Top 25
0-7
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Coach Profile
Dean Pees
1998-2003 • Kent State
One defining program at Kent State.
Dean Pees's coaching record is 17-51, highlighted by seasons at Kent State from 1998 to 2003.
Dean Pees coached 6 seasons, won 25.0%, and posted an average SRS of -19.8. Best season: 2001 Kent State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 17-51
- Career win rate
- 25.0%
- Average SRS
- -19.8
- Peak SRS
- -6.6
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
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 18.4
Primary school anchor
Kent State
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 20.9.
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
- 17-51
- Kent State record
- 17-51
- Full-season record
- 17-51
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-2
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Bowling Green
- 1-5
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
68 countable games, 25.0% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Kent State.
6 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
2 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Bowling Green-Kent State games in this dataset.
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 22, 2003. 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.
Dean Pees
EliteStrongAverageLean
1998Actual season year • SRS range -33.0 to -6.62003
Active comparison point
Dean Pees • 2001
2001 Kent State
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5 • SRS -6.6 • SP Overall -3.8
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+19.7
SP Off / Def
27.4 / 31.1
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
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results7
| 2003 Regular Week 13 | Kent State | Bowling Green | #25 | L33-42 |
| 2003 Regular Week 3 | Kent State | Pittsburgh | #10 | L3-43 |
| 2002 Regular Week 11 | Kent State | Bowling Green | #21 | L14-45 |
| 2002 Regular Week 3 | Kent State | Ohio State | #8 | L17-51 |
| 2000 Regular Week 3 | Kent State | Purdue | #14 | L10-45 |
| 1999 Regular Week 11 | Kent State | Marshall | #13 | L16-28 |
| 1998 Regular Week 2 | Kent State | Georgia | #15 | L3-56 |
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
1998-2003 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -19.8 • Win % 25.0%
- Longest tenure
- Kent State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Kent State • -19.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Kent State • 25.0%
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.
Dean Pees sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDean Pees sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dean Pees
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -18.1
- Percentile
- 10th 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.
Kent State
1998-2003 • 17-51
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -19.8Win % 25.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.8 during vs 1.6 baseline
+1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-19.8 during vs -26.7 baseline
+6.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-18.1 during vs -23.4 baseline
+5.3
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 2001
6-5 • SRS -6.6
Biggest Improvement
Kent State 2001
6-5 • 19.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kent State 2003
5-7 • SP Off 33.3
Best Defensive Season
Kent State 2001
6-5 • SP Def 31.1
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Kent State 1998
0-11 • SRS -33.0
Biggest Drop
Kent State 2002
3-9 • -17.4 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 | 2003 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -9.7 | -12.1 | 33.3 | 41.6 | +14.3 | +16.7% | Season summary |
| Kent State | 2002 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -24.0 | -19.1 | 22.5 | 39.1 | -17.4 | -29.5% | Season summary |
| Kent State | 2001 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -6.6 | -3.8 | 27.4 | 31.1 | +19.7 | +45.5% | Season summary |
| Kent State | 2000 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -26.3 | -25.0 | 14.6 | 37.3 | -7.1 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Kent State | 1999 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -19.2 | -17.7 | 24.7 | 39.5 | +13.8 | +18.2% | Season summary |
| Kent State | 1998 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -33.0 | -30.7 | 20.4 | 44.5 | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.4
Avg SRS -20.2 • Peak SRS -9.2 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 8.0
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same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.3
Avg SRS -19.5 • Peak SRS 2.7 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 12.8
Open profile →Todd Dodge
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.2
Avg SRS -21.0 • Peak SRS -15.5 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.5
Open profile →Jim Hess
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.6
Avg SRS -20.4 • Peak SRS -15.1 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.3
Open profile →Joe Hollis
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.6
Avg SRS -21.4 • Peak SRS -14.3 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.2
Open profile →Paul Petrino
same offense-first identity • volatility within 1.9
Avg SRS -17.0 • Peak SRS -4.1 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.3
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