Dennis Allen

Team: CHIType: DefensiveTenure: 1 year (2025-2026)

HC Record: 21-30 (since 2016)

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

CFB

Texas A&M

Graduate Assistant

1996-994 yrs

CFB

Tulsa

Secondary

2000-012 yrs

Atlanta Falcons

Defensive Quality Control

2002-032 yrs

Atlanta Falcons

Defensive Assistant

2004-052 yrs

New Orleans Saints

Asst. Defensive Line

2006-083 yrs

New Orleans Saints

Other Notable Asst.

2009-102 yrs

Denver Broncos

Defensive Coordinator

20111 yr

Las Vegas Raiders

Head Coach

2012-143 yrs

New Orleans Saints

Defensive Coordinator

2015-217 yrs

New Orleans Saints

Head Coach

2022-243 yrs

Chicago Bears

Defensive Coordinator

20251 yr

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2025	Defensive Coordinator	CHI	11-6	Ben Johnson	Declan Doyle	Dennis Allen	Caleb Williams(17.00)	—	D'Andre Swift(16.00)	D.J. Moore(17.00)	Colston Loveland(15.50)
2024	Head Coach	NO	5-12	Dennis Allen	Klint Kubiak	Joe Woods	Derek Carr(10.00)	Spencer Rattler(6.25)	Alvin Kamara(14.00)	Juwan Johnson(17.00)	Taysom Hill(7.25)
2023	Head Coach	NO	9-8	Dennis Allen	Pete Carmichael	Joe Woods	Derek Carr(16.50)	Jameis Winston(2.00)	Alvin Kamara(12.50)	Chris Olave(15.75)	Taysom Hill(15.25)
2022	Head Coach	NO	7-10	Dennis Allen	Pete Carmichael	Ryan Nielsen	Andy Dalton(14.00)	Jameis Winston(3.00)	Alvin Kamara(15.00)	Chris Olave(14.75)	Taysom Hill(15.25)
2021	Defensive Coordinator	NO	9-8	Sean Payton	Pete Carmichael	Dennis Allen	Jameis Winston(6.50)	Trevor Siemian(5.50)	Alvin Kamara(13.00)	Taysom Hill(10.75)	Marquez Callaway(17.00)

Coach Impact

Note: only calculated for first year upon arrival — take results with a grain of salt.

Percentiles

New Orleans Saints (2022–2024)

Head Coach(Promoted — was Defensive Coordinator here)

Promoted within team — delta reflects year-over-year change

Playbook Fingerprint

↓4th Down Go% -10.8%¹↓Screen% -3.8%⁸↑11 Personnel% +13.0%⁸⁹

	Before (2021)	First Year (2022)	Delta
OFFENSE
Scripted EPA	-0.187⁷	0.043⁶⁵	▲ +0.230⁹⁷
RZ P/V	5.6⁸⁹	4.8²⁸	▼ -0.8⁵
3&Out%	33.9%³³	35.6%²³	▲ +1.7%⁴¹
Penalty EPA	3.9³⁸	7.0⁵⁹	▲ +3.1³⁷
Pass EPA	-0.014³¹	0.026⁴³	▲ +0.040⁶⁰
Rush EPA	-0.201³	-0.156¹²	▲ +0.045⁶⁹
xRY	4.34⁸¹	4.16⁶³	▼ -0.19³⁰
RYOE	-0.65²	0.02³⁶	▲ +0.67⁸⁸
YAC OEX	1.12⁹³	0.33⁴⁰	▼ -0.78⁷
xYAC OEX	0.16⁶⁶	-0.36²¹	▼ -0.53¹⁵
DEFENSE
RZ P/V	4.3⁹⁶	4.6⁸⁸	▲ +0.2³³
3&Out%	35.2%⁸²	32.6%⁶²	▼ -2.6%³⁴
TO Rate	2.3%⁷³	1.2%⁶	▼ -1.1%⁶
Penalty EPA	13.8¹³	12.4¹⁶	▼ -1.4⁵⁷
Pass EPA	-0.077⁹¹	-0.077⁹¹	0.000⁴⁸
Rush EPA	-0.190⁹⁷	-0.060⁴³	▲ +0.130⁵
xRY Allowed	4.38¹⁶	4.63³	▲ +0.25²⁰
RYOE Allowed	-0.94⁹⁹	-0.17⁷⁸	▲ +0.77⁷
YAC OEX Allowed	0.29⁷²	0.22⁸²	▼ -0.08⁶²
xYAC OEX Allowed	-0.12⁷⁴	-0.11⁷³	▲ +0.00⁴³

