Rick Dennison brings 30 years of NFL coaching experience, including seven seasons as an offensive coordinator with the Buffalo Bills (2017), Denver Broncos (2015-16)Â and Houston Texans (2010-13). He has been part of 14 playoff appearances, six division titles, and four Super Bowl victories - Super Bowl XXXII, XXXIII, 50 and LX. He has also been part of 13 seasons of 10-plus wins. His 17 seasons in Denver resulted in three Super Bowl titles, eight playoff appearances, four AFC West titles and eight seasons of 10-plus wins while only experiencing two losing seasons.
In 2025, Dennison served as run game coordinator/senior offensive advisor for the Seattle Seahawks, helping Seattle to the Super Bowl LX title. The Seahawks rushing attack excelled under Dennison, improving from the 28th-best rushing offense in the NFL in 2024 (95.7 rush ypg) to the 10th best run game in the league last season (123.3 rush ypg). RB Kenneth Walker III rushed for 1,027 yards and five touchdowns while RB Zach Charbonnet recorded 12 rushing touchdowns (tied 6th-most in the NFL) and career highs in carries (184) and yards (730).
He joined Seattle after spending the 2024 season as a senior offensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints, where he helped coach an offensive line that paved the way for RB Alvin Kamara to set a career high with 950 yards on 228 carries, while adding six rushing touchdowns.
Dennison served as offensive line coach/run game coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings from 2019-20 and as senior offensive advisor in 2021. In 2019, the Vikings offensive line allowed the fifth fewest sacks in the NFL (28) and blocked for a rushing attack that gained 2,133 yards (6th in NFL). Running behind Dennison's offensive line from 2019-20, RB Dalvin Cook ranked first in the NFC and second in the NFL in both rushing yards (3,851) and rushing touchdowns (35) and was selected to the Pro Bowl both seasons. In 2019, Cook (1,135 yards) became the franchise's first 1,000-yard rusher since Adrian Peterson in 2015. Cook's 1,557 rushing yards in 2020 ranked second in the NFL and produced an offensive attack that ranked fourth in the league in net yards per game.
Prior to joining the Vikings, Dennison served on the staffs of the New York Jets (2018), Buffalo Bills (2017), Baltimore Ravens (2014), Houston Texans (2010-13) and two stints with the Denver Broncos (1995-09 and 2015-16) in a variety of roles.
In 2018, Dennison's lone season as the Jets offensive line coach/run game coordinator, the group allowed 10 fewer sacks (37) than it did in 2017, protecting QB Sam Darnold as he set team rookie records for touchdown passes (17) and gross passing yards per game (220.4).
In 2017, Dennison was offensive coordinator for the Bills, helping a Buffalo offense that ranked sixth in rushing as both RB LeSean McCoy and G Richie Incognito received Pro Bowl recognition.
In his return to Denver as the offensive coordinator in 2015, Dennison oversaw the Broncos offense as they finished with a 12-4 record, the AFC West Division title and the No. 1 seed in the AFC. Despite mid-season injury to Hall of Fame QB Peyton Manning, Dennison helped the Broncos go 5-2 in QB Brock Osweiler's first seven career starts before Manning returned in Week 17. The offense went on to commit just three turnovers during the postseason to help secure a Super Bowl 50 victory over Carolina. Following Manning's retirement, Dennison coached first-year starting QB Trevor Siemian in 2016. In 14 games, Siemian went 289-for-486 for 3,401 yards, 18 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
In Dennison's lone season with Baltimore (2014) and only season coaching quarterbacks, Joe Flacco established career-highs in passing yards (3,986) and touchdown passes (27) and posted a combined eight games with a passer rating above 100.0 while being sacked just 19 times.
In Houston (2010-13), Texans running backs produced an NFL-best 29 individual 100-yard rushing performances, including 24 by Arian Foster, who was named an AP All-Pro selection three times in his four years under Dennison. During the 2012 season, seven of Houston's 11 starters on offense were Pro Bowlers.
His first stint as an offensive coordinator came with the Broncos (2006-08). The offense ranked seventh in the NFL (350.5 yards per game) as Dennison oversaw one of just two units in the league to rank in the top 10 in both passing and rushing. He previously worked as the offensive line coach (2001-05) and special teams coach (1997-2000). From 2001-05 Denver led the NFL in rushing in that five-season span, averaging 145.6 yards per game on the ground and 2,328 yards per season on average.
During his tenure as special teams coach in Denver, the club won consecutive Super Bowls, topping Green Bay for the Super Bowl XXXII title and following it up with a Super Bowl XXXIII victory over Atlanta. He worked for two years in Denver as an offensive assistant (1995-96) before being promoted to special teams coach in 1997. Dennison originally joined the Denver staff in 1995 after spending the previous three years coaching at the high school level for Suffield (Conn.) Academy.
Dennison played nine seasons at linebacker for the Broncos, appearing in 128 games (52 starts) and totaling 514 tackles, 6.5 sacks, four interceptions, six forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. He participated in three Super Bowls as a player and was the team's recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award in 1989.
At Colorado State, he earned three varsity letters and was named a second-team Academic All-American as a senior. Dennison earned two degrees in civil engineering; first his bachelor's in 1979 and later his master's degree in 1982.
A native of Kalispell, Mont., Dennison attended Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colo., lettering in football, basketball and baseball.
