.4 / 21.8
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results15
| 2023 Regular Week 13 | UTEP | Liberty | #22 | L28-42 |
| 2022 Regular Week 1 | UTEP | Oklahoma | #9 | L13-45 |
| 2021 Regular Week 10 | UTEP | UTSA | #16 | L23-44 |
| 2002 Regular Week 5 | Houston | Texas | #3 | L11-41 |
| 2001 Regular Week 15 | Houston | Georgia | #16 | L7-35 |
| 2001 Regular Week 12 | Houston | Louisville | #25 | L10-34 |
| 2000 Regular Week 10 | Houston | Southern Miss | #14 | L3-6 |
| 2000 Regular Week 5 | Houston | Texas | #15 | L0-48 |
| 1999 Regular Week 12 | Wyoming | BYU | #15 | W31-17 |
| 1999 Regular Week 5 | Wyoming | Air Force | #24 | W10-7 |
| 1999 Regular Week 2 | Wyoming | Tennessee | #3 | L17-42 |
| 1998 Regular Week 12 | Wyoming | Air Force | #20 | L3-10 |
| 1998 Regular Week 4 | Wyoming | Georgia | #13 | L9-16 |
| 1997 Regular Week 6 | Wyoming | Colorado | #16 | L19-20 |
| 1997 Regular Week 2 | Wyoming | Ohio State | #9 | L10-24 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
UTEP
2018-2023 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -16.9 • Win % 29.0%
Houston
2000-2002 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -14.5 • Win % 23.5%
Wyoming
1997-1999 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 1.7 • Win % 62.9%
- Longest tenure
- UTEP • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Wyoming • 1.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Wyoming • 62.9%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Dana Dimel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDana Dimel sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dana Dimel
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -10.2
- Percentile
- 27th pct
Lower end
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
UTEP
2018-2023 • 20-49
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -16.9Win % 29.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.3 during vs 3.6 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-16.9 during vs -20.8 baseline
+3.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-17.0 during vs -20.8 baseline
+3.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Houston
2000-2002 • 8-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -14.5Win % 23.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.7 during vs 4.4 baseline
-1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-14.5 during vs -5.0 baseline
-9.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-13.7 during vs -4.3 baseline
-9.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Wyoming
1997-1999 • 22-13
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.7Win % 62.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 7.0 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.7 during vs 0.5 baseline
+1.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 3.5 baseline
+3.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Wyoming 1997
7-6 • SRS 5.3
Biggest Improvement
UTEP 2020
3-5 • 10.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Wyoming 1999
7-4 • SP Off 33.8
Best Defensive Season
Wyoming 1997
7-6 • SP Def 21.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
UTEP 2019
1-11 • SRS -28.1
Biggest Drop
UTEP 2018
1-11 • -14.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| UTEP | 2023 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -13.7 | -16.2 | 16.9 | 32.0 | -2.4 | -16.7% |
| UTEP | 2022 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -11.3 | -10.7 | 20.8 | 32.7 | -4.6 | -12.2% |
| UTEP | 2021 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -6.7 | -4.2 | 23.9 | 28.3 | +10.5 | +16.4% |
| UTEP | 2020 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | -17.2 | -18.6 | 17.9 | 36.2 | +10.9 | +29.2% |
| UTEP | 2019 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -28.1 | -25.6 | 18.0 | 43.5 | -3.4 | 0.0% |
| UTEP | 2018 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -24.7 | -26.6 | 12.1 | 37.1 | -14.7 | -33.3% |
| Houston | 2002 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -10.0 | -9.0 | 32.6 | 39.1 | +9.7 | +41.7% |
| Houston | 2001 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -19.7 | -18.5 | 26.5 | 41.2 | -5.9 | -27.3% |
| Houston | 2000 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -13.8 | -13.6 | 26.8 | 37.2 | -13.1 | -36.4% |
| Wyoming | 1999 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -0.7 | 6.1 | 33.8 | 29.5 | -1.1 | -9.1% |
| Wyoming | 1998 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 0.4 | 6.1 | 27.4 | 22.4 | -4.9 | +18.9% |
| Wyoming | 1997 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 5.3 | 8.9 | 29.4 | 21.8 | — | — |
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