Coach Profile
1955-1980 • Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame
3 schools coached, anchored by Missouri.
Dan Devine coached 22 seasons, won 74.2%, and posted an average SRS of 14.7. Best season: 1977 Notre Dame. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stops 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
Missouri
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 97.4.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
11-1 • SRS 31.3 • SP Overall 36.5
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+13.3
SP Off / Def
44.8 / 9.3
Finish
#1
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Notre Dame
1975-1980 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 18.8 • Win % 76.4%
Missouri
1958-1970 • 13 seasons
Avg SRS 14.1 • Win % 69.7%
Arizona State
1955-1957 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 8.9 • Win % 88.7%
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.
Dan Devine sets the reference point in overall strength.
Dan Devine sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dan Devine
Elite
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1975-1980 • 53-16-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 9.4 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
18.8 during vs 23.3 baseline
-4.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
23.3 during vs 23.1 baseline
+0.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
66.7% during vs 100.0% baseline
-33.3%
1958-1970 • 92-38-7
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.1 during vs 4.0 baseline
+3.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.1 during vs 1.7 baseline
+12.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.4 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
46.2% during vs 0.0% baseline
+46.2%
1955-1957 • 27-3-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.0 during vs 6.0 baseline
+3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.9 during vs -3.0 baseline
+11.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
High Points
Best Season
Notre Dame 1977
11-1 • SRS 31.3
Biggest Improvement
Missouri 1960
10-1 • 16.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Notre Dame 1977
11-1 • SP Off 44.8
Best Defensive Season
Notre Dame 1980
9-2-1 • SP Def 6.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Missouri 1966
6-3-1 • SRS 4.0
Biggest Drop
Missouri 1966
6-3-1 • -13.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Notre Dame | 1980 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | #11 | #9 | 18.7 | 24.0 | 30.1 | 6.8 | +7.2 | +15.5% |
| Notre Dame | 1979 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | #9 | — | 11.5 | 14.1 | 30.5 | 17.5 | -8.6 | -11.4% |
| Notre Dame | 1978 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #5 | #7 | 20.1 | 29.1 | 39.0 | 9.6 | -11.2 | -16.7% |
| Notre Dame | 1977 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #3 | #1 | 31.3 | 36.5 | 44.8 | 9.3 | +13.3 | +16.7% |
| Notre Dame | 1976 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #11 | #12 | 18.0 | 20.7 | 32.3 | 12.1 | +4.7 | +2.3% |
| Notre Dame | 1975 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #10 | — | 13.3 | 15.2 | 28.1 | 13.9 | -3.0 | +27.3% |
| Missouri | 1970 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #11 | — | 16.3 | 12.4 | 31.2 | 19.8 | -11.1 | -36.4% |
| Missouri | 1969 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #10 | #6 | 27.4 | — | — | — | +3.4 | +9.1% |
| Missouri | 1968 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | #9 | 24.0 | — | — | — | +16.1 | +2.7% |
| Missouri | 1967 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 7.9 | — | — | — | +3.9 | +5.0% |
| Missouri | 1966 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 4.0 | — | — | — | -13.7 | -12.3% |
| Missouri | 1965 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | — | #6 | 17.7 | — | — | — | +7.5 | +12.3% |
| Missouri | 1964 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 10.2 | — | — | — | -0.8 | -5.0% |
| Missouri | 1963 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 11.0 | — | — | — | -6.1 | -11.8% |
| Missouri | 1962 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 81.8% | — | — | 17.1 | — | — | — | +4.6 | +6.8% |
| Missouri | 1961 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | #11 | 12.5 | — | — | — | -10.3 | -15.9% |
| Missouri | 1960 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #5 | 22.8 | — | — | — | +16.2 | +36.4% |
| Missouri | 1959 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | #18 | 6.6 | — | — | — | +1.2 | -0.4% |
| Missouri | 1958 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 5.4 | — | — | — | -8.0 | -45.0% |
| Arizona State | 1957 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #12 | 13.4 | — | — | — | +4.4 | +10.0% |
| Arizona State | 1956 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | — | 9.0 | — | — | — | +4.7 | +12.7% |
| Arizona State | 1955 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | — | — | 4.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
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