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- Games
- 15
- Win rate
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Dave Currey
1977-1988 • Cincinnati, Long Beach State
2 schools coached, anchored by Long Beach State.
Dave Currey's coaching record is 59-72, highlighted by seasons at Long Beach State from 1977 to 1988.
Dave Currey coached 12 seasons, won 45.0%, and posted an average SRS of -8.6. Best season: 1980 Long Beach State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 59-72
- Career win rate
- 45.0%
- Average SRS
- -8.6
- Peak SRS
- 1.2
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
- 12 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 69.8
Primary school anchor
Long Beach State
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 37.6.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 59-72
- Long Beach State record
- 40-36
- Full-season record
- 59-72
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-9
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-5
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
131 countable games, 45.0% win rate.
7 countable seasons at Long Beach State.
12 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
9 games using AP ranking at game time.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 19, 1988. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
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.
Dave Currey
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Dave Currey: 1984 Cincinnati
1977Actual season year • SRS range -20.9 to 1.21988
Active comparison point
Dave Currey • 1980
1980 Long Beach State
Best season8-3 • SRS 1.2 • SP Overall 6.1
Win %
72.7%
YoY SRS
+8.8
SP Off / Def
27.8 / 23.0
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.
Top 10
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results15
| 1988 Regular Week 11 | Cincinnati | West Virginia | #4 | L13-51 |
| 1988 Regular Week 9 | Cincinnati | Miami | #4 | L3-57 |
| 1987 Regular Week 9 | Cincinnati | Miami | #3 | L10-48 |
| 1987 Regular Week 4 | Cincinnati | Penn State | #15 | L0-41 |
| 1986 Regular Week 11 | Cincinnati | Auburn | #8 | L7-52 |
| 1986 Regular Week 8 | Cincinnati | Miami | #1 | L13-45 |
| 1986 Regular Week 7 | Cincinnati | Penn State | #6 | L17-23 |
| 1985 Regular Week 11 | Cincinnati | Penn State | #2 | L10-31 |
| 1985 Regular Week 4 | Cincinnati | Alabama | #16 | L10-45 |
| 1984 Regular Week 12 | Cincinnati | Auburn | #18 | L0-60 |
| 1984 Regular Week 9 | Cincinnati | Florida | #16 | L17-48 |
| 1984 Regular Week 8 | Cincinnati | Miami | #9 | L25-49 |
| 1982 Regular Week 2 | Long Beach State | UCLA | #18 | L10-41 |
| 1979 Regular Week 11 | Long Beach State | BYU | #10 | L17-31 |
| 1977 Regular Week 12 | Long Beach State | BYU | #18 | L27-30 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Cincinnati
1984-1988 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -11.4 • Win % 34.5%
Long Beach State
1977-1983 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS -6.5 • Win % 52.6%
- Longest tenure
- Long Beach State • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Long Beach State • -6.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Long Beach State • 52.6%
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.
Dave Currey sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDave Currey sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dave Currey
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -9.2
- Percentile
- 29th 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.
Cincinnati
1984-1988 • 19-36
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -11.4Win % 34.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.8 during vs 4.0 baseline
-0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-11.4 during vs -3.0 baseline
-8.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-12.9 during vs -1.5 baseline
-11.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Long Beach State
1977-1983 • 40-36
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.5Win % 52.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.7 during vs 7.7 baseline
-1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.5 during vs -5.0 baseline
-1.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-6.5 during vs -3.5 baseline
-3.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Long Beach State 1980
8-3 • SRS 1.2
Biggest Improvement
Cincinnati 1985
5-6 • 10.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Cincinnati 1986
5-6 • SP Off 32.0
Best Defensive Season
Long Beach State 1980
8-3 • SP Def 23.0
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Cincinnati 1988
3-8 • SRS -20.9
Biggest Drop
Long Beach State 1981
2-8 • -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.
| Cincinnati | 1988 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -20.9 | -25.5 | 19.0 | 41.0 | -12.0 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Cincinnati | 1987 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -8.9 | -11.8 | 24.5 | 34.4 | -2.9 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Cincinnati | 1986 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -6.0 | -4.2 | 32.0 | 35.3 | -0.7 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Cincinnati | 1985 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -5.3 | -4.4 | 22.5 | 26.9 | +10.7 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Cincinnati | 1984 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -16.0 | -18.5 | 27.1 | 41.6 | -10.7 | -48.5% | Season summary |
| Long Beach State | 1983 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -5.3 | -6.7 | 16.8 | 23.1 | +2.3 | +12.1% | Season summary |
| Long Beach State | 1982 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -7.6 | -4.2 | 28.1 | 32.3 | +3.7 | +34.5% | Season summary |
| Long Beach State | 1981 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -11.3 | -14.3 | 16.5 | 29.5 | -12.5 | -52.7% | Season summary |
| Long Beach State | 1980 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 1.2 | 6.1 | 27.8 | 23.0 | +8.8 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Long Beach State | 1979 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -7.6 | -9.4 | 22.5 | 30.9 | +2.0 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Long Beach State | 1978 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -9.6 | -12.1 | 19.8 | 31.1 | -4.0 | +5.5% | Season summary |
| Long Beach State | 1977 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -5.6 | -5.1 | 27.6 | 32.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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