Mike DuBose
Mike DuBose went 57–33 as a head coach, 1997–2009, at Alabama and Millsaps. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2006–09 at Millsaps. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 57–33 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 1999 10–3, No. 8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Alabama | 4–7 | 5th (West) | |||
| 1998 | Alabama | 7–5 | T–3rd (West) | Music City Bowl L | ||
| 1999 | Alabama | 10–3 | 1st (West) | SEC Championship Game W; Orange Bowl L | 8 | |
| 2000 | Alabama | 3–8 | T–5th (West) | |||
| 2001–05: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2006 | Millsaps * | 7–4 | 1st | NCAA Division III First Round L | ||
| 2007 | Millsaps * | 8–2 | T–1st | |||
| 2008 | Millsaps * | 11–1 | 1st | NCAA Division III Second Round L | 12 | |
| 2009 | Millsaps * | 7–3 | T–1st | |||
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Fernando BryantNo. 26 pick, 1999
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 19 | 8–11 | 42% |
| Against top-10 teams | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Against rivals | 23 | 11–12 | 48% |
| Conference games | 32 | 16–16 | 50% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 8–10 | 44% |
| At home | 27 | 16–11 | 59% |
| On the road | 17 | 7–10 | 41% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 27 | 17–10 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 20 | 7–13 | 35% |
His own 47 games on file, 1997–2000, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Widenhofer 1997–2000 | 4–0 | Vanderbilt | 4 | |
| Jeff Bower 1997–2000 | 3–1 | Southern Miss | 4 | |
| Tommy Tuberville 1997–2000 | 3–1 | Ole Miss, Auburn | 4 | |
| Jackie Sherrill 1997–2000 | 1–3 | Mississippi State | 4 | |
| Phillip Fulmer 1997–2000 | 0–4 | Tennessee | 4 | |
| Gerry DiNardo 1997–1999 | 2–1 | LSU | 3 | |
| Steve Spurrier 1998–1999 | 2–1 | Florida | 3 | |
| Houston Nutt 1998–2000 | 1–2 | Arkansas | 3 |
Mike DuBose’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ole Missseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Southern Missseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Auburnseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| LSUseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Arkansasseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Tennesseeseries | 4 | 0–4 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Alabama’s 1992 staff (defensive line) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Alabama | Graduate assistant | |
| 1976–77 | Fairhope HS (AL) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1978–79 | Prattville HS (AL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1980–81 | Chattanooga | Defensive line coach | |
| 1982 | Southern Miss | Defensive line coach | |
| 1983–86 | Alabama | Defensive line coach | |
| 1987–89 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL | Defensive line coach | |
| 1990–95 | Alabama | Defensive line coach | |
| 1996 | Alabama | Defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| 1997–2000 | Alabama | Head coach | |
| 2002 | Northview HS (AL) high school | Head coach | |
| 2003–04 | Luverne HS (AL) high school | Head coach | |
| 2005 | Millsaps | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2006–09 | Millsaps | Head coach | |
| 2010–11 | Memphis | Defensive line coach | |
| 2013–14 | Luverne HS (AL) high school | Head coach | |
| 2015–17 | Opp HS (AL) high school | Linebackers coach | |
| 2019–20 | Opp HS (AL) high school | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2021–22 | Opp HS (AL) high school | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bear BryantAlabama
- Bill OliverChattanooga
- Jim CarmodySouthern Miss
- Ray PerkinsAlabama, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Gene StallingsAlabama
- Larry PorterMemphis
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bruce AriansTemple, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Curley HallmanSouthern Miss, LSU
- Dabo SwinneyClemson
- Ellis JohnsonSouthern Miss, Gardner-Webb, The Citadel
- Jeremy PruittTennessee
- Neil CallawayUAB
- Charlie StubbsNicholls
- Mike BloomgrenRice
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Bryant | Alabama | 1975 | Graduate assistant | |
| Bill Oliver | Chattanooga | 1980–81 | Defensive line coach | |
| Jim Carmody | Southern Miss | 1982 | Defensive line coach | |
| Ray Perkins | Alabama | 1983–86 | Defensive line coach | |
| Ray Perkins | Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL | 1987–89 | Defensive line coach | |
| Gene Stallings | Alabama | 1990–96 | 1990–95: defensive line coach; 1996: defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Larry Porter | Memphis | 2010–11 | Defensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (8)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Arians | Alabama, 1997: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Temple, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Curley Hallman | Alabama, 1997: defensive backs coach | Southern Miss, LSU | |
| Dabo Swinney | Alabama, 1997: tight ends coach; 1998–2000: wide receivers coach | Clemson | |
| Ellis Johnson | Alabama, 1997: defensive coordinator and defensive line coach; 1998–2000: defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | Southern Miss, Gardner-Webb, The Citadel | |
| Jeremy Pruitt | Alabama, 1997: graduate assistant | Tennessee | |
| Neil Callaway | Alabama, 1997: offensive line coach; 1998–2000: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | UAB | |
| Charlie Stubbs | Alabama, 1998–2000: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Nicholls | |
| Mike Bloomgren | Alabama, 1999–2000: graduate assistant | Rice |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Mickey Conn | Alabama, 1997: graduate assistant | |
| Woody McCorvey | Alabama, 1997: assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| Charlie Harbison | Alabama, 1998–2000: defensive backs coach | |
| Kevin Sherrer | Alabama, 1998–2000: graduate assistant | |
| Marcus Woodson | Millsaps, 2006–08: defensive backs coach | |
| Shannon Dawson | Millsaps, 2006–07: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
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.

