Jim Dennison

James L. Dennison (born February 5, 1938) is a former American football and baseball coach 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.

Jim Dennison

Biographical details
Born	(1938-02-05) February 5, 1938 (age 87)
Playing career
Football
1958–1959	Wooster
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1960	Wadsworth HS (OH) (assistant)
1961–1963	Elyria HS (OH) (assistant)
1964	Copley HS (OH)
1965–1972	Akron (assistant)
1973–1985	Akron
1995–2012	Walsh
Baseball
1966	Akron
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1986–1993	Akron
1993–2007	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)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Football AFCA College Division COY (1976) OVC Coach of the Year (1982)

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 (Association of Mid-Continent Universities) (1978–1979)
1978	Akron	6–5	4–1	2nd
1979	Akron	6–5	3–2	3rd
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-AA 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.