Coaches / Head coach / Mike DeBord
Career
53
not coaching now
Rating47recent
Peak47best 5 yrs
Career53whole career
confidence
Mike DeBord
Head coach
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here—
Programs4
Stints4
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating47Peak47Career53
2000–2003 · 4 seasonsRecord 12-34National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)Career: too early to rank all-time (8+ seasons as a head coach)
- Rating 47: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
- Peak 47: best five-season stretch, 2000–2002 at Central Michigan (9-25), taking over one of the weakest programs in major college football.
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Central Michigan | 3-9 | #109 | -1.58 SD |
| 2002 | Central Michigan | 4-8 | #106 | -1.36 SD |
| 2001 | Central Michigan | 3-8 | #102 | -1.30 SD |
| 2000 | Central Michigan | 2-9 | #108 | -1.69 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As offensive coordinator
Rating67Peak68
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Indiana | -0.00 | 0.01 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | Indiana | -0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | Tennessee | 0.07 | — | 0.33 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.