Mike Shula

Offensive Assistant · Minnesota

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

Chemistry

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Seasons here1

Programs3

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2026MinnesotaOffensive Assistant

2025South CarolinaOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach

2003–2006AlabamaHead Coach

As head coach

Rating69Peak69Career67

2003–2006 · 4 seasonsRecord 26-24National 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 69: 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 69: best five-season stretch, 2003–2005 at Alabama (20-17), taking over a good program.

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
2006	Alabama	6-7	#37	+0.60 SD
2005	Alabama	10-2	#21	+0.93 SD
2004	Alabama	6-6	#34	+0.58 SD
2003	Alabama	4-9	#39	+0.51 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

Rating57Peak57

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
2025	South Carolina	-0.02	-0.08	-0.71

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