Rick Dennison

Denver Broncos

Position:

Offensive coordinator

Personal information

Date of birth:

June 22, 1958

Place of birth:

Kalispell, Montana

Height:

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:

220 lb (100 kg)

Career information

High school:

Fort Collins (CO) Rocky Mountain

College:

Colorado State University

Undrafted:

1982

Career history

As player:

Denver Broncos (1982–1990)

As coach:

Denver Broncos (1995–1996)
Offensive assistant
Denver Broncos (1997–2000)
Special teams coach
Denver Broncos (2001–2005)
Offensive line coach
Denver Broncos (2006–2008)
Offensive coordinator
Denver Broncos (2009)
Offensive line coach
Houston Texans (2010–2013)
Offensive coordinator
Baltimore Ravens (2014)
Quarterbacks coach
Denver Broncos (2015–present)
Offensive coordinator

Career highlights and awards

3× Super Bowl Champion (XXXII, XXXIII, 50)
6× AFC Champion (1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2015)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	128
Quarterback sacks:	6.5
Interceptions:	4
Player stats at NFL.com

Coaching stats at PFR

Rick Dennison (born June 22, 1958) is an American football coach and former player who is the offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). An assistant in the NFL since 1995, he served as offensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos (2006–2008) and Houston Texans (2010–2013), and served as quarterbacks coach for the Baltimore Ravens in 2014. He was the special teams coach for the Super Bowl Champion Broncos in 1997 and 1998. A linebacker who spent his entire NFL playing career in Denver from 1982 to 1990, he appeared in Super Bowls XXI, XXII and XXIV.

Prior to the NFL

Dennison was born in Kalispell, Montana on June 22, 1958.^[1] His father George was the 16th President of The University of Montana from 1990 to 2010.^[2] The younger Dennison starred in football, baseball and basketball at Rocky Mountain High School where he graduated in 1976.^[3]

He attended Colorado State University where he was a football letterman for the Rams in 1976, 1978 and 1979. Wearing uniform number 83 and primarily a tight end for head coach Sark Arslanian, Dennison also saw some action as a wide receiver. He was both a second-team Academic All-American and the recipient of the Merrill-Gheen Award as the university's most outstanding male scholar-athlete in his senior year. He earned a bachelor's and master's degree, both in civil engineering, in 1980 and 1982 respectively.^[3]^[4]^[5]

National Football League

He was last the offensive coordinator of the NFL's Houston Texans from 2010 to 2013. He served in the same capacity with the Denver Broncos between 2006 and 2008, after coaching the team's offensive line from 2001 to 2005, special teams from 1997 to 2000 and working as an offensive assistant from 1995 to 1996. He played eight years as a Broncos linebacker (1982–90). He played college football at Colorado State University, where he played tight end, moving to linebacker when he entered the NFL. During a year off in 1993 for personal reasons, "Rico" assisted Suffield Academy in a successful New England football championship, then returned to Denver to resume coaching for the Broncos. Dennison's move to Houston reunited him with Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, who was a teammate of his in Denver between 1983 and 1990 and a fellow Broncos assistant coach between 1995 and 2005, and who he succeeded as Broncos offensive coordinator in 2006. On January 6, 2013, the Chicago Bears announced that they would interview Dennison for their head coaching position.^[6] Both he and Kubiak were appointed quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator respectively of the Baltimore Ravens on January 27, 2014. Dennison returned to the position of offensive coordinator with the Denver Broncos following the hiring of Kubiak as head coach in January 2015.^[7]

References

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Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXII champions

1 Jason Elam 6 Bubby Brister 7 John Elway 8 Jeff Lewis 16 Tom Rouen 21 Randy Hilliard 22 Vaughn Hebron 23 Darrien Gordon 25 Darrius Johnson 26 Tim McKyer 27 Steve Atwater 29 Howard Griffith 30 Terrell Davis (MVP) 31 Derek Loville 32 Tony Veland 33 Dedrick Dodge 34 Tyrone Braxton 37 Anthony Lynn 39 Ray Crockett 42 Detron Smith 50 Jon Hesse 51 John Mobley 53 Bill Romanowski 56 Keith Burns 57 Allen Aldridge 58 Steve Russ 59 Glenn Cadrez 62 Dan Neil 63 David Diaz-Infante 65 Gary Zimmerman 66 Tom Nalen 69 Mark Schlereth 70 Jamie Brown 72 Ernest Jones 74 Harry Swayne 75 Brian Habib 77 Tony Jones 80 Rod Smith 81 Patrick Jeffers 82 David Gamble 83 Flipper Anderson 84 Shannon Sharpe 85 Willie Green 86 Byron Chamberlain 87 Ed McCaffrey 88 Sir Mawn Wilson 89 Dwayne Carswell 90 Neil Smith 91 Alfred Williams 93 Trevor Pryce 94 Keith Traylor 96 Harald Hasselbach 97 Mike Lodish 98 Maa Tanuvasa 99 David Richie

