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Dick Flynn

Followed Herb Deromedi. Dick Flynn held Central Michigan at Regional Program I for 6 seasons.

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1994–1999 · 1 stint
Central Michigan
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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 careerCENTRAL MICHIGANNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelCentral Michigan, 1994: 9-3, Regional Program I1994Central Michigan, 1995: 4-7, Regional Program I1995Central Michigan, 1996: 5-6, Regional Program I1996Central Michigan, 1997: 2-9, Regional Program III1997Central Michigan, 1998: 6-5, Regional Program III1998Central Michigan, 1999: 4-7, Regional Program IV1999-6.9One 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).

Central Michigan, 6 seasons
−6.9
Regional Program I → Regional Program IV.

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.

7–5 against his rivals. Just 1–5 against Gary Pinkel.

Rivalry record
7–5
58.3% · 2 rivals
One-score games
11–13
45.8% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–1
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
Eastern Michigan4–267%
Western Michigan3–350%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Gary Pinkel1–5
6 meetings, 1994–1999
’94 W’95 L’96 L’97 L’98 L’99 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–1 0.0%
Power Program
0–3 0.0%
National Program
0–6 0.0%
Regional Program
25–27 48.1%

Coaching career

1994–1999
Central Michigancaretaker
Regional Program I → Regional Program I
Dick Flynn held Central Michigan at Regional Program I for 6 seasons.

3rd-best Central Michigan tenure of 10 by the numbers.

Followed Herb Deromedi (1978–1993) · succeeded by Mike DeBord (2000–2003).

1 NFL Draft pick: Scott Rehberg (1997)

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