Dave Christensen
Dave Christensen went 27–35 as a head coach, 2009–2013, at Wyoming. Share
- Record
- 27–35 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2011 8–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Wyoming | 7–6 | 5th | New Mexico Bowl W | ||
| 2010 | Wyoming | 3–9 | T–8th | |||
| 2011 | Wyoming | 8–5 | 3rd | New Mexico Bowl L | ||
| 2012 | Wyoming | 4–8 | T–6th | |||
| 2013 | Wyoming | 5–7 | 4th (Mountain) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 14 | 0–14 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| Conference games | 39 | 16–23 | 41% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 27 | 18–9 | 67% |
| At home | 30 | 14–16 | 47% |
| On the road | 30 | 12–18 | 40% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 23 | 18–5 | 78% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 39 | 9–30 | 23% |
His own 62 games on file, 2009–2013, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Calhoun 2009–2013 | 2–3 | Air Force | 5 | |
| Chris Petersen 2010–2013 | 0–4 | Boise State | 4 | |
| Steve Fairchild 2009–2011 | 3–0 | Colorado State | 3 | |
| Bobby Hauck 2010–2012 | 2–1 | UNLV | 3 | |
| Gary Patterson 2009–2011 | 0–3 | TCU | 3 | |
| Mack Brown 2009–2012 | 0–3 | Texas | 3 |
Dave Christensen’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Stateseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| New Mexicoseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Air Forceseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| UNLVseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| San Diego Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Boise Stateseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Fresno Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Texasseries | 3 | 0–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Western Washington | Running backs coach | |
| 1984 | Sehome high school | Offensive line and defensive line coach | |
| 1985 | Everett (WA) high school | Offensive line and defensive line coach | |
| 1986–87 | Eastern Washington | Offensive line and defensive line coach | |
| 1988 | Spokane Falls | Head coach | |
| 1989–90 | Washington | Offensive line coach | |
| 1990–91 | Idaho State | Offensive line, tight ends and running backs coach | |
| 1992–96 | Toledo | Offensive line coach | |
| 1997–2000 | Toledo | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2001–08 | Missouri | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2009–13 | Wyoming | Head coach | |
| 2014 | Utah | Offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| 2015 | Texas A&M | Offensive line coach and running game coordinator | |
| 2017 | Arizona State | Consultant | |
| 2018–20 | Arizona State | Offensive line coach | |
| 2022–24 | Panthers Wrocław | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Don JamesWashington
- Garth HallIdaho State
- Gary PinkelToledo, Missouri
- Kyle WhittinghamUtah
- Kevin SumlinTexas A&M
- Todd GrahamArizona State
- Herm EdwardsArizona State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Marcus ArroyoUNLV, Arizona State
- Pete KaligisWashington State
- Gregg BrandonBowling Green, Colorado School of Mines
- Chris TormeyIdaho, Nevada, Washington
- Robin RossWestern Washington
- Jason GesserIdaho
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don James | Washington | 1989–90 | Offensive line coach | |
| Garth Hall | Idaho State | 1990–91 | Offensive line, tight ends and running backs coach | |
| Gary Pinkel | Toledo | 1992–2000 | 1992–96: offensive line coach; 1997–2000: offensive coordinator | |
| Gary Pinkel | Missouri | 2001–08 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Kyle Whittingham | Utah | 2014 | Offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Kevin Sumlin | Texas A&M | 2015 | Offensive line coach and running game coordinator | |
| Todd Graham | Arizona State | 2017 | Consultant | |
| Herm Edwards | Arizona State | 2018–20 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Arroyo | Wyoming, 2009–10: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | UNLV, Arizona State | |
| Pete Kaligis | Wyoming, 2009–11: offensive line coach; 2012–13: assistant head coach and offensive line and running backs coach | Washington State | |
| Gregg Brandon | Wyoming, 2011–12: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Bowling Green, Colorado School of Mines | |
| Chris Tormey | Wyoming, 2012–13: defensive coordinator | Idaho, Nevada, Washington | |
| Robin Ross | Wyoming, 2012–13: special teams coordinator and linebackers coach | Western Washington | |
| Jason Gesser | Wyoming, 2013: quarterbacks coach | Idaho |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Grinch | Wyoming, 2009–11: defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Marty English | Wyoming, 2009–11: defensive coordinator | |
| Derek Sage | Wyoming, 2010–13: wide receivers coach | |
| Bill Young | Wyoming, 2013: defensive quality control coach | |
| Jamar Cain | Wyoming, 2013: defensive line coach | |
| Jim Harding | Wyoming, 2013: co-offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | State payroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Utah | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $41,667 | $500,000 USA Today | $283,974 |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Transparent Utah: wages and incentive awards paid in the fiscal year from July to June, shown against the season inside it; benefits left out.
Contract pay and the state payroll differ by design: one is the season’s contract, the other what the state paid in a calendar or fiscal year, so a December hire’s short first year, bonuses and camp money paid as special payments, and pay that ran on after he left all show in the payroll.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Christensen’s teams went for it on 21% of fourth downs and on 33% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 20.3 seconds a play, 2009–2013.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 13 g | 26 of 124 21% | 35% | 49% | 21.6 | −0.13 | |
| 2010 12 g | 21 of 98 21% | 33% | 46% | 22.9 | −0.14 | |
| 2011 13 g | 17 of 99 17% | 20% | 47% | 20.1 | 0.00 | |
| 2012 12 g | 22 of 97 23% | 36% | 51% | 19.8 | +0.02 | |
| 2013 12 g | 21 of 96 22% | 40% | 53% | 17.0 | +0.11 | |
| All 62 g | 107 of 514 21% | 33% | 49% | 20.3 | −0.03 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.