Top 25
5-20
- Games
- 25
- Win rate
- 20.0%
Back to Coaches
Volatile BuilderOffense-First
Coach Profile
Dennis Green
1981-1991 • Northwestern, Stanford
2 schools coached, anchored by Northwestern.
Dennis Green coached 8 seasons, won 29.2%, and posted an average SRS of -6.8. Best season: 1991 Stanford. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 26-63
- Career win rate
- 29.2%
- Average SRS
- -6.8
- Peak SRS
- 16.5
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
- 8
- Career span
- 11 years
- Best finish
- #22
- Consistency
- 3.6
Primary school anchor
Northwestern
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 77.1.
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.
Dennis Green
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dennis Green: 1989 Stanford
1981Actual season year • SRS range -23.4 to 16.51991
Active comparison point
Dennis Green • 1991
1991 Stanford
Best season8-4 • SRS 16.5 • SP Overall 20.2
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+9.1
SP Off / Def
39.4 / 21.0
Finish
#22
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
2-11
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 15.4%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results25
| 1991 Regular Week 13 | Stanford | California | #6 | W38-21 |
| 1991 Regular Week 11 | Stanford | UCLA | #22 | W27-10 |
| 1991 Regular Week 6 | Stanford | Notre Dame | #8 | L26-42 |
| 1991 Regular Week 5 | Stanford | Colorado | #17 | W28-21 |
| 1991 Regular Week 2 | Stanford | Washington | #4 | L7-42 |
| 1990 Regular Week 10 | Stanford | Oregon | #22 | L0-31 |
| 1990 Regular Week 9 | Stanford | Washington | #7 | L16-52 |
| 1990 Regular Week 8 | Stanford | USC | #15 | L22-37 |
| 1990 Regular Week 7 | Stanford | Notre Dame | #8 | W36-31 |
| 1990 Regular Week 3 | Stanford | Colorado | #9 | L17-21 |
| 1989 Regular Week 9 | Stanford | USC | #10 | L0-19 |
| 1989 Regular Week 7 | Stanford | Washington State | #17 | L13-31 |
| 1989 Regular Week 6 | Stanford | Notre Dame | #1 | L17-27 |
| 1989 Regular Week 4 | Stanford | Oregon | #22 | W18-17 |
| 1985 Regular Week 11 | Northwestern | Ohio State | #4 | L17-35 |
| 1985 Regular Week 9 | Northwestern | Iowa | #1 | L10-49 |
| 1984 Regular Week 12 | Northwestern | Ohio State | #11 | L3-52 |
| 1984 Regular Week 3 | Northwestern | Washington | #16 | L0-26 |
| 1983 Regular Week 13 | Northwestern | Illinois | #4 | L24-56 |
| 1983 Regular Week 12 | Northwestern | Ohio State | #10 | L7-55 |
| 1983 Regular Week 8 | Northwestern | Michigan | #10 | L0-35 |
| 1983 Regular Week 7 | Northwestern | Iowa | #14 | L21-61 |
| 1983 Regular Week 3 | Northwestern | Washington | #16 | L0-34 |
| 1981 Regular Week 8 | Northwestern | Michigan | #18 | L0-38 |
| 1981 Regular Week 5 | Northwestern | Iowa | #18 | L0-64 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Stanford
1989-1991 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 7.9 • Win % 47.1%
Northwestern
1981-1985 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -15.7 • Win % 18.2%
- Longest tenure
- Northwestern • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Stanford • 7.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Stanford • 47.1%
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.
Dennis Green sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDennis Green sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dennis Green
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -8.3
- Percentile
- 32th 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.
Stanford
1989-1991 • 16-18
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.9Win % 47.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 5.0 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.9 during vs 5.3 baseline
+2.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.7 during vs 7.8 baseline
+1.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
Northwestern
1981-1985 • 10-45
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -15.7Win % 18.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 0.6 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-15.7 during vs -13.9 baseline
-1.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-19.2 during vs -21.1 baseline
+1.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Stanford 1991
8-4 • SRS 16.5
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 1989
3-8 • 11.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Stanford 1991
8-4 • SP Off 39.4
Best Defensive Season
Stanford 1991
8-4 • SP Def 21.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Northwestern 1981
0-11 • SRS -23.4
Biggest Drop
Northwestern 1983
2-9 • -8.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Stanford | 1991 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #22 | 16.5 | 20.2 | 39.4 | 21.0 | +9.1 | +21.2% |
| Stanford | 1990 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 7.4 | 11.2 | 35.2 | 25.8 | +7.7 | +18.2% |
| Stanford | 1989 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -0.3 | -2.4 | 23.5 | 25.8 | +11.7 | 0.0% |
| Northwestern | 1985 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -12.0 | -16.1 | 20.2 | 34.9 | -1.3 | +9.1% |
| Northwestern | 1984 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -10.7 | -14.8 | 20.2 | 33.6 | +9.6 | 0.0% |
| Northwestern | 1983 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -20.3 | -21.8 | 17.2 | 36.8 | -8.4 | -9.1% |
| Northwestern | 1982 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -11.9 | -14.3 | 26.8 | 37.7 | +11.5 | +27.3% |
| Northwestern | 1981 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -23.4 | -28.8 | 19.1 | 42.6 | — | — |
Similar coaches
Related profiles are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Al Kincaid
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.5
Avg SRS -7.3 • Peak SRS 10.5 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 10.4
Open profile →Joe Novak
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.5
Avg SRS -8.3 • Peak SRS 6.0 • 12 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 11.2
Open profile →Hal Mumme
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.9
Avg SRS -8.8 • Peak SRS 7.6 • 8 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 11.6
Open profile →Terry Shea
same offense-first identity • volatility within 1.3
Avg SRS -9.9 • Peak SRS 11.2 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 11.5
Open profile →Rudy Feldman
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.6
Avg SRS -6.2 • Peak SRS 6.8 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 11.0
Open profile →Gary Andersen
same offense-first identity • volatility within 0.3
Avg SRS -2.5 • Peak SRS 18.5 • 11 seasons
Best finish #13 • Volatility 12.5
Open profile →