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Dave Doeren

2011-2025NC 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 record
110-69
Career win rate
61.5%
Average SRS
4.2
Peak SRS
13.7

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
15
Career span
15 years
Best finish
#20
Consistency
48.6

Primary school anchor

NC State

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 70.5.

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 Doeren
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Dave Doeren: 2013 NC State
2011Actual season year • SRS range -12.0 to 13.72025

Active comparison point

Dave Doeren2017

Selected

2017 NC State

Best season

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.

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

9-30

Games
39
Win rate
23.1%

Top 10

2-14

Games
16
Win rate
12.5%

Top 5

0-8

Games
8
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results39
2025 Regular Week 12NC StateMiami#16L7-41
2025 Regular Week 10NC StateGeorgia Tech#8W48-36
2025 Regular Week 7NC StateNotre Dame#16L7-36
2024 Regular Week 4NC StateClemson#21L35-59
2024 Regular Week 2NC StateTennessee#14L10-51
2023 Regular Week 7NC StateDuke#17L3-24
2023 Regular Week 2NC StateNotre Dame#10L24-45
2023 Postseason Week 1NC StateKansas State#18L19-28
2022 Regular Week 13NC StateNorth Carolina#18W30-27
2022 Regular Week 10NC StateWake Forest#20W30-21
2022 Regular Week 7NC StateSyracuse#18L9-24
2022 Regular Week 5NC StateClemson#5L20-30
2021 Regular Week 11NC StateWake Forest#13L42-45
2021 Regular Week 4NC StateClemson#9W27-21
2020 Regular Week 12NC StateLiberty#21W15-14
2020 Regular Week 10NC StateMiami#11L41-44
2020 Regular Week 8NC StateNorth Carolina#14L21-48
2020 Regular Week 5NC StatePittsburgh#24W30-29
2020 Regular Week 4NC StateVirginia Tech#20L24-45
2019 Regular Week 11NC StateClemson#4L10-55
2019 Regular Week 10NC StateWake Forest#23L10-44
2018 Regular Week 8NC StateClemson#3L7-41
2018 Postseason Week 1NC StateTexas A&M#16L13-52
2017 Regular Week 10NC StateClemson#6L31-38
2017 Regular Week 9NC StateNotre Dame#9L14-35
2017 Regular Week 6NC StateLouisville#17W39-25
2017 Regular Week 4NC StateFlorida State#12W27-21
2016 Regular Week 10NC StateFlorida State#19L20-24
2016 Regular Week 8NC StateLouisville#7L13-54
2016 Regular Week 7NC StateClemson#3L17-24
2015 Regular Week 13NC StateNorth Carolina#11L34-45
2015 Regular Week 11NC StateFlorida State#19L17-34
2015 Regular Week 9NC StateClemson#3L41-56
2014 Regular Week 5NC StateFlorida State#1L41-56
2013 Regular Week 9NC StateFlorida State#3L17-49
2013 Regular Week 4NC StateClemson#3L14-26
2012 Regular Week 14Northern IllinoisKent State#18W44-37
2012 Postseason Week 1Northern IllinoisFlorida State#10L10-31
2011 Regular Week 3Northern IllinoisWisconsin#7L7-49

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

NC State

2013-202513 seasons

Avg SRS 4.2 • Win % 57.2%

Northern Illinois

2011-20122 seasons

Avg SRS 3.9 • Win % 85.2%

Longest tenure
NC State • 13 seasons
Best tenure
NC State • 4.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Northern Illinois • 85.2%

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 Doeren sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Dave Doeren sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Dave Doeren

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
6.9
Percentile
77th pct

Strong

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.

NC State

2013-202587-65

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 4.2Win % 57.2%

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%

Northern Illinois

2011-201223-4

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 3.9Win % 85.2%

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%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

NC State 2017

9-4SRS 13.7

Biggest Improvement

NC State 2025

0-09.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

NC State 2017

9-4SP Off 38.0

Best Defensive Season

NC State 2022

8-5SP Def 15.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

NC State 2019

4-8SRS -12.0

Biggest Drop

NC State 2019

4-8-19.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

NC State202500007.04.831.425.5+9.1
NC State20241367046.2%#24-2.13.929.926.5-9.1-23.1%
NC State20231394069.2%#217.07.425.519.7+1.5+7.7%
NC State20221385061.5%#135.56.820.415.3-8.0-13.5%
NC State20211293075.0%#2013.516.133.117.7+8.3%
NC State20201284066.7%+33.3%
NC State20191248033.3%-12.0-6.322.029.7-19.9-35.9%
NC State20181394069.2%7.99.435.126.7-5.80.0%
NC State20171394069.2%#2313.712.938.023.3+6.1+15.4%
NC State20161376053.8%7.69.430.519.3+0.90.0%
NC State20151376053.8%6.79.636.224.7+4.8-7.7%
NC State20141385061.5%1.98.134.127.1+8.0+36.5%
NC State20131239025.0%-6.1-0.525.026.5-11.2-67.3%
Northern Illinois201213121092.3%#225.112.435.625.4+2.5+13.7%
Northern Illinois201114113078.6%2.62.232.729.6

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