Rick Steven Dennison was born on June 22,1958 and is an American football coach and former player.
20 Facts About Rick Dennison
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Rick Dennison was the special teams coach for the Super Bowl Champion Broncos in 1997 and 1998.
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The younger Rick Dennison starred in football, baseball, and basketball at Rocky Mountain High School where he graduated in 1976.
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Rick Dennison attended Colorado State University where he was a football letterman for the Rams in 1976,1978 and 1979.
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Rick Dennison 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.
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Rick Dennison earned a bachelor's and master's degree, both in civil engineering, in 1980 and 1982 respectively.
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Rick Dennison played for the Denver Broncos from 1982 to 1990.
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Rick Dennison began his coaching career as an offensive assistant for the Denver Broncos in 1995 and would serve in this role until 1996.
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In 1997, Rick Dennison was promoted to special teams coordinator and would serve in this role for four seasons.
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In 2001, Rick Dennison shifted to the offensive line coach of the Broncos.
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In 2006, Rick Dennison was promoted to offensive coordinator of the Broncos and would serve in this role from 2006 to 2008.
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In 2010, Rick Dennison was hired by the Houston Texans as their offensive coordinator and served in this position from 2010 to 2013.
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Rick 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.
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In January 2015, Rick Dennison returned to the position of offensive coordinator with the Broncos following the hiring of Kubiak as head coach.
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On February 7,2016, Rick Dennison was part of the Broncos coaching staff that won Super Bowl 50.
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On January 12,2018, Rick Dennison was relieved of duty as offensive coordinator after one season that saw the Bills offense finish 29th overall despite making the postseason.
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On January 27,2018, Rick Dennison was hired by the New York Jets as their offensive line coach and run game coordinator under head coach Todd Bowles.
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On February 8,2019, Rick Dennison was hired by the Minnesota Vikings as their offensive line coach and run game coordinator under head coach Mike Zimmer, replacing Clancy Barone and Andrew Janocko, who took over in place of Tony Sparano, who died prior to the 2018 season.
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In 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic Rick Dennison refused to take a vaccine and was promoted to a different job.
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Rick Dennison now serves as the Minnesota Vikings senior offensive advisor.