Mike Bloomgren
Mike Bloomgren went 24–52 as a head coach, 2018–2024, at Rice. Share
- Record
- 24–52 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jan 25, 1977
- Alma mater
- Florida State
- Best season
- 2023 6–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Rice | 2–11 | T–6th (West) | |||
| 2019 | Rice | 3–9 | T–4th (West) | |||
| 2020 | Rice | 2–3 | 5th (West) | |||
| 2021 | Rice | 4–8 | 5th (West) | |||
| 2022 | Rice | 5–8 | T–7th | LendingTree Bowl L | ||
| 2023 | Rice | 6–7 | T–5th | First Responder Bowl L | ||
| 2024 | Rice coached eight of 12 games | 2–6 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 3–13 | 19% |
| Conference games | 49 | 17–32 | 35% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 30 | 13–17 | 43% |
| At home | 37 | 16–21 | 43% |
| On the road | 36 | 8–28 | 22% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 20 | 11–9 | 55% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 56 | 13–43 | 23% |
His own 76 games on file, 2018–2024, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Littrell 2018–2022 | 1–4 | North Texas | 5 | |
| Dana Dimel 2018–2022 | 2–2 | UTEP | 4 | |
| Bill Clark 2018–2021 | 1–3 | UAB | 4 | |
| Jeff Traylor 2021–2024 | 1–3 | UTSA | 4 | |
| Skip Holtz 2018–2021 | 1–2 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | |
| Dana Holgorsen 2021–2023 | 1–2 | Houston | 3 |
Mike Bloomgren’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| UTSAseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| UABseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Southern Missseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Houstonseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| North Texasseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| UTEPseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Charlotteseries | 4 | 1–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2001 | Alabama | Graduate assistant | |
| 2002–04 | Catawba | Co-offensive coordinator and offensive line and special teams coach | |
| 2005–06 | Delta State | Offensive coordinator and offensive line and special teams coach | |
| 2018–24 | Rice | Head coach | |
| 2025 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 2026–present | New York Giants NFL | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Mike DuBoseAlabama
- Dennis FranchioneAlabama
- Chip HesterCatawba
- Rick RhoadesDelta State
- David ShawStanford
Assistants who became head coaches
- Drew SvobodaNorth Texas
- Gerard WilcherMorehouse
- Jerry MackKennesaw State, North Carolina Central
- Pete LemboBall State, Buffalo, Lehigh, Elon
- Marques TuiasosopoWashington
- Pete AlamarRice
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike DuBose | Alabama | 1999–2000 | Graduate assistant | |
| Dennis Franchione | Alabama | 2001 | Graduate assistant | |
| Chip Hester | Catawba | 2002–04 | Co-offensive coordinator and offensive line and special teams coach | |
| Rick Rhoades | Delta State | 2005–06 | Offensive coordinator and offensive line and special teams coach | |
| David Shaw | Stanford | 2013–17 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Svoboda | Rice, 2018: running backs coach; 2019–20: special teams coordinator and fullbacks coach | North Texas | |
| Gerard Wilcher | Rice, 2018–22: cornerbacks coach | Morehouse | |
| Jerry Mack | Rice, 2018: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2019–20: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Kennesaw State, North Carolina Central | |
| Pete Lembo | Rice, 2018: assistant head coach and special teams coach | Ball State, Buffalo, Lehigh, Elon | |
| Marques Tuiasosopo | Rice, 2021–24: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Washington | |
| Pete Alamar | Rice, 2023–24: assistant head coach and special teams coach | Rice |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Smith | Rice, 2018–20, 2023–24: defensive coordinator and safeties coach; 2021–22: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Granville Eastman | Rice, 2024: recruiting coordinator | |
| Kerry Cooks | Rice, 2024: defensive assistant |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Bloomgren’s teams went for it on 25% of fourth downs and on 40% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 29.2 seconds a play, 2018–2023.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 13 g | 30 of 132 23% | 32% | 46% | 28.7 | −0.10 | |
| 2019 12 g | 18 of 99 18% | 32% | 47% | 29.6 | −0.10 | |
| 2020 5 g | 11 of 42 26% | 50% | 42% | 30.6 | −0.02 | |
| 2021 10 g | 26 of 87 30% | 42% | 45% | 28.9 | +0.05 | |
| 2022 12 g | 26 of 84 31% | 56% | 50% | 29.1 | 0.00 | |
| 2023 13 g | 24 of 91 26% | 38% | 57% | 29.3 | +0.11 | |
| All 65 g | 135 of 535 25% | 40% | 49% | 29.2 | −0.01 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.