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▲{{short description|American football coach}}
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| position = Senior offensive
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|6|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kalispell, Montana]], U.S.
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| high_school = [[Rocky Mountain High School (Fort Collins, Colorado)|Fort Collins (CO) Rocky Mountain]]
| college = [[Colorado State Rams football|Colorado State]]
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* [[Buffalo Bills]] ({{NFL Year|1980}})*<ref>{{cite book |title=Denver Broncos, 1990 Media Guide |page=44 |url=https://dn790009.ca.archive.org/0/items/broncos-1990-media-guide-denver/Broncos%2C%201990%20Media%20Guide%20%28Denver%29.pdf}}</ref>
* Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1981}})*
* Buffalo Bills (1982)*
* [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|1982}}–{{NFL Year|1990}})
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* [[Houston Texans]] ({{nfly|2010}}–{{nfly|2013}})<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Baltimore Ravens]] ({{nfly|2014}})<br>Quarterbacks coach
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* [[Buffalo Bills]] ({{nfly|2017}})<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[New York Jets]] ({{nfly|2018}})<br>Offensive line coach & run game coordinator
* [[Minnesota Vikings]] ({{nfly|2019}}–{{nfly|2020}})<br>Offensive line coach & run game coordinator
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* [[New Orleans Saints]] ({{nfly|2024}}–present) <br>Senior offensive assistant
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* 3× [[Super Bowl]]
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| statlabel2 = [[Quarterback sacks|Sacks]]
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'''Rick Steven Dennison'''<ref>[https://media.denverbroncos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1981.pdf Denver Broncos 1981 Media Guide (profile on page 75).] Retrieved January 23, 2021</ref> (born June 22, 1958) is an [[American football]] coach and former
==Early years==
Dennison was born in [[Kalispell, Montana]], on June 22, 1958.<ref>
==Playing career==
===College===
Dennison attended [[Colorado State University]] where he was a football [[letterman (sports)|letterman]] for the [[Colorado State Rams football|Rams]] in 1976, 1978 and 1979. Wearing [[uniform number (American football)|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-America]]n and the recipient of the [[Merrill-Gheen Award]] as the university's most outstanding male scholar-athlete in his [[senior (education)|senior]] year. He earned a [[bachelor's degree|bachelor's]] and [[master's degree]], both in [[civil engineering]], in 1980 and 1982 respectively.<ref name="houstontexansoc"/><ref>
===National Football League===
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===Houston Texans===
In 2010, Dennison was hired by the [[Houston Texans]] as their offensive coordinator and served in this position from 2010 to 2013. 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sessler|first=Marc|url=
===Baltimore Ravens===
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===Buffalo Bills===
On January 19, 2017, he was hired by the Buffalo Bills to serve on [[Sean McDermott|Sean McDermott's]] staff as offensive coordinator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buffalonews.com/2017/01/19/bills-hire-dennison-offensive-coordinator/|title=Bills hire Dennison as offensive coordinator|last=Carucci|first=Vic|date=January 20, 2017|work=[[The Buffalo News]]}}</ref> On January 12, 2018, Dennison was relieved of duty as offensive coordinator after one season that saw the Bills offense finish 29th overall despite making the postseason.<ref>{{cite web|url =
===New York Jets===
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===Minnesota Vikings===
On February 8, 2019, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vikings.com/news/rick-dennison-oline-coach-5-things-to-know|title=5 Things to Know About New Vikings OL Coach Rick Dennison|website=www.vikings.com|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-09|date=2019-02-08|first=Lindsey|last=Young}}</ref> In 2021 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota|COVID-19 pandemic]] Dennison refused to take a vaccine and was promoted to a different job. Rick now serves as the Minnesota Vikings senior offensive advisor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cronin |first=Courtney |date=2021-07-23 |title=Sources: Vikings asst. out after refusing vaccine |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31869652/rick-dennison-minnesota-vikings-assistant-refusing-covid-19-vaccine-sources-say |access-date=2021-10-19 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> The reason for this promotion was because it will follow COVID-19 protocols, because of being able to avoid contact with players.
===New Orleans Saints===
On February 16, 2024, Dennison was hired to serve as the Senior offensive assistant for the New Orleans Saints.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saints announce six offensive coaching hires |url=https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/new-orleans-saints-six-offensive-coaching-hires-dennis-allen-2024-nfl-season |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.neworleanssaints.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.vikings.com/team/coaches-roster/rick-dennsion Minnesota Vikings profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725055914/https://www.vikings.com/team/coaches-roster/rick-dennsion |date=July 25, 2021 }}
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[[Category:New York Jets coaches]]
[[Category:People from Kalispell, Montana]]
[[Category:Rocky Mountain High School (Colorado) alumni]]
[[Category:Coaches of American football from Montana]]
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