Mike Michalske
Mike Michalske went 18–18–3 as a head coach, 1942–1946, at Iowa State. Share
- Record
- 18–18–3 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1944 6–1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Iowa State 1st season, final 6 games | 2–4 | T–5th | |||
| 1943 | Iowa State | 4–4 | T–2nd | |||
| 1944 | Iowa State | 6–1–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 1945 | Iowa State | 4–3–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1946 | Iowa State | 2–6–1 | 5th |
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 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 9–6–1 | 59% |
| Conference games | 24 | 10–12–2 | 46% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 15 | 5–7–3 | 43% |
| At home | 21 | 13–7–1 | 64% |
| On the road | 18 | 5–11–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 24 | 16–6–2 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 15 | 2–12–1 | 17% |
His own 39 games on file, 1942–1946, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vee Green 1942–1946 | 3–0–1 | Drake | 4 | |
| Snorter Luster 1942–1945 | 0–4 | Oklahoma | 4 | |
| Ward Haylett 1942–1944 | 2–1 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Henry Shenk 1943–1945 | 2–0–1 | Kansas | 3 | |
| Don Faurot 1942–1946 | 0–3 | Missouri, Iowa Pre-Flight | 3 | |
| Chauncey Simpson 1943–1945 | 0–2–1 | Missouri | 3 |
Mike Michalske’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Drakeseries | 5 | 4–0–1 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Kansasseries | 5 | 3–1–1 |
| Missouriseries | 5 | 0–4–1 |
| Oklahomaseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Nebraskaseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Northern Iowaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Northwesternseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928–29 | Ashland College | Line coach | |
| 1935 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1936 | Lafayette College | Assistant coach | |
| 1937 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1939 | Chicago Cardinals NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1940 | St. Norbert College | Line coach | |
| 1942–46 | Iowa State | Head coach | |
| 1949 | Baltimore Colts NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1950–52 | Baylor | Line coach | |
| 1953 | Texas A&M | Line coach | |
| 1954 | Texas | Line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- George SauerBaylor
- Ray GeorgeTexas A&M
- Edwin PriceTexas
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Sauer | Baylor | 1950–52 | Line coach | |
| Ray George | Texas A&M | 1953 | Line coach | |
| Edwin Price | Texas | 1954 | Line 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.