Mick Dennehy
Mick Dennehy went 68–61 as a head coach, 1988–2004, at Montana Western, Montana and Utah State. Share
Seven seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1988–90 at Montana Western; 1996–99 at Montana. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 68–61 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2000 5–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Montana Western * | 1–5 | T–3rd | |||
| 1989 | Montana Western * | 4–4 | 3rd | |||
| 1990 | Montana Western * | 5–3 | T–2nd | |||
| 1991–95: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1996 | Montana * | 14–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I-AA Championship L | ||
| 1997 | Montana * | 8–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | ||
| 1998 | Montana * | 8–4 | 1st | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | ||
| 1999 | Montana * | 9–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | ||
| 2000 | Utah State | 5–6 | 2nd | |||
| 2001 | Utah State | 4–7 | ||||
| 2002 | Utah State | 4–7 | ||||
| 2003 | Utah State | 3–9 | 4th | |||
| 2004 | Utah State | 3–8 | 9th | |||
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 8 | 0–8 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 10 | 0–10 | 0% |
| Conference games | 18 | 9–9 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 10–9 | 53% |
| At home | 24 | 14–10 | 58% |
| On the road | 32 | 5–27 | 16% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 18 | 11–7 | 61% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 38 | 8–30 | 21% |
His own 56 games on file, 2000–2004, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Samuel 2000–2004 | 3–1 | New Mexico State | 4 | |
| Darrell Dickey 2000–2004 | 1–2 | North Texas | 3 | |
| Andy McCollum 2002–2004 | 1–2 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | |
| Larry Blakeney 2002–2004 | 1–2 | Troy | 3 | |
| Ron McBride 2000–2002 | 0–3 | Utah | 3 |
Mick Dennehy’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Utahseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Idahoseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Idaho Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| North Texasseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| UL Monroeseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–78 | Colton HS (WA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1979–81 | Helena HS (MT) high school | Head coach | |
| 1980–81 | Montana State | Assistant coach | |
| 1982–87 | [[Campbell County High School (Gillette, Wyoming) high school | Head coach | |
| 1988–90 | Montana Western | Head coach | |
| 1991–95 | Montana | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1996–99 | Montana | Head coach | |
| 2000–04 | Utah State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Sonny LubickMontana State
- Don ReadMontana
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jerome SouersNorthern Arizona, Montana State–Northern
- Eric KiesauFresno State
- Jeff ChoateNevada, Montana State
- Brian ArmstrongRocky Mountain
- Dave KotulskiBucknell
- Lance AndersonUtah Tech
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Lubick | Montana State | 1980–81 | Assistant coach | |
| Don Read | Montana | 1991–95 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Souers | Montana, 1996–97: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Northern Arizona, Montana State–Northern | |
| Eric Kiesau | Utah State, 2000: running backs coach; 2001: wide receivers coach | Fresno State | |
| Jeff Choate | Utah State, 2002: graduate assistant; 2003–04: safeties and special teams coach | Nevada, Montana State | |
| Brian Armstrong | Utah State, 2003–04: graduate assistant | Rocky Mountain | |
| Dave Kotulski | Utah State, 2003–04: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Bucknell | |
| Lance Anderson | Utah State, 2004: outside linebackers coach | Utah Tech |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Pease | Montana, 1996–98: offensive coordinator | |
| Corey Batoon | Montana, 1997: defensive line coach | |
| Derrick Odum | Montana, 1998–99: defensive backs coach; Utah State, 2000–02: defensive backs coach | |
| Bob Cole | Utah State, 2000–04: offensive coordinator | |
| Kraig Paulson | Utah State, 2000–02: defensive coordinator | |
| David Kotulski | Utah State, 2003–04: defensive 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.
How he coached
Dennehy’s teams went for it on 18% of fourth downs and on 33% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 59% of plays and took 25.8 seconds a play, in 2004.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 3 g | 5 of 28 18% | 33% | 59% | 25.8 | −0.28 |
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.