Chicago Bears (2025)

Defensive Coordinator

	Before (2024)	First Year (2025)	Delta
DEFENSE
RZ P/V	4.7⁸⁴	4.9⁶⁸	▲ +0.2³⁴
3&Out%	29.8%⁴²	29.9%⁴⁴	▲ +0.1%⁵¹
TO Rate	2.4%⁷⁷	3.1%⁹⁹	▲ +0.7%⁸⁶
Penalty EPA	6.5⁴⁸	0.6⁷⁹	▼ -5.9⁷⁹
Pass EPA	0.012⁶⁶	0.076³⁵	▲ +0.064³⁰
Rush EPA	0.000¹⁴	-0.035²⁷	▼ -0.035⁶⁷
xRY Allowed	4.16⁴³	4.26²⁸	▲ +0.10³⁶
RYOE Allowed	0.47²⁸	0.30⁴¹	▼ -0.17⁶⁵
YAC OEX Allowed	0.54³⁹	0.23⁷⁹	▼ -0.31⁸³
xYAC OEX Allowed	0.12²⁵	0.08³²	▼ -0.04⁵³

Coaching Signature

Under Center LeaningLight 11 PersonnelLow RPOWR-Light TargetsRB-Heavy TargetsRun-Heavy (vs Expected)Conservative on 4th DownLow Offensive EfficiencyWeak Passing GameWeak Run Game

Core Efficiency

PercentilesGraph

Pass/Rush Splits

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	% Pass	Pass EPA	Pass Succ%	Pass SOS	xYAC OEX	YAC OEX	% RB Rush	Rush EPA	Rush Succ%	Rush SOS	xRY	RYOE	% QB Rush	QB Rush EPA
2025	DC	CHI	56.9%	0.076	48.4%	-0.019	0.08	0.23	37.3%	-0.035	43.0%	-0.012	4.26	0.30	5.8%	0.223
2024	HC	NO	58.9%	0.038	44.3%	-0.009	-0.03	0.63	35.7%	0.022	45.1%	0.003	4.15	0.82	5.4%	0.661
2023	HC	NO	58.8%	-0.062	41.4%	-0.020	-0.02	0.41	36.0%	-0.119	34.6%	-0.019	4.19	0.05	5.2%	0.375
2022	HC	NO	55.8%	-0.077	40.1%	0.003	-0.11	0.22	38.1%	-0.060	41.4%	0.015	4.63	-0.17	6.1%	0.205
2021	DC	NO	61.7%	-0.077	42.3%	-0.007	-0.12	0.29	32.8%	-0.190	30.7%	0.009	4.38	-0.94	5.5%	0.190

Scheme

PercentilesEPA PctileGraph

Year	Role	Team	Shotgun%	Under Center %	RPO%	PA%	Motion%	1R%	Horiz%	Screen%	WR Tgt%	RB Tgt%	TE Tgt%	11 Pers	12 Pers	13 Pers	21 Pers	XFP Conc
2024	HC	NO	30.6%	70.3%	4.1%	18.4%	54.3%	62.7%	42.1%	8.8%	45.9%	26.1%	22.1%	35.5%	31.3%	8.0%	2.0%	48.2%
2023	HC	NO	22.1%	77.9%	4.0%	14.2%	20.7%	56.7%	45.6%	9.5%	55.2%	22.2%	15.7%	55.3%	18.2%	1.4%	0.8%	58.4%
2022	HC	NO	30.3%	70.1%	2.7%	14.2%	10.2%	62.5%	51.7%	6.3%	57.8%	21.6%	18.0%	48.3%	19.8%	6.4%	4.4%	58.9%

Tendencies

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	Plays/G	No-Huddle%	Plays/G OEX	Low PC%	Avg SFP	Called Pass%	Called Pass OEX	4th Go%	2pt%	Blowout CP%	Blownout CP%
2024	HC	NO	60.1	9.8%	0.1	26.6%	31.3	60.2%	-5.1%	17.0%	13.8%	30.6%	89.2%
2023	HC	NO	64.6	8.4%	0.4	16.0%	31.2	59.4%	-2.7%	14.0%	6.1%	36.8%	89.3%
2022	HC	NO	58.9	6.2%	-0.3	24.2%	27.5	56.1%	-6.9%	4.9%	12.9%	34.0%	93.8%

Dennis Allen

Team: CHIType: DefensiveTenure: 1 year (2025-2026)

HC Record: 21-30 (since 2016)

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

CFB

Texas A&M

Graduate Assistant

1996-994 yrs

CFB

Tulsa

Secondary

2000-012 yrs

Atlanta Falcons

Defensive Quality Control

2002-032 yrs

Atlanta Falcons

Defensive Assistant

2004-052 yrs

New Orleans Saints

Asst. Defensive Line

2006-083 yrs

New Orleans Saints

Other Notable Asst.

