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Dan Devine

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 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
172-57-9
Career win rate
74.2%
Average SRS
14.7
Peak SRS
31.3

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
22
Career span
26 years
Best finish
#1
Consistency
40.4

Primary school anchor

Missouri

Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 97.4.

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.

Dan Devine
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dan Devine: 1958 MissouriDan Devine: 1975 Notre Dame
1955Actual season year • SRS range 4.0 to 31.31980

Active comparison point

Dan Devine • 1977

Selected

1977 Notre Dame

Best season

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.

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

18-36

Games
54
Win rate
33.3%

Top 10

5-26

Games
31
Win rate
16.1%

Top 5

2-16

Games
18
Win rate
11.1%
View ranked game results54
1980 Regular Week 15Notre DameUSC#12L3-20
1980 Regular Week 12Notre DameAlabama#8W7-0
1980 Regular Week 7Notre DameMiami#18W32-14
1980 Regular Week 4Notre DameMichigan#17W29-27
1980 Regular Week 2Notre DamePurdue#20W31-10
1980 Postseason Week 1Notre DameGeorgia#1L10-17
1979 Regular Week 12Notre DameClemson#13L10-16
1979 Regular Week 11Notre DameTennessee#19L18-40
1979 Regular Week 8Notre DameUSC#3L23-42
1979 Regular Week 5Notre DameMichigan State#16W27-3
1979 Regular Week 4Notre DamePurdue#10L22-28
1979 Regular Week 3Notre DameMichigan#11W12-10
1978 Regular Week 13Notre DameUSC#3L25-27
1978 Regular Week 10Notre DameNavy#18W27-7
1978 Regular Week 7Notre DamePittsburgh#15W26-17
1978 Regular Week 4Notre DameMichigan#4L14-28
1978 Regular Week 2Notre DameMissouri#11L0-3
1978 Postseason Week 1Notre DameHouston#10W35-34
1977 Regular Week 11Notre DameClemson#15W21-17
1977 Regular Week 8Notre DameUSC#10W49-19
1977 Regular Week 2Notre DamePittsburgh#16W19-9
1977 Postseason Week 1Notre DameTexas#4W38-10
1976 Regular Week 13Notre DameUSC#3L13-17
1976 Regular Week 11Notre DameAlabama#18W21-18
1976 Regular Week 2Notre DamePittsburgh#3L10-31
1975 Regular Week 8Notre DameUSC#3L17-24
1970 Regular Week 10MissouriKansas State#20L13-17
1970 Regular Week 8MissouriNotre Dame#3L7-24
1970 Regular Week 7MissouriNebraska#4L7-21
1970 Regular Week 5MissouriAir Force#8L14-37
1969 Regular Week 8MissouriKansas State#15W41-38
1969 Regular Week 7MissouriColorado#18L24-31
1969 Postseason Week 1MissouriPenn State#2L3-10
1968 Regular Week 11MissouriKansas#7L19-21
1968 Regular Week 6MissouriNebraska#13W16-14
1968 Postseason Week 1MissouriAlabama#17W35-10
1967 Regular Week 6MissouriColorado#4L9-23
1966 Regular Week 8MissouriNebraska#6L0-35
1966 Regular Week 4MissouriUCLA#2L15-24
1965 Regular Week 8MissouriNebraska#3L14-16
1965 Regular Week 2MissouriKentucky#10L0-7
1964 Regular Week 8MissouriNebraska#4L0-9
1963 Regular Week 10MissouriOklahoma#6L3-13
1963 Regular Week 2MissouriNorthwestern#7L12-23
1962 Regular Week 10MissouriOklahoma#10L0-13
1961 Regular Week 8MissouriColorado#8L6-7
1960 Regular Week 11MissouriKansas#10L7-23
1960 Postseason Week 1MissouriNavy#4W21-14
1959 Regular Week 6MissouriOklahoma#18L0-23
1959 Regular Week 5MissouriSMU#15L2-23
1959 Regular Week 2MissouriPenn State#18L8-19
1959 Postseason Week 1MissouriGeorgia#5L0-14
1958 Regular Week 10MissouriOklahoma#4L0-39
1958 Regular Week 5MissouriSMU#16L19-32

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

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%

Longest tenure
Missouri • 13 seasons
Best tenure
Notre Dame • 18.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Arizona State • 88.7%

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.

Dan Devine sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Dan Devine sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Dan Devine

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
21.7
Percentile
98th pct

Elite

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.

Notre Dame

1975-1980 • 53-16-1

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

Avg SRS 18.8Win % 76.4%

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%

Missouri

1958-1970 • 92-38-7

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

Avg SRS 14.1Win % 69.7%

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%

Arizona State

1955-1957 • 27-3-1

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

Avg SRS 8.9Win % 88.7%

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%

Career highs and lows

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

Season-by-season results

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

Notre Dame19801292179.2%#11#918.724.030.16.8+7.2+15.5%
Notre Dame19791174063.6%#9—11.514.130.517.5-8.6-11.4%
Notre Dame19781293075.0%#5#720.129.139.09.6-11.2-16.7%
Notre Dame197712111091.7%#3#131.336.544.89.3+13.3+16.7%
Notre Dame19761293075.0%#11#1218.020.732.312.1+4.7+2.3%
Notre Dame19751183072.7%#10—13.315.228.113.9-3.0+27.3%
Missouri19701156045.5%#11—16.312.431.219.8-11.1-36.4%
Missouri19691192081.8%#10#627.4———+3.4+9.1%
Missouri19681183072.7%—#924.0———+16.1+2.7%
Missouri19671073070.0%——7.9———+3.9+5.0%
Missouri19661063165.0%——4.0———-13.7-12.3%
Missouri19651182177.3%—#617.7———+7.5+12.3%
Missouri19641063165.0%——10.2———-0.8-5.0%
Missouri19631073070.0%——11.0———-6.1-11.8%
Missouri19621181281.8%——17.1———+4.6+6.8%
Missouri19611072175.0%—#1112.5———-10.3-15.9%
Missouri196011101090.9%—#522.8———+16.2+36.4%
Missouri19591165054.5%—#186.6———+1.2-0.4%
Missouri19581054155.0%——5.4———-8.0-45.0%
Arizona State1957101000100.0%—#1213.4———+4.4+10.0%
Arizona State19561091090.0%——9.0———+4.7+12.7%
Arizona State19551182177.3%——4.3—————

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