Top 25
9-30
- Games
- 39
- Win rate
- 23.1%
Coach Profile
2011-2025 • NC State, Northern Illinois
2 schools coached, anchored by NC State.
Dave Doeren coached 15 seasons, won 61.5%, and posted an average SRS of 4.2. Best season: 2017 NC State. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
NC State
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 70.5.
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.
Active comparison point
9-4 • SRS 13.7 • SP Overall 12.9
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+6.1
SP Off / Def
38.0 / 23.3
Finish
#23
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
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 25
9-30
Top 10
2-14
Top 5
0-8
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
NC State
2013-2025 • 13 seasons
Avg SRS 4.2 • Win % 57.2%
Northern Illinois
2011-2012 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 3.9 • Win % 85.2%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Dave Doeren sets the reference point in overall strength.
Dave Doeren sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dave Doeren
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
2013-2025 • 87-65
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.7 during vs 7.0 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.2 during vs 2.2 baseline
+2.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 3.2 baseline
+3.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
23.1% during vs 20.0% baseline
+3.1%
2011-2012 • 23-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
11.5 during vs 6.4 baseline
+5.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.9 during vs -5.0 baseline
+8.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.3 during vs -3.6 baseline
+10.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+50.0%
High Points
Best Season
NC State 2017
9-4 • SRS 13.7
Biggest Improvement
NC State 2025
0-0 • 9.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
NC State 2017
9-4 • SP Off 38.0
Best Defensive Season
NC State 2022
8-5 • SP Def 15.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
NC State 2019
4-8 • SRS -12.0
Biggest Drop
NC State 2019
4-8 • -19.9 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| NC State | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7.0 | 4.8 | 31.4 | 25.5 | +9.1 | — |
| NC State | 2024 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | #24 | — | -2.1 | 3.9 | 29.9 | 26.5 | -9.1 | -23.1% |
| NC State | 2023 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #21 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 25.5 | 19.7 | +1.5 | +7.7% |
| NC State | 2022 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #13 | — | 5.5 | 6.8 | 20.4 | 15.3 | -8.0 | -13.5% |
| NC State | 2021 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #20 | 13.5 | 16.1 | 33.1 | 17.7 | — | +8.3% |
| NC State | 2020 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +33.3% |
| NC State | 2019 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -12.0 | -6.3 | 22.0 | 29.7 | -19.9 | -35.9% |
| NC State | 2018 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 7.9 | 9.4 | 35.1 | 26.7 | -5.8 | 0.0% |
| NC State | 2017 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #23 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 38.0 | 23.3 | +6.1 | +15.4% |
| NC State | 2016 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 7.6 | 9.4 | 30.5 | 19.3 | +0.9 | 0.0% |
| NC State | 2015 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 6.7 | 9.6 | 36.2 | 24.7 | +4.8 | -7.7% |
| NC State | 2014 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 1.9 | 8.1 | 34.1 | 27.1 | +8.0 | +36.5% |
| NC State | 2013 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.1 | -0.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | -11.2 | -67.3% |
| Northern Illinois | 2012 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | #22 | 5.1 | 12.4 | 35.6 | 25.4 | +2.5 | +13.7% |
| Northern Illinois | 2011 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | — | — | 2.6 | 2.2 | 32.7 | 29.6 | — | — |
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