Mike Zimmer

Team: Not EmployedType: Defensive

HC Record: 54-42 (since 2016)

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

CFB

Missouri

Assistant Coach

1979-802 yrs

CFB

Weber State

Assistant Coach

1981-822 yrs

CFB

Weber State

Defensive Coordinator

1983-886 yrs

CFB

Washington State

Defensive Coordinator

1989-935 yrs

Dallas Cowboys

Assistant Coach

19941 yr

Dallas Cowboys

Defensive Backs Coach

1995-995 yrs

Dallas Cowboys

Other Notable Asst.

19991 yr

Dallas Cowboys

Defensive Coordinator

2000-067 yrs

Atlanta Falcons

Defensive Coordinator

20071 yr

Cincinnati Bengals

Defensive Coordinator

2008-136 yrs

Minnesota Vikings

Head Coach

2014-218 yrs

CFB

Jackson State

Defensive Analyst

20221 yr

CFB

Colorado

Defensive Analyst

20231 yr

Dallas Cowboys

Defensive Coordinator

20241 yr

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2024	Defensive Coordinator	DAL	7-10	Mike McCarthy	Brian Schottenheimer	Mike Zimmer	Cooper Rush(8.50)	Dak Prescott(7.75)	Rico Dowdle(15.75)	CeeDee Lamb(14.75)	Jalen Tolbert(16.50)
2021	Head Coach	MIN	8-9	Mike Zimmer	Klint Kubiak	Andre Patterson	Kirk Cousins(16.00)	Sean Mannion(1.00)	Dalvin Cook(12.50)	Justin Jefferson(17.00)	Adam Thielen(12.00)
2020	Head Coach	MIN	7-9	Mike Zimmer	Gary Kubiak	Andre Patterson	Kirk Cousins(16.00)	—	Dalvin Cook(13.75)	Justin Jefferson(15.75)	Adam Thielen(15.00)
2019	Head Coach	MIN	10-6	Mike Zimmer	Kevin Stefanski	George Edwards	Kirk Cousins(15.00)	—	Dalvin Cook(13.00)	Stefon Diggs(14.75)	Adam Thielen(8.50)
2018	Head Coach	MIN	8-7-1	Mike Zimmer	John DeFilippo	George Edwards	Kirk Cousins(16.00)	—	Dalvin Cook(10.75)	Adam Thielen(16.00)	Stefon Diggs(15.00)

Coach Impact

Percentiles

Dallas Cowboys (2024)

Defensive Coordinator

	Before (2023)	First Year (2024)	Delta
DEFENSE
EPA	-0.099⁹⁴	0.078¹⁴	▲ +0.177¹
Succ%	43.2%⁵⁸	45.4%²⁴	▲ +2.2%²⁴
RZ P/V	4.9⁶⁷	5.8¹	▲ +1.0²
3&Out%	32.9%⁶⁵	31.5%⁵³	▼ -1.4%⁴¹
TO Rate	2.6%⁸⁸	1.8%⁴⁴	▼ -0.8%¹¹
Pass EPA	-0.085⁹²	0.052⁴⁸	▲ +0.137¹²
Rush EPA	-0.111⁷⁴	0.044³	▲ +0.155³
YAC OEX	0.67²²	1.08¹	▲ +0.41¹⁷
xRY	3.91⁵⁹	4.20³⁰	▲ +0.29²³
RYOE	0.05⁴⁹	0.62¹⁵	▲ +0.56¹⁷

Coaching Signature

Under Center Leaning 100%Low RPO 100%Strong Passing Game 83%Strong Defense 71%

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
2024	Defensive Coordinator	DAL	56.3%	0.052	45.2%	0.024	-0.14	1.08	36.3%	0.044	42.5%	0.023	4.20	0.62	7.4%	0.654
2021	Head Coach	MIN	60.3%	-0.022	46.4%	0.014	0.00	0.55	34.9%	-0.007	41.7%	0.021	4.50	-0.07	4.8%	0.335
2020	Head Coach	MIN	56.3%	0.127	51.4%	0.037	0.09	0.14	39.7%	0.053	47.8%	0.006	4.41	-0.01	4.0%	-0.032
2019	Head Coach	MIN	62.3%	-0.038	46.8%	0.011	-0.24	0.20	35.6%	-0.117	38.6%	-0.009	4.31	0.25	2.1%	-0.125
2018	Head Coach	MIN	57.5%	-0.081	43.2%	-0.024	0.18	0.85	37.5%	-0.131	39.4%	-0.002	4.19	-0.22	5.0%	0.296

