Mike Gundy
Mike Gundy went 170–90 as a head coach, 2005–2025, at Oklahoma State. Share
- Record
- 170–90 career
- Seasons
- 21
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 2 seasons
- Born
- Aug 12, 1967
- Alma mater
- Oklahoma State 1990
- Best season
- 2011 12–1, No. 3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Oklahoma State | 4–7 | 6th (South) | |||
| 2006 | Oklahoma State | 7–6 | T–5th (South) | Independence Bowl W | ||
| 2007 | Oklahoma State | 7–6 | T–3rd (South) | Insight Bowl W | ||
| 2008 | Oklahoma State | 9–4 | 4th (South) | Holiday Bowl L | 16 | |
| 2009 | Oklahoma State | 9–4 | 2nd (South) | Cotton Bowl L | 25 | |
| 2010 | Oklahoma State | 11–2 | T–1st (South) | Alamo Bowl W | 13 | |
| 2011 | Oklahoma State | 12–1 | 1st | Fiesta Bowl W | 3 | |
| 2012 | Oklahoma State | 8–5 | T–3rd | Heart of Dallas Bowl W | ||
| 2013 | Oklahoma State | 10–3 | T–2nd | Cotton Bowl L | 17 | |
| 2014 | Oklahoma State | 7–6 | 7th | Cactus Bowl W | ||
| 2015 | Oklahoma State | 10–3 | T–2nd | Sugar Bowl L | 20 | |
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | 10–3 | T–2nd | Alamo Bowl W | 11 | |
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 10–3 | 3rd | Camping World Bowl W | 14 | |
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 7–6 | T–7th | Liberty Bowl W | ||
| 2019 | Oklahoma State | 8–5 | T–3rd | Texas Bowl L | ||
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | 8–3 | 3rd | Cheez-It Bowl W | 20 | |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 12–2 | 2nd | Fiesta Bowl W | 7 | |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 7–6 | T–5th | Guaranteed Rate Bowl L | ||
| 2023 | Oklahoma State | 10–4 | T–2nd | Texas Bowl W | 16 | |
| 2024 | Oklahoma State | 3–9 | 16th | |||
| 2025 | Oklahoma State coached three of 12 games | 1–2 |
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.
Players he coached
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Ollie Gordon II2023 Doak Walker Award- Levy AdcockConsensus All‑American, 2011
- Kendall HunterConsensus All‑American, 2010
- Chuba HubbardConsensus All‑American, 2019
- Brandon WeedenNo. 22 pick, 2012
- Brandon PettigrewNo. 20 pick, 2009
- Dan Bailey2010 Lou Groza Award
- Matt Fodge2008 Ray Guy Award
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 | 86 | 40–46 | 47% |
| Against top-10 teams | 32 | 11–21 | 34% |
| Against rivals | 46 | 25–21 | 54% |
| Conference games | 174 | 102–72 | 59% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 18 | 12–6 | 67% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 88 | 54–34 | 61% |
| At home | 132 | 98–34 | 74% |
| On the road | 105 | 58–47 | 55% |
| At neutral sites | 23 | 14–9 | 61% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 184 | 141–43 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 76 | 29–47 | 38% |
His own 260 games on file, 2005–2025, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Stoops 2005–2016 | 2–10 | Oklahoma | 12 | |
| Art Briles 2006–2015 | 5–4 | Houston, Baylor | 9 | |
| Bill Snyder 2010–2018 | 5–4 | Kansas State | 9 | |
| Gary Patterson 2012–2020 | 5–4 | TCU | 9 | |
| Mack Brown 2005–2013 | 3–6 | Texas | 9 | |
| Dana Holgorsen 2012–2023 | 6–2 | West Virginia, Houston | 8 | |
| Matt Campbell 2016–2023 | 5–3 | Iowa State | 8 | |
| Paul Rhoads 2009–2015 | 5–1 | Iowa State | 6 | |
| Kliff Kingsbury 2013–2018 | 5–1 | Texas Tech | 6 | |
| Chris Klieman 2019–2024 | 4–2 | Kansas State | 6 |
Mike Gundy’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baylorseries | 20 | 11–9 |
| Texas Techseries | 19 | 14–5 |
| Texasseries | 19 | 9–10 |
| Oklahomaseries | 19 | 4–15 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 17 | 10–7 |
| Kansasseries | 16 | 14–2 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 16 | 11–5 |
| West Virginiaseries | 13 | 9–4 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 2011 Oklahoma State: Bear Bryant Award and Eddie Robinson
How he was hired
- Hired by Oklahoma State for the 2005 season from Oklahoma State, where he was offensive coordinator. He had a prior connection to the school.
