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- Win rate
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Rey Dempsey
1976-1985 • Memphis, Southern Illinois
2 schools coached, anchored by Southern Illinois.
Rey Dempsey's coaching record is 61-49-3, highlighted by seasons at Southern Illinois from 1976 to 1985.
Rey Dempsey coached 10 seasons, won 55.3%, and posted an average SRS of -8.0. Best season: 1984 Memphis. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 61-49-3
- Career win rate
- 55.3%
- Average SRS
- -8.0
- Peak SRS
- 3.8
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
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 27.1
Primary school anchor
Southern Illinois
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 43.7.
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
- 61-49-3
- Southern Illinois record
- 54-37
- Full-season record
- 61-49-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-2-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
113 countable games, 55.3% win rate.
8 countable seasons at Southern Illinois.
10 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
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 16, 1985. 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.
Rey Dempsey
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Rey Dempsey: 1984 Memphis
1976Actual season year • SRS range -21.9 to 3.81985
Active comparison point
Rey Dempsey • 1984
1984 Memphis
Best seasonNew stop: Memphis5-5-1 • SRS 3.8 • SP Overall -2.8
Win %
50.0%
YoY SRS
+3.3
SP Off / Def
20.0 / 23.0
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
0-2-1
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 16.7%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results4
| 1985 Regular Week 11 | Memphis | Tennessee | #19 | L7-17 |
| 1985 Regular Week 4 | Memphis | Florida State | #6 | L10-19 |
| 1984 Regular Week 11 | Memphis | Georgia | #8 | L3-13 |
| 1984 Regular Week 7 | Memphis | Florida State | #9 | T17-17 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Memphis
1984-1985 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 1.6 • Win % 38.6%
Southern Illinois
1976-1983 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS -10.4 • Win % 59.3%
- Longest tenure
- Southern Illinois • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Memphis • 1.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Southern Illinois • 59.3%
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.
Rey Dempsey sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRey Dempsey sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Rey Dempsey
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -7.4
- Percentile
- 34th 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.
Memphis
1984-1985 • 7-12-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.6Win % 38.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.5 during vs 3.0 baseline
+0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.6 during vs -4.6 baseline
+6.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.7 during vs -11.1 baseline
+7.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Southern Illinois
1976-1983 • 54-37
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -10.4Win % 59.3%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Memphis 1984
5-5-1 • SRS 3.8
Biggest Improvement
Southern Illinois 1983
13-1 • 15.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Southern Illinois 1983
13-1 • SP Off 29.0
Best Defensive Season
Southern Illinois 1981
7-4 • SP Def 19.5
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Southern Illinois 1977
3-8 • SRS -21.9
Biggest Drop
Southern Illinois 1982
6-5 • -16.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Memphis | 1985 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 27.3% | — | — | -0.5 | -4.6 | 22.2 | 26.9 | -4.3 | -22.7% | Season summary |
| Memphis | 1984 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.8 | -2.8 | 20.0 | 23.0 | +3.3 | -42.9% | Season summary |
| Southern Illinois | 1983 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | — | — | 0.5 | 7.8 | 29.0 | 22.4 | +15.7 | +38.3% | Season summary |
| Southern Illinois | 1982 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -15.2 | -8.7 | 16.2 | 24.3 | -16.0 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| Southern Illinois | 1981 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 0.8 | 7.1 | 25.6 | 19.5 | +15.3 | +36.4% | Season summary |
| Southern Illinois | 1980 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -14.5 | -12.6 | 18.8 | 30.4 | -8.6 | -45.5% | Season summary |
| Southern Illinois | 1979 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | -5.9 | -6.7 | 20.3 | 26.9 | +8.9 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Southern Illinois | 1978 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -14.8 | -17.6 | 14.5 | 31.8 | +7.1 | +36.4% | Season summary |
| Southern Illinois | 1977 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -21.9 | -25.9 | 6.4 | 30.0 | -9.5 | -36.4% | Season summary |
| Southern Illinois | 1976 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -12.4 | -9.6 | 21.8 | 30.2 | — | — | Season summary |
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