Coaches / Head coach / Mike Sheppard
Career
51
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak39best 5 yrs
Career51whole career
confidence
Mike Sheppard
Head coach, 1984–1991
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here—
Programs2
Stints2
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
1984–1986Long Beach StateHead Coach
As head coach
Rating—Peak39Career51
1984–1991 · 8 seasonsRecord 25-68National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 38: 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 39: best five-season stretch, 1984–1986 at Long Beach State (16-18), taking over a losing program.
- Career 51 (#468 since 1936): total accomplishment over 8 seasons (25-68), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | New Mexico | 3-9 | #98 | -1.49 SD |
| 1990 | New Mexico | 2-10 | #88 | -0.97 SD |
| 1989 | New Mexico | 2-10 | #74 | -0.52 SD |
| 1988 | New Mexico | 2-10 | #100 | -1.94 SD |
| 1987 | New Mexico | 0-11 | #101 | -1.94 SD |
| 1986 | Long Beach State | 6-5 | #68 | -0.39 SD |
| 1985 | Long Beach State | 6-6 | #77 | -0.71 SD |
| 1984 | Long Beach State | 4-7 | #79 | -0.87 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).