Head coach: Mike Shanahan

Coaches: Frank Bush Barney Chavous Rick Dennison Ed Donatell George Dyer Alex Gibbs Mike Heimerdinger Gary Kubiak Dwain Painter Brian Pariani Ricky Porter Greg Robinson Rick Smith John Teerlinck Bobby Turner

Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXIII champions

1 Jason Elam 6 Bubby Brister 7 John Elway (MVP) 14 Brian Griese 16 Tom Rouen 20 Tory James 21 Darrien Gordon 22 Vaughn Hebron 25 Darrius Johnson 26 Eric Brown 27 Steve Atwater 28 Tito Paul 29 Howard Griffith 30 Terrell Davis 31 Derek Loville 34 Tyrone Braxton 37 Anthony Lynn 39 Ray Crockett 42 Detron Smith 48 George Coghill 51 John Mobley 53 Bill Romanowski 54 Nate Wayne 56 Keith Burns 59 Glenn Cadrez 60 K. C. Jones 62 Dan Neil 63 David Diaz-Infante 66 Tom Nalen 69 Mark Schlereth 70 Trey Teague 72 Ernest Jones 73 Cyron Brown 74 Harry Swayne 77 Tony Jones 78 Matt Lepsis 79 Chris Banks 80 Rod Smith 82 Marcus Nash 83 Justin Armour 84 Shannon Sharpe 85 Willie Green 86 Byron Chamberlain 87 Ed McCaffrey 89 Dwayne Carswell 90 Neil Smith 91 Alfred Williams 93 Trevor Pryce 94 Keith Traylor 95 Marvin Washington 96 Harald Hasselbach 97 Mike Lodish 98 Maa Tanuvasa 99 Seth Joyner

Head coach: Mike Shanahan

Coaches: Frank Bush Barney Chavous Rick Dennison Ed Donatell George Dyer Alex Gibbs Mike Heimerdinger Gary Kubiak Pat McPherson Brian Pariani Ricky Porter Greg Robinson Rick Smith John Teerlinck Bobby Turner

Denver Broncos Super Bowl 50 champions

4 Britton Colquitt 8 Brandon McManus 10 Emmanuel Sanders 11 Jordan Norwood 12 Andre Caldwell 13 Trevor Siemian 14 Cody Latimer 15 Kyle Williams 16 Bennie Fowler 17 Brock Osweiler 18 Peyton Manning 20 Josh Bush 21 Aqib Talib 22 C. J. Anderson 23 Ronnie Hillman 25 Chris Harris Jr. 26 Darian Stewart 29 Bradley Roby 30 David Bruton 31 Omar Bolden 32 Ryan Murphy 33 Shiloh Keo 35 Kapri Bibbs 36 Kayvon Webster 37 Lorenzo Doss 39 Taurean Nixon 40 Juwan Thompson 43 T. J. Ward 46 Aaron Brewer 48 Shaquil Barrett 50 Zaire Anderson 51 Todd Davis 52 Corey Nelson 53 James Ferentz 54 Brandon Marshall 55 Lerentee McCray 56 Shane Ray 58 Von Miller (MVP) 59 Danny Trevathan 61 Matt Paradis 62 Dillon Day 65 Louis Vasquez 66 Kyle Roberts 67 Sam Brenner 68 Ryan Harris 69 Evan Mathis 70 Robert Myers 73 Max Garcia 74 Ty Sambrailo 75 Cameron Jefferson 76 Tyler Polumbus 78 Ryan Clady 79 Michael Schofield 80 Vernon Davis 81 Owen Daniels 82 Jeff Heuerman 84 Nick Kasa 85 Virgil Green 87 Jordan Taylor 88 Demaryius Thomas 90 Antonio Smith 91 Kenny Anunike 92 Sylvester Williams 94 DeMarcus Ware 95 Derek Wolfe 96 Vance Walker 97 Malik Jackson 98 Darius Kilgo 99 George Uko

Head coach: Gary Kubiak

Coaches: Clancy Barone Chris Beake Samson Brown Brian Callahan Tony Coaxum James Cregg Joe DeCamillis Rick Dennison Mike Eubanks Reggie Herring Greg Knapp Bill Kollar Anthony Lomando Dennis Love Marc Lubick Fred Pagac Brian Pariani Wade Phillips Luke Richesson Eric Studesville Tyke Tolbert Joe Woods

Current offensive coordinators of the National Football League

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