Jim Dennison

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Jim Dennison
Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1938-02-05) February 5, 1938
Playing career
Football 1958–1959	Wooster
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1960 1961–1963 1964 1965–1972 1973–1985 1995–2012 Baseball 1966	Wadsworth HS (OH) (assistant) Elyria HS (OH) (assistant) Copley HS (OH) Akron (assistant) Akron Walsh Akron
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1986–1993 1993–2007	Akron Walsh
Head coaching record
Overall	199–139–2 (college football) 9–0 (high school football) 4–12 (college baseball)
Tournaments	Football 2–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 0–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) 0–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards Football AFCA College Division Coach of the Year (1976)

James L. Dennison (born February 5, 1938) is a former American football and baseball coach, player, and college athletics administrator. On November 11, 2012, Dennison retired as the head football coach at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio.^[1] He had held that position since February 11, 1994, the year before the school's football team began play in 1995. From 1973 to 1985, Dennison was the head football coach at the University of Akron. He was also the head baseball coach at Akron in 1966. Dennison served as the athletic director at Akron (1986–1993) and Walsh (1993–2007). He played college football and college baseball at the College of Wooster, from which he graduated in 1960.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NCAA^#
Akron Zips (NCAA Division II Independent) (1973–1977)
1973	Akron	6–5
1974	Akron	5–5
1975	Akron	7–4
1976	Akron	10–3			L NCAA Division II Championship (Pioneer)
1977	Akron	6–4–1
Akron Zips (Mid-Continent Conference) (1978–1979)
1978	Akron	6–5	4–1
1979	Akron	6–5	3–2
Akron Zips (Ohio Valley Conference) (1980–1985)
1980	Akron	3–7–1	2–4–1	5th
1981	Akron	5–5	4–4	T–4th
1982	Akron	6–5	5–2	2nd
1983	Akron	8–3	5–2	T–2nd
1984	Akron	4–7	2–5	6th
1985	Akron	8–4	5–2	T–2nd	L NCAA Division I-A First Round	10
Akron:		80–62–2	30–22–1
Walsh Cavaliers (NAIA Independent) (1995)
1995	Walsh	7–3
Walsh Cavaliers (Mid-States Football Association) (1996–2011)
1996	Walsh	6–5	3–3	4th (Mideast)
1997	Walsh	7–3	4–2	3rd (Mideast)
1998	Walsh	6–5	2–4	T–5th (Mideast)
1999	Walsh	7–3	4–2	3rd (Mideast)
2000	Walsh	6–5	4–2	2nd (Mideast)
2001	Walsh	8–3	5–1	T–1st (Mideast)
2002	Walsh	8–3	4–2	3rd (Mideast)
2003	Walsh	8–3	5–1	2nd (Mideast)
2004	Walsh	8–3	6–1	2nd (Mideast)
2005	Walsh	8–3	5–2	T–2nd (Mideast)
2006	Walsh	9–3	4–2	T–2nd (Mideast)	L NAIA First Round
2007	Walsh	5–6	2–5	6th (Mideast)
2008	Walsh	3–8	1–5	5th (Mideast)
2009	Walsh	8–3	5–2	T–2nd (Mideast)
2010	Walsh	7–4	3–4	5th (Mideast)
2011	Walsh	5–6	4–3 (unofficial)	N/A (Mideast)
Walsh Cavaliers (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2012)
2012	Walsh	3–8	2–8	T–5th (South)
Walsh:		119–77	63–46 (official)
Total:		199–139–2
^#Rankings from NCAA Poll.

References

↑ "Walsh University's Jim Dennison to Retire". Walsh University. November 11, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.

External links

Walsh profile
Jim Dennison at the College Football Data Warehouse

Akron Zips head baseball coaches

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John Heisman (1894)
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Frank Haggerty (1910–1913)
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Frank Haggerty (1915)
Fred Sefton (1916–1917)
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Fred Sefton (1919–1924)
Larry D. Ricker (1925–1926)
Fred Sefton (1927–1930)
Speed Bosworth (1931–1932)
No team (1933–1946)
Russell Beichly (1947–1959)
Harold Sloop (1960)
Jim Cook (1961–1963)
Dave Adolph (1964–1965)
Jim Dennison (1966)
Jim DiLauro (1967–1968)
Harold Sloop (1969)
Tom Adolph (1970–1973)
Dave Fross (1974–2000)
Tim Berenyi (2001–2005)
Pat Bangtson (2006–2011)
Rick Rembielak (2012– )

Akron Zips head football coaches

No coach (1891)
Frank Cook (1892)
John Heisman (1893–1894)
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Harry Wilson (1896)
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Archie Eves (1899)
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Forest Firestone (1902)
Alfred W. Place (1903)
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Dwight Bradley (1908)
Clarence Weed (1909)
Frank Haggerty (1910–1914)
Fred Sefton (1915–1923)
James W. Coleman (1924–1925)
George Babcock (1926)
Red Blair (1927–1935)
Jim Aiken (1936–1938)
Thomas Dowler (1939–1940)
Otis Douglas (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Paul Baldacci (1946–1947)
William Houghton (1948–1951)
Kenneth Cochrane (1952–1953)
Joe McMullen (1954–1960)
Gordon K. Larson (1961–1972)
Jim Dennison (1973–1985)
Gerry Faust (1986–1994)
Lee Owens (1995–2003)
J. D. Brookhart (2004–2009)
Rob Ianello (2010–2011)
Terry Bowden (2012– )

v t e Walsh Cavaliers head football coaches

Jim Dennison (1995–2012) Ted Karras (2013– )

Persondata
Name	Dennison, Jim
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	February 5, 1938
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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