Mike Mickens

Position coach

Headline rating: as position coach · defensive backs. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry

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Programs3

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2020–2025Notre DamePat and Jana Eilers Defensive Backs Coach/Defensive Pass Game Coordinator

2018–2019CincinnatiAssistant Coach - Cornerbacks

2016Bowling GreenAssistant Coach (Cornerbacks)

Rating97Peak99

Room quality, development (his players gaining more than typical players at the position year to year) and recruiting credit.

Season	Team	Room	Room quality	Development	Recruiting	Season score
2025	Notre Dame	Defensive backs	92	+4.4	0.947	1.99
2024	Notre Dame	Defensive backs	92	+4.2	0.904	1.69
2023	Notre Dame	Defensive backs	86	+7.0	0.895	1.49
2022	Notre Dame	Defensive backs	78	-4.2	0.916	0.27
2021	Notre Dame	Defensive backs	82	+11.8	0.901	1.63
2020	Notre Dame	Defensive backs	76	-2.3	0.885	0.11
2019	Cincinnati	Defensive backs	83	+7.5	0.873	1.20
2018	Cincinnati	Defensive backs	78	+15.0	0.853	1.32
2016	Bowling Green	Defensive backs	68	—	0.774	-0.92

Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.