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Darrell Dickey

1998-2006 • North Texas

One defining program at North Texas.

Darrell Dickey coached 9 seasons, won 39.6%, and posted an average SRS of -13.9. Best season: 2002 North Texas. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
42-64
Career win rate
39.6%
Average SRS
-13.9
Peak SRS
1.4

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
9
Career span
9 years
Best finish
—
Consistency
24.9

Primary school anchor

North Texas

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 38.3.

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.

Darrell Dickey
EliteStrongAverageLean
1998Actual season year • SRS range -24.4 to 1.42006

Active comparison point

Darrell Dickey • 2002

Selected

2002 North Texas

Best seasonBiggest improvement

8-5 • SRS 1.4 • SP Overall 3.7

Win %

61.5%

YoY SRS

+11.1

SP Off / Def

22.0 / 19.0

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

0-6

Games
6
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-3

Games
3
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results6
2005 Regular Week 9North TexasLSU#7L3-56
2003 Regular Week 5North TexasArkansas#14L7-31
2002 Regular Week 2North TexasTexas#3L0-27
2001 Regular Week 3North TexasOklahoma#3L10-37
2000 Regular Week 5North TexasKansas State#4L10-55
1998 Regular Week 5North TexasTexas A&M#18L9-28

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

North Texas

1998-2006 • 9 seasons

Avg SRS -13.9 • Win % 39.6%

Longest tenure
North Texas • 9 seasons
Best tenure
North Texas • -13.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate
North Texas • 39.6%

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.

Darrell Dickey sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Darrell Dickey sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Darrell Dickey

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-16.5
Percentile
11th 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.

North Texas

1998-2006 • 42-64

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -13.9Win % 39.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.7 during vs 3.7 baseline

+1.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-13.9 during vs -20.0 baseline

+6.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-16.5 during vs -21.9 baseline

+5.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

North Texas 2002

8-5 • SRS 1.4

Biggest Improvement

North Texas 2002

8-5 • 11.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

North Texas 2004

7-5 • SP Off 29.2

Best Defensive Season

North Texas 2002

8-5 • SP Def 19.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

North Texas 2005

2-9 • SRS -24.4

Biggest Drop

North Texas 2005

2-9 • -12.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

North Texas20061239025.0%——-21.1-24.56.931.5+3.3+6.8%
North Texas20051129018.2%——-24.4-29.29.638.9-12.5-40.2%
North Texas20041275058.3%——-11.9-12.029.238.2-9.7-10.9%
North Texas20031394069.2%——-2.2-5.727.833.2-3.6+7.7%
North Texas20021385061.5%——1.43.722.019.0+11.1+19.9%
North Texas20011257041.7%——-9.7-11.124.233.7+9.0+14.4%
North Texas20001138027.3%——-18.7-22.014.534.9+4.7+9.1%
North Texas19991129018.2%——-23.4-29.07.235.1-8.6-9.1%
North Texas19981138027.3%——-14.8-18.516.834.3——

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