Power-conference head-coaching hires since 2010, with each coach’s previous job and ties to the school as collected by hand from Wikipedia: Hiring facts: M. Schuckers, cfb_coach_analytics.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Oklahoma State | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1991–93 | Oklahoma State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1994 | Oklahoma State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1995 | Oklahoma State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1996 | Baylor | Passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1997–99 | Maryland | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2000 | Maryland | Passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2001–04 | Oklahoma State | Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| 2005–25 | Oklahoma State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Pat JonesOklahoma State
- Bob SimmonsOklahoma State
- Chuck ReedyBaylor
- Ron VanderlindenMaryland
- Les MilesOklahoma State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Doug MeachamOklahoma State
- Gunter BrewerNortheast Mississippi
- Larry FedoraSouthern Miss, North Carolina, New Orleans Breakers
- Tim BeckmanToledo, Illinois
- Alex GoleshSouth Florida, Auburn
- Brad CornelsenSam Houston
- Glenn SpencerWest Georgia
- Trooper TaylorDuke
- Walt BellMassachusetts
- Dana HolgorsenWest Virginia, Houston
- Jake SpavitalTexas State
- Todd MonkenSouthern Miss, Cleveland Browns
- and 11 more
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Jones | Oklahoma State | 1990–94 | 1990: wide receivers coach; 1991–93: quarterbacks coach; 1994: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bob Simmons | Oklahoma State | 1995 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Chuck Reedy | Baylor | 1996 | Passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Ron Vanderlinden | Maryland | 1997–2000 | 1997–99: wide receivers coach; 2000: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Les Miles | Oklahoma State | 2001–04 | Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (23)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Meacham | Oklahoma State, 2005–12: tight ends and inside receivers coach; 2025: offensive coordinator | Oklahoma State | |
| Gunter Brewer | Oklahoma State, 2005–07: wide receivers coach; 2008: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2009–10: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | Northeast Mississippi | |
| Larry Fedora | Oklahoma State, 2005–07: offensive coordinator | Southern Miss, North Carolina, New Orleans Breakers | |
| Tim Beckman | Oklahoma State, 2007–08: defensive coordinator | Toledo, Illinois | |
| Alex Golesh | Oklahoma State, 2008: graduate assistant | South Florida, Auburn | |
| Brad Cornelsen | Oklahoma State, 2008: quality control coach | Sam Houston | |
| Glenn Spencer | Oklahoma State, 2008: defensive line coach; 2009–10: linebackers coach; 2011–12: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2013–17: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | West Georgia | |
| Trooper Taylor | Oklahoma State, 2008: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | Duke | |
| Walt Bell | Oklahoma State, 2009: quality control coach | Massachusetts | |
| Dana Holgorsen | Oklahoma State, 2010: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | West Virginia, Houston | |
| Jake Spavital | Oklahoma State, 2010: graduate assistant | Texas State | |
| Todd Monken | Oklahoma State, 2011–12: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Southern Miss, Cleveland Browns | |
| Van Malone | Oklahoma State, 2012–14: defensive backs coach | Hampton | |
| Marcus Arroyo | Oklahoma State, 2015–16: running backs coach | UNLV, Arizona State | |
| A. J. Ricker | Oklahoma State, 2017: offensive analyst | Saint Joseph’s (IN) | |
| Brian VanGorder | Oklahoma State, 2017: defensive assistant | Wayne State (MI), Georgia Southern | |
| Bob Stitt | Oklahoma State, 2018: offensive assistant | Colorado School of Mines, Montana | |
| Brian Rock | Oklahoma State, 2018: offensive assistant | Holy Cross | |
| Chris Thurmond | Oklahoma State, 2018–25: offensive analyst | Houston | |
| Gary Gibbs | Oklahoma State, 2018–25: defensive analyst | Oklahoma | |
| Jim Knowles | Oklahoma State, 2018–21: defensive coordinator | Cornell | |
| Derek Mason | Oklahoma State, 2022: defensive coordinator | Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee | |
| Clint Bowen | Oklahoma State, 2025: offensive quality control coach; 2025: interim defensive coordinator | Kansas |
