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Dennis Fitzgerald
1975-1977 • Kent State
One defining program at Kent State.
Dennis Fitzgerald coached 3 seasons, won 52.9%, and posted an average SRS of -7.9. Best season: 1976 Kent State. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 18-16
- Career win rate
- 52.9%
- Average SRS
- -7.9
- Peak SRS
- -3.5
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
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 91.5
Primary school anchor
Kent State
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 27.0.
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 Fitzgerald
EliteStrongAverageLean
1975Actual season year • SRS range -10.1 to -3.51977
Active comparison point
Dennis Fitzgerald • 1976
1976 Kent State
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-4 • SRS -3.5 • SP Overall 3.2
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+6.5
SP Off / Def
25.7 / 23.4
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
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results2
| 1977 Regular Week 3 | Kent State | Colorado | #8 | L0-42 |
| 1975 Regular Week 11 | Kent State | Miami (OH) | #16 | L8-27 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Kent State
1975-1977 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -7.9 • Win % 52.9%
- Longest tenure
- Kent State • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Kent State • -7.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Kent State • 52.9%
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.
Dennis Fitzgerald sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDennis Fitzgerald sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -1.4
- Percentile
- 52th pct
Mixed
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.
Kent State
1975-1977 • 18-16
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -7.9Win % 52.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 5.6 baseline
+0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.9 during vs -5.1 baseline
-2.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-1.4 during vs 3.0 baseline
-4.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Kent State 1976
8-4 • SRS -3.5
Biggest Improvement
Kent State 1976
8-4 • 6.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kent State 1976
8-4 • SP Off 25.7
Best Defensive Season
Kent State 1976
8-4 • SP Def 23.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kent State 1977
6-5 • SRS -10.1
Biggest Drop
Kent State 1977
6-5 • -6.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kent State | 1977 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -10.1 | -1.7 | 23.6 | 25.4 | -6.6 | -12.1% |
| Kent State | 1976 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -3.5 | 3.2 | 25.7 | 23.4 | +6.5 | +30.3% |
| Kent State | 1975 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -10.0 | -5.6 | 24.7 | 30.1 | — | — |
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