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	21 Pers	XFP Conc
2021	Head Coach	MIN	20.5%	80.0%	1.3%	18.2%	—	—	50.0%	11.3%	63.3%	19.8%	16.7%	42.4%	13.4%	0.7%	18.4%	70.9%
2020	Head Coach	MIN	18.4%	81.6%	0.4%	22.7%	—	—	52.4%	6.6%	58.9%	18.9%	22.2%	28.0%	22.1%	2.7%	26.1%	70.4%
2019	Head Coach	MIN	9.5%	90.7%	0.2%	25.4%	—	—	47.7%	11.3%	47.2%	28.5%	23.8%	21.0%	35.5%	9.0%	22.2%	65.1%
2018	Head Coach	MIN	28.4%	72.1%	—	—	—	—	51.7%	7.3%	66.8%	16.8%	16.2%	67.7%	18.9%	1.5%	6.8%	64.8%
2017	Head Coach	MIN	25.5%	74.5%	—	—	—	—	39.5%	11.0%	60.3%	20.9%	18.8%	56.1%	21.2%	2.5%	4.6%	54.3%

Tendencies

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Year	Role	Team	Plays/G	No-Huddle%	Plays/G OEX	Avg SFP	Called Pass%	Called Pass OEX	4th Go%	2pt%	Blowout CP%	Blownout CP%
2021	Head Coach	MIN	62.9	5.9%	-0.2	28.9	60.2%	-2.6%	15.2%	16.3%	34.3%	94.4%
2020	Head Coach	MIN	63.3	4.1%	0.4	26.1	56.2%	-4.8%	17.5%	12.8%	16.3%	85.2%
2019	Head Coach	MIN	59.8	8.6%	0.5	29.5	52.8%	-8.3%	9.8%	5.0%	17.6%	90.5%
2018	Head Coach	MIN	61.9	6.8%	-0.5	30.4	66.8%	2.5%	11.9%	6.7%	33.8%	94.4%
2017	Head Coach	MIN	64.5	10.1%	-0.1	29.8	55.5%	-3.0%	4.4%	5.9%	36.3%	—

Mike Zimmer

Team: Not EmployedType: Defensive

HC Record: 54-42 (since 2016)

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

CFB

Missouri

Assistant Coach

1979-802 yrs

CFB

Weber State

Assistant Coach

1981-822 yrs

CFB

Weber State

Defensive Coordinator

1983-886 yrs

CFB

Washington State

Defensive Coordinator

1989-935 yrs

Dallas Cowboys

Assistant Coach

19941 yr

Dallas Cowboys

Defensive Backs Coach

1995-995 yrs

Dallas Cowboys

Other Notable Asst.

19991 yr

Dallas Cowboys

Defensive Coordinator

2000-067 yrs

Atlanta Falcons

Defensive Coordinator

20071 yr

Cincinnati Bengals

Defensive Coordinator

2008-136 yrs

Minnesota Vikings

Head Coach

2014-218 yrs

CFB

Jackson State

Defensive Analyst

20221 yr

CFB

Colorado

Defensive Analyst

20231 yr

Dallas Cowboys

Defensive Coordinator

20241 yr

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2024	Defensive Coordinator	DAL	7-10	Mike McCarthy	Brian Schottenheimer	Mike Zimmer	Cooper Rush(8.50)	Dak Prescott(7.75)	Rico Dowdle(15.75)	CeeDee Lamb(14.75)	Jalen Tolbert(16.50)
2021	Head Coach	MIN	8-9	Mike Zimmer	Klint Kubiak	Andre Patterson	Kirk Cousins(16.00)	Sean Mannion(1.00)	Dalvin Cook(12.50)	Justin Jefferson(17.00)	Adam Thielen(12.00)
2020	Head Coach	MIN	7-9	Mike Zimmer	Gary Kubiak	Andre Patterson	Kirk Cousins(16.00)	—	Dalvin Cook(13.75)	Justin Jefferson(15.75)	Adam Thielen(15.00)
2019	Head Coach	MIN	10-6	Mike Zimmer	Kevin Stefanski	George Edwards	Kirk Cousins(15.00)	—	Dalvin Cook(13.00)	Stefon Diggs(14.75)	Adam Thielen(8.50)
2018	Head Coach	MIN	8-7-1	Mike Zimmer	John DeFilippo	George Edwards	Kirk Cousins(16.00)	—	Dalvin Cook(10.75)	Adam Thielen(16.00)	Stefon Diggs(15.00)

