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Dean Pees

Followed Jim Corrigall. Dean Pees slid Kent State from Regional Program VI to Regional Program V in 6 seasons.

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1998–2003 · 1 stint
Kent State
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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 careerKENT STATERegional Programthe building-block levelKent State, 1998: 0-11, Regional Program V1998Kent State, 1999: 2-9, Regional Program VI1999Kent State, 2000: 1-10, Regional Program VI2000Kent State, 2001: 6-5, Regional Program VI2001Kent State, 2002: 3-9, Regional Program VI2002Kent State, 2003: 5-7, Regional Program VI2003-1.5One 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).

Kent State, 6 seasons
−1.5
Regional Program V → Regional Program VI.

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.

1–5 against his rivals. Just 1–5 against Lee Owens.

Rivalry record
1–5
16.7% · 1 rival
One-score games
5–10
33.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Akron1–517%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Lee Owens1–5
6 meetings, 1998–2003
’98 L’99 L’00 L’01 L’02 L’03 W
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–5 0.0%
National Program
1–12 7.7%
Regional Program
11–31 26.2%

Coaching career

1998–2003
Kent Statecaretaker
Regional Program VI → Regional Program V
Dean Pees slid Kent State from Regional Program VI to Regional Program V in 6 seasons.

17th-best Kent State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Jim Corrigall (1994–1997) · succeeded by Doug Martin (2004–2010).

3 NFL Draft picks: Bob Hallen (1998), Eugene Baker (1999), Jason Gavadza (2000)

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