Coaches / Head coach / Mike Stoops
Career
69
not coaching now
Rating76recent
Peak76best 5 yrs
Career69whole career
confidence
Mike Stoops
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
Rating76Peak76Career69
2004–2011 · 8 seasonsRecord 41-50National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 76: 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 76: best five-season stretch, 2006–2010 at Arizona (34-29), taking over an average program.
- Career 69 (#202 since 1936): total accomplishment over 8 seasons (41-50), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
- All of it at one program (Arizona) — unproven elsewhere; historically about half of a coach's lift carries to a new job.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Arizona | 1-5 | #59 | +0.03 SD |
| 2010 | Arizona | 7-6 | #23 | +0.96 SD |
| 2009 | Arizona | 8-5 | #34 | +0.61 SD |
| 2008 | Arizona | 8-5 | #21 | +0.93 SD |
| 2007 | Arizona | 5-7 | #34 | +0.66 SD |
| 2006 | Arizona | 6-6 | #39 | +0.51 SD |
| 2005 | Arizona | 3-8 | #46 | +0.32 SD |
| 2004 | Arizona | 3-8 | #58 | +0.09 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As defensive coordinator
Rating58Peak66
His defense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida Atlantic | 0.01 | -0.04 | -0.33 |
| 2018 | Oklahoma | -0.07 | -0.08 | -1.09 |
| 2017 | Oklahoma | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.19 |
| 2016 | Oklahoma | -0.01 | — | -0.06 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.