2009-102 yrs

Denver Broncos

Defensive Coordinator

20111 yr

Las Vegas Raiders

Head Coach

2012-143 yrs

New Orleans Saints

Defensive Coordinator

2015-217 yrs

New Orleans Saints

Head Coach

2022-243 yrs

Chicago Bears

Defensive Coordinator

20251 yr

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2025	Defensive Coordinator	CHI	11-6	Ben Johnson	Declan Doyle	Dennis Allen	Caleb Williams(17.00)	—	D'Andre Swift(16.00)	D.J. Moore(17.00)	Colston Loveland(15.50)
2024	Head Coach	NO	5-12	Dennis Allen	Klint Kubiak	Joe Woods	Derek Carr(10.00)	Spencer Rattler(6.25)	Alvin Kamara(14.00)	Juwan Johnson(17.00)	Taysom Hill(7.25)
2023	Head Coach	NO	9-8	Dennis Allen	Pete Carmichael	Joe Woods	Derek Carr(16.50)	Jameis Winston(2.00)	Alvin Kamara(12.50)	Chris Olave(15.75)	Taysom Hill(15.25)
2022	Head Coach	NO	7-10	Dennis Allen	Pete Carmichael	Ryan Nielsen	Andy Dalton(14.00)	Jameis Winston(3.00)	Alvin Kamara(15.00)	Chris Olave(14.75)	Taysom Hill(15.25)
2021	Defensive Coordinator	NO	9-8	Sean Payton	Pete Carmichael	Dennis Allen	Jameis Winston(6.50)	Trevor Siemian(5.50)	Alvin Kamara(13.00)	Taysom Hill(10.75)	Marquez Callaway(17.00)

Coach Impact

Note: only calculated for first year upon arrival — take results with a grain of salt.

Percentiles

New Orleans Saints (2022–2024)

Head Coach(Promoted — was Defensive Coordinator here)

Promoted within team — delta reflects year-over-year change

Playbook Fingerprint

↓4th Down Go% -10.8%¹↓Screen% -3.8%⁸↑11 Personnel% +13.0%⁸⁹

	Before (2021)	First Year (2022)	Delta
OFFENSE
Scripted EPA	-0.187⁷	0.043⁶⁵	▲ +0.230⁹⁷
RZ P/V	5.6⁸⁹	4.8²⁸	▼ -0.8⁵
3&Out%	33.9%³³	35.6%²³	▲ +1.7%⁴¹
Penalty EPA	3.9³⁸	7.0⁵⁹	▲ +3.1³⁷
Pass EPA	-0.014³¹	0.026⁴³	▲ +0.040⁶⁰
Rush EPA	-0.201³	-0.156¹²	▲ +0.045⁶⁹
xRY	4.34⁸¹	4.16⁶³	▼ -0.19³⁰
RYOE	-0.65²	0.02³⁶	▲ +0.67⁸⁸
YAC OEX	1.12⁹³	0.33⁴⁰	▼ -0.78⁷
xYAC OEX	0.16⁶⁶	-0.36²¹	▼ -0.53¹⁵
DEFENSE
RZ P/V	4.3⁹⁶	4.6⁸⁸	▲ +0.2³³
3&Out%	35.2%⁸²	32.6%⁶²	▼ -2.6%³⁴
TO Rate	2.3%⁷³	1.2%⁶	▼ -1.1%⁶
Penalty EPA	13.8¹³	12.4¹⁶	▼ -1.4⁵⁷
Pass EPA	-0.077⁹¹	-0.077⁹¹	0.000⁴⁸
Rush EPA	-0.190⁹⁷	-0.060⁴³	▲ +0.130⁵
xRY Allowed	4.38¹⁶	4.63³	▲ +0.25²⁰
RYOE Allowed	-0.94⁹⁹	-0.17⁷⁸	▲ +0.77⁷
YAC OEX Allowed	0.29⁷²	0.22⁸²	▼ -0.08⁶²
xYAC OEX Allowed	-0.12⁷⁴	-0.11⁷³	▲ +0.00⁴³

