Mike White

Head coach, 1972–1987

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry

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Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1980–1987IllinoisHead Coach

1972–1977CaliforniaHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak71Career71

1972–1987 · 14 seasonsRecord 81-72National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 71: 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 71: best five-season stretch, 1981–1985 at Illinois (37-20), taking over an average program.
Career 71 (#168 since 1936): total accomplishment over 14 seasons (81-72), 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
1987	Illinois	3-7-1	#63	-0.25 SD
1986	Illinois	4-7	#60	-0.25 SD
1985	Illinois	6-5-1	#35	+0.42 SD
1984	Illinois	7-4	#20	+0.97 SD
1983	Illinois	10-2	#19	+1.01 SD
1982	Illinois	7-5	#23	+1.00 SD
1981	Illinois	7-4	#46	+0.29 SD
1980	Illinois	3-7-1	#71	-0.22 SD
1977	California	7-4	#20	+0.90 SD
1976	California	5-6	#33	+0.52 SD
1975	California	8-3	#19	+1.13 SD
1974	California	7-3-1	#36	+0.52 SD
1973	California	4-7	#71	-0.34 SD
1972	California	3-8	#52	+0.07 SD

Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).