Other assistants under him (20)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Curtis Luper | Oklahoma State, 2005–08: assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Vance Bedford | Oklahoma State, 2005–06: defensive coordinator | |
| Bill Young | Oklahoma State, 2009–12: defensive coordinator | |
| Graham Harrell | Oklahoma State, 2009: offensive quality control assistant | |
| Nathan Burton | Oklahoma State, 2009: graduate assistant | |
| Andrew Thacker | Oklahoma State, 2010–12: graduate assistant | |
| Kasey Dunn | Oklahoma State, 2011–18: wide receivers coach; 2019: assistant head coach and wide receivers coach; 2020–24: offensive coordinator, assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| Jason Semore | Oklahoma State, 2012–13: defensive assistant | |
| Eric Henderson | Oklahoma State, 2013–15: graduate assistant | |
| Mike Yurcich | Oklahoma State, 2013–18: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Greg Adkins | Oklahoma State, 2015–16: offensive line coach | |
| Josh Henson | Oklahoma State, 2016–18: offensive line coach | |
| Sean Gleeson | Oklahoma State, 2019: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bryan Nardo | Oklahoma State, 2023–24: defensive coordinator | |
| Joe Bob Clements | Oklahoma State, 2023–24: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Greg Brown | Oklahoma State, 2024: analyst; 2025: safeties coach | |
| Paul Randolph | Oklahoma State, 2024: defensive line coach | |
| Kevin Johns | Oklahoma State, 2025: quarterbacks coach | |
| Ryan Osborn | Oklahoma State, 2025: defensive line coach | |
| Todd Grantham | Oklahoma State, 2025: defensive coordinator |
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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | head coachbonuses up to $900,000; $62,500 in bonuses paid; buyout $13,800,000 | $4,200,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | head coachbonuses up to $550,000; $100,000 in bonuses paid | $3,775,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Oklahoma State | head coachbonuses up to $550,000; $62,500 in bonuses paid | $3,650,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Oklahoma State | head coachbonuses up to $550,000 | $3,500,000 USA Today | |
| 2013 | Oklahoma State | head coach | $3,450,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2012 | Oklahoma State | head coachbonuses up to $550,000 | $3,275,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2011 | Oklahoma State | head coachbonuses up to $500,000 | $2,100,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2010 | Oklahoma State | head coachbonuses up to $500,000 | $1,925,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2009 | Oklahoma State | head coachbonuses up to $500,000 | $1,800,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2008 | Oklahoma State | head coach | $1,050,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2007 | Oklahoma State | head coachbonuses up to $684,000 | $950,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2006 | Oklahoma State | head coachbonuses up to $684,000 | $800,000 USA Today via Leeds |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Gundy’s teams went for it on 17% of fourth downs and on 29% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 23.0 seconds a play, 2005–2024.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 11 g | 11 of 94 12% | 22% | 45% | 23.6 | −0.17 | |
| 2006 13 g | 19 of 83 23% | 64% | 40% | 25.6 | +0.09 | |
| 2007 10 g | 23 of 75 31% | 51% | 43% | 23.4 | +0.07 | |
| 2008 13 g | 20 of 79 25% | 37% | 38% | 27.4 | +0.12 | |
| 2009 13 g | 21 of 105 20% | 33% | 39% | 26.4 | −0.09 | |
| 2010 13 g | 15 of 92 16% | 24% | 55% | 21.4 | +0.11 | |
| 2011 13 g | 15 of 85 18% | 26% | 61% | 20.2 | +0.10 | |
| 2012 13 g | 13 of 89 15% | 29% | 50% | 20.6 | +0.12 | |
| 2013 13 g | 12 of 110 11% | 20% | 50% | 21.0 | 0.00 | |
| 2014 13 g | 16 of 121 13% | 22% | 49% | 23.5 | −0.05 | |
| 2015 13 g | 11 of 103 11% | 21% | 57% | 23.1 | +0.13 | |
| 2016 13 g | 13 of 97 13% | 20% | 52% | 22.9 | +0.14 | |
| 2017 13 g | 19 of 88 22% | 30% | 52% | 21.3 | +0.21 | |
| 2018 13 g | 24 of 100 24% | 35% | 52% | 21.1 | +0.16 | |
| 2019 13 g | 21 of 105 20% | 30% | 42% | 23.6 | +0.07 | |
| 2020 11 g | 10 of 93 11% | 28% | 43% | 22.7 | −0.02 | |
| 2021 13 g | 11 of 113 10% | 17% | 45% | 23.6 | 0.00 | |
| 2022 13 g | 16 of 123 13% | 24% | 56% | 21.4 | −0.03 | |
| 2023 14 g | 20 of 120 17% | 23% | 58% | 23.8 | +0.09 | |
| 2024 12 g | 25 of 99 25% | 45% | 57% | 23.6 | +0.08 | |
| All 253 g | 335 of 1974 17% | 29% | 49% | 23.0 | +0.06 |
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.