Chicago Bears (2025)

Defensive Coordinator

	Before (2024)	First Year (2025)	Delta
DEFENSE
RZ P/V	4.7⁸⁴	4.9⁶⁸	▲ +0.2³⁴
3&Out%	29.8%⁴²	29.9%⁴⁴	▲ +0.1%⁵¹
TO Rate	2.4%⁷⁷	3.1%⁹⁹	▲ +0.7%⁸⁶
Penalty EPA	6.5⁴⁸	0.6⁷⁹	▼ -5.9⁷⁹
Pass EPA	0.012⁶⁶	0.076³⁵	▲ +0.064³⁰
Rush EPA	0.000¹⁴	-0.035²⁷	▼ -0.035⁶⁷
xRY Allowed	4.16⁴³	4.26²⁸	▲ +0.10³⁶
RYOE Allowed	0.47²⁸	0.30⁴¹	▼ -0.17⁶⁵
YAC OEX Allowed	0.54³⁹	0.23⁷⁹	▼ -0.31⁸³
xYAC OEX Allowed	0.12²⁵	0.08³²	▼ -0.04⁵³

Coaching Signature

Under Center LeaningLight 11 PersonnelLow RPOWR-Light TargetsRB-Heavy TargetsRun-Heavy (vs Expected)Conservative on 4th DownLow Offensive EfficiencyWeak Passing GameWeak Run Game

Core Efficiency

PercentilesGraph

Pass/Rush Splits

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	% Pass	Pass EPA	Pass Succ%	Pass SOS	xYAC OEX	YAC OEX	% RB Rush	Rush EPA	Rush Succ%	Rush SOS	xRY	RYOE	% QB Rush	QB Rush EPA
2025	DC	CHI	56.9%	0.076	48.4%	-0.019	0.08	0.23	37.3%	-0.035	43.0%	-0.012	4.26	0.30	5.8%	0.223
2024	HC	NO	58.9%	0.038	44.3%	-0.009	-0.03	0.63	35.7%	0.022	45.1%	0.003	4.15	0.82	5.4%	0.661
2023	HC	NO	58.8%	-0.062	41.4%	-0.020	-0.02	0.41	36.0%	-0.119	34.6%	-0.019	4.19	0.05	5.2%	0.375
2022	HC	NO	55.8%	-0.077	40.1%	0.003	-0.11	0.22	38.1%	-0.060	41.4%	0.015	4.63	-0.17	6.1%	0.205
2021	DC	NO	61.7%	-0.077	42.3%	-0.007	-0.12	0.29	32.8%	-0.190	30.7%	0.009	4.38	-0.94	5.5%	0.190

Scheme

PercentilesEPA PctileGraph

Year	Role	Team	Shotgun%	Under Center %	RPO%	PA%	Motion%	1R%	Horiz%	Screen%	WR Tgt%	RB Tgt%	TE Tgt%	11 Pers	12 Pers	13 Pers	21 Pers	XFP Conc
2024	HC	NO	30.6%	70.3%	4.1%	18.4%	54.3%	62.7%	42.1%	8.8%	45.9%	26.1%	22.1%	35.5%	31.3%	8.0%	2.0%	48.2%
2023	HC	NO	22.1%	77.9%	4.0%	14.2%	20.7%	56.7%	45.6%	9.5%	55.2%	22.2%	15.7%	55.3%	18.2%	1.4%	0.8%	58.4%
2022	HC	NO	30.3%	70.1%	2.7%	14.2%	10.2%	62.5%	51.7%	6.3%	57.8%	21.6%	18.0%	48.3%	19.8%	6.4%	4.4%	58.9%

Tendencies

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	Plays/G	No-Huddle%	Plays/G OEX	Low PC%	Avg SFP	Called Pass%	Called Pass OEX	4th Go%	2pt%	Blowout CP%	Blownout CP%
2024	HC	NO	60.1	9.8%	0.1	26.6%	31.3	60.2%	-5.1%	17.0%	13.8%	30.6%	89.2%
2023	HC	NO	64.6	8.4%	0.4	16.0%	31.2	59.4%	-2.7%	14.0%	6.1%	36.8%	89.3%
2022	HC	NO	58.9	6.2%	-0.3	24.2%	27.5	56.1%	-6.9%	4.9%	12.9%	34.0%	93.8%