Dennis Franchione
Dennis Franchione held Texas State at Regional Program IV for 4 seasons.
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.
Reached Power Program in his 10th career season — faster than 7% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #356 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
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.
11–9 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Mike Leach.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
2nd-best Texas State tenure of 5 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Succeeded by Everett Withers (2016–2018).
| Season | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | #97 | #95 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||
| Pass rate | — | — | 41.5 | 47.8 | |
| Coordinators | |||||
| OC | — | — | Mike Schultz / Jeff Conway | Mike Schultz / Jeff Conway | |
| DC | — | — | John Thompson | John Thompson | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | — | — | 67 | 23 | |
| Defense | — | — | 30 | 4 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | 34.0 | 36.4 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | 35.5 | 33.0 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | 34.1 | 27.6 | |
2 NFL Draft picks: Craig Mager (2015), David Mayo (2015)
9th-best Texas A&M tenure of 19 by the numbers.
Followed R.C. Slocum (1989–2002) · succeeded by Mike Sherman (2008–2011).
17 NFL Draft picks: Ty Warren (2003), Sammy Davis (2003), Bethel Johnson (2003), Terrence Kiel (2003), Taylor Whitley (2003), Chance Pearce (2003), Jamaar Taylor (2004), Terrence Murphy (2005) + 9 more
10th-best Alabama tenure of 12 by the numbers.
Followed Mike DuBose (1997–2000) · succeeded by Mike Shula (2003–2006).
12 NFL Draft picks: Tony Dixon (2001), Kenny Smith (2001), Shawn Draper (2001), Saleem Rasheed (2002), Jason McAddley (2002), Terry Jones (2002), Freddie Milons (2002), Jarret Johnson (2003) + 4 more
7th-best TCU tenure of 13 by the numbers.
Followed Pat Sullivan (1992–1997).
8 NFL Draft picks: Jason Tucker (1998), Chance McCarty (1998), LaDainian Tomlinson (2001), Aaron Schobel (2001), George Layne (2001), Curtis Fuller (2001), Shawn Worthen (2001), Cedric James (2001)
10th-best New Mexico tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Followed Mike Sheppard (1987–1991) · succeeded by Rocky Long (1998–2008).
4 NFL Draft picks: David Sloan (1995), Stoney Case (1995), Ramos McDonald (1998), Scott McGarrahan (1998)