Coach Impact

Percentiles

Dallas Cowboys (2024)

Defensive Coordinator

	Before (2023)	First Year (2024)	Delta
DEFENSE
EPA	-0.099⁹⁴	0.078¹⁴	▲ +0.177¹
Succ%	43.2%⁵⁸	45.4%²⁴	▲ +2.2%²⁴
RZ P/V	4.9⁶⁷	5.8¹	▲ +1.0²
3&Out%	32.9%⁶⁵	31.5%⁵³	▼ -1.4%⁴¹
TO Rate	2.6%⁸⁸	1.8%⁴⁴	▼ -0.8%¹¹
Pass EPA	-0.085⁹²	0.052⁴⁸	▲ +0.137¹²
Rush EPA	-0.111⁷⁴	0.044³	▲ +0.155³
YAC OEX	0.67²²	1.08¹	▲ +0.41¹⁷
xRY	3.91⁵⁹	4.20³⁰	▲ +0.29²³
RYOE	0.05⁴⁹	0.62¹⁵	▲ +0.56¹⁷

Coaching Signature

Under Center Leaning 100%Low RPO 100%Strong Passing Game 83%Strong Defense 71%

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
2024	Defensive Coordinator	DAL	56.3%	0.052	45.2%	0.024	-0.14	1.08	36.3%	0.044	42.5%	0.023	4.20	0.62	7.4%	0.654
2021	Head Coach	MIN	60.3%	-0.022	46.4%	0.014	0.00	0.55	34.9%	-0.007	41.7%	0.021	4.50	-0.07	4.8%	0.335
2020	Head Coach	MIN	56.3%	0.127	51.4%	0.037	0.09	0.14	39.7%	0.053	47.8%	0.006	4.41	-0.01	4.0%	-0.032
2019	Head Coach	MIN	62.3%	-0.038	46.8%	0.011	-0.24	0.20	35.6%	-0.117	38.6%	-0.009	4.31	0.25	2.1%	-0.125
2018	Head Coach	MIN	57.5%	-0.081	43.2%	-0.024	0.18	0.85	37.5%	-0.131	39.4%	-0.002	4.19	-0.22	5.0%	0.296

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	21 Pers	XFP Conc
2021	Head Coach	MIN	20.5%	80.0%	1.3%	18.2%	—	—	50.0%	11.3%	63.3%	19.8%	16.7%	42.4%	13.4%	0.7%	18.4%	70.9%
2020	Head Coach	MIN	18.4%	81.6%	0.4%	22.7%	—	—	52.4%	6.6%	58.9%	18.9%	22.2%	28.0%	22.1%	2.7%	26.1%	70.4%
2019	Head Coach	MIN	9.5%	90.7%	0.2%	25.4%	—	—	47.7%	11.3%	47.2%	28.5%	23.8%	21.0%	35.5%	9.0%	22.2%	65.1%
2018	Head Coach	MIN	28.4%	72.1%	—	—	—	—	51.7%	7.3%	66.8%	16.8%	16.2%	67.7%	18.9%	1.5%	6.8%	64.8%
2017	Head Coach	MIN	25.5%	74.5%	—	—	—	—	39.5%	11.0%	60.3%	20.9%	18.8%	56.1%	21.2%	2.5%	4.6%	54.3%

Tendencies

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	Plays/G	No-Huddle%	Plays/G OEX	Avg SFP	Called Pass%	Called Pass OEX	4th Go%	2pt%	Blowout CP%	Blownout CP%
2021	Head Coach	MIN	62.9	5.9%	-0.2	28.9	60.2%	-2.6%	15.2%	16.3%	34.3%	94.4%
2020	Head Coach	MIN	63.3	4.1%	0.4	26.1	56.2%	-4.8%	17.5%	12.8%	16.3%	85.2%
2019	Head Coach	MIN	59.8	8.6%	0.5	29.5	52.8%	-8.3%	9.8%	5.0%	17.6%	90.5%
2018	Head Coach	MIN	61.9	6.8%	-0.5	30.4	66.8%	2.5%	11.9%	6.7%	33.8%	94.4%
2017	Head Coach	MIN	64.5	10.1%	-0.1	29.8	55.5%	-3.0%	4.4%	5.9%	36.3%	—