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Darrell Dickey

Followed Matt Simon. Darrell Dickey moved North Texas from Regional Program V to Regional Program IV in 9 seasons.

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1998–2006 · 1 stint
North Texas
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerNORTH TEXASRegional Programthe building-block levelNorth Texas, 1998: 3-8, Regional Program V1998North Texas, 1999: 2-9, Regional Program VI1999North Texas, 2000: 3-8, Regional Program VI2000North Texas, 2001: 5-7, Regional Program V2001North Texas, 2002: 8-5, Regional Program V2002North Texas, 2003: 9-4, Regional Program IV2003North Texas, 2004: 7-5, Regional Program IV2004North Texas, 2005: 2-9, Regional Program IV2005North Texas, 2006: 3-9, Regional Program V2006+6.7One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

North Texas, 9 seasons
+6.7
Regional Program V → Regional Program V.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

Winless in 3 tries against Howard Schnellenberger.

One-score games
17–18
48.6% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–4
0.0%
The toughest matchup
vs. Howard Schnellenberger0–3
3 meetings, 2004–2006
’04 L’05 L’06 L
0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–4 0.0%
Power Program
0–11 0.0%
National Program
2–10 16.7%
Regional Program
34–37 47.9%

Coaching career

1998–2006
North Texascaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program IV
Darrell Dickey moved North Texas from Regional Program V to Regional Program IV in 9 seasons.

10th-best North Texas tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Matt Simon (1995–1997) · succeeded by Todd Dodge (2007–2010).

1 NFL Draft pick: Cody Spencer (2004)

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