OpponentIQ is excited to announce that Dennis Goldman, a veteran football coach with more than four decades of experience developing players and building successful offenses, has joined the company as an advisor.

Goldman brings a remarkable coaching résumé to OpponentIQ, including stops at Syracuse, Princeton, Maryland, Temple, Holy Cross, The Citadel, Northeastern and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Throughout his career, he earned a reputation as an exceptional teacher of wide receiver play and helped develop numerous players who went on to compete at the professional level.

Most notably, Goldman coached Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Marvin Harrison during Harrison’s career at Syracuse. Harrison went on to become one of the most productive receivers in NFL history, finishing his Indianapolis Colts career with 1,102 receptions, 14,580 receiving yards and 128 touchdowns before being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.

Goldman’s list of former players also includes David Tyree, whose famous Helmet Catch helped the New York Giants defeat the previously undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII; longtime NFL receiver Qadry Ismail; Jermaine Lewis; and NFL draft pick Johnnie Morant.

His impact was just as significant at Princeton.

During his tenure with the Tigers, Goldman coached 12 All-Ivy League wide receivers and helped Princeton win Ivy League championships in 2013 and 2016. The 2013 Princeton offense set Ivy League records for total offense and scoring offense, while Goldman's receivers consistently ranked among the league's best.

When Princeton brought Goldman back to the program in 2010, head coach Bob Surace described him as one of the finest technical wide receiver coaches he had encountered, noting that other coaches had called Goldman “the best technical coach with wide receivers that they have ever been around.”

Bringing a Coach's Perspective to Football Analytics

Goldman's addition is particularly important to OpponentIQ because our goal isn't simply to produce more football data.

It's to produce better football information for coaches.

Modern football programs have access to more film, more statistics and more data than ever before. The challenge is turning that information into something a coach can actually use when building a game plan.

What does an opponent consistently do on third-and-medium?

Where are explosive plays being created?

How does offensive success change by field zone, down and distance, personnel or situation?

What tendencies actually matter enough to influence a call sheet?

Those are coaching questions—not simply data questions.

Goldman's experience developing elite players, studying defenses and preparing offenses gives OpponentIQ another experienced football voice as we continue building tools designed around the way coaches actually analyze opponents and prepare for games.

His career also spans multiple eras of football—from traditional offensive systems to the evolution of the modern game—providing a valuable perspective on how coaching, scheme, player development and technology have changed.

Welcome to the team, Coach Goldman.