Mike Stoops
Mike Stoops went 41–50 as a head coach, 2004–2011, at Arizona. Share
- Record
- 41–50 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2008 8–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Arizona | 3–8 | T–8th | |||
| 2005 | Arizona | 3–8 | 8th | |||
| 2006 | Arizona | 6–6 | T–5th | |||
| 2007 | Arizona | 5–7 | 6th | |||
| 2008 | Arizona | 8–5 | 5th | Las Vegas Bowl W | ||
| 2009 | Arizona | 8–5 | T–2nd | Holiday Bowl L | ||
| 2010 | Arizona | 7–6 | T–5th | Alamo Bowl L | ||
| 2011 | Arizona coached six of 12 games | 1–5 |
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
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 | 32 | 9–23 | 28% |
| Against top-10 teams | 17 | 4–13 | 24% |
| Against rivals | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Conference games | 65 | 27–38 | 42% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 36 | 13–23 | 36% |
| At home | 49 | 26–23 | 53% |
| On the road | 39 | 14–25 | 36% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 36 | 24–12 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 55 | 17–38 | 31% |
His own 91 games on file, 2004–2011, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Riley 2004–2011 | 2–6 | Oregon State | 8 | |
| Jeff Tedford 2004–2010 | 3–4 | California | 7 | |
| Pete Carroll 2004–2009 | 1–5 | USC | 6 | |
| Mike Bellotti 2004–2008 | 2–3 | Oregon | 5 | |
| Karl Dorrell 2004–2007 | 2–2 | UCLA | 4 | |
| Tyrone Willingham 2005–2008 | 2–2 | Washington | 4 | |
| Dennis Erickson 2007–2010 | 2–2 | Arizona State | 4 | |
| Jim Harbaugh 2007–2010 | 1–3 | Stanford | 4 | |
| Paul Wulff 2008–2010 | 3–0 | Washington State | 3 | |
| Rick Neuheisel 2008–2010 | 3–0 | UCLA | 3 |
Mike Stoops’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon Stateseries | 8 | 2–6 |
| Oregonseries | 8 | 2–6 |
| USCseries | 8 | 1–7 |
| UCLAseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Washingtonseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Californiaseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Stanfordseries | 7 | 2–5 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Oklahoma’s 2000 staff (co-defensive coordinator, secondary) · the staff · source
- Won a national title on Alabama’s 2020 staff (football analyst) · the staff · source
- Won a national title on Alabama’s 2020 staff (football analyst) · 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–87 | Iowa | Graduate assistant | |
| 1991 | Iowa | Linebackers and defensive backs coach | |
| 1992–95 | Kansas State | Defensive ends coach | |
| 1996 | Kansas State | Co-defensive coordinator and defensive ends coach | |
| 1997 | Kansas State | Co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 1998 | Kansas State | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 1999–2003 | Oklahoma | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2004–11 | Arizona | Head coach | |
| 2012–18 | Oklahoma | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2019–20 | Alabama | Defensive analyst | |
| 2021 | Florida Atlantic | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2022–25 | Kentucky | Inside linebackers coