Mike Jinks
Mike Jinks went 7–24 as a head coach, 2016–2018, at Bowling Green. Share
- Record
- 7–24 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Feb 7, 1972
- Alma mater
- Angelo State
- Best season
- 2016 4–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 4–8 | T–3rd (East) | |||
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 2–10 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2018 | Bowling Green coached seven of 12 games | 1–6 |
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 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Conference games | 19 | 5–14 | 26% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| At home | 15 | 4–11 | 27% |
| On the road | 16 | 3–13 | 19% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 21 | 3–18 | 14% |
His own 31 games on file, 2016–2018, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Martin 2016–2018 | 1–2 | Miami (OH) | 3 | |
| Jason Candle 2016–2018 | 0–3 | Toledo | 3 |
Mike Jinks’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miami (OH)series | 3 | 1–2 |
| Toledoseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Kent Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Akronseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Buffaloseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Ohioseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Eastern Michiganseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | Ellison HS (TX) high school | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1998 | Judson HS (TX) high school | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1999 | David Crockett HS (TX) high school | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2000–01 | Galena Park HS (TX) high school | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2002–04 | Robert E. Lee HS (TX) high school | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2005 | Luther Burbank HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 2006–12 | Steele HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 2013–14 | Texas Tech | Running backs coach | |
| 2015 | Texas Tech | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2016–18 | Bowling Green | Head coach | |
| 2019–21 | USC | Running backs coach | |
| 2022–23 | Houston | Running backs coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Kliff KingsburyTexas Tech
- Clay HeltonUSC
- Donte WilliamsUSC
- Dana HolgorsenHouston
Assistants who became head coaches
- Carl PeliniFlorida Atlantic, Bowling Green
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kliff Kingsbury | Texas Tech | 2013–15 | 2013–14: running backs coach; 2015: assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Clay Helton | USC | 2019–21 | Running backs coach | |
| Donte Williams | USC | 2021 | Running backs coach | |
| Dana Holgorsen | Houston | 2022–23 | Running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Pelini | Bowling Green, 2018: defensive coordinator | Florida Atlantic, Bowling Green |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Padron | Bowling Green, 2016–18: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Kevin Kilmer | Bowling Green, 2016–18: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Marcus White | Bowling Green, 2016: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Matt Brock | Bowling Green, 2016–17: special teams coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Perry Eliano | Bowling Green, 2016–17: associate head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Seth Doege | Bowling Green, 2016: graduate assistant; 2017: wide receivers coach; 2018: special teams coordinator and wide receivers 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.
How he coached
Jinks’s teams went for it on 29% of fourth downs and on 44% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 51% of plays and took 21.5 seconds a play, 2016–2017.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 11 g | 40 of 105 38% | 64% | 49% | 21.0 | −0.10 | |
| 2017 12 g | 18 of 98 18% | 27% | 53% | 22.0 | −0.03 | |
| All 23 g | 58 of 203 29% | 44% | 51% | 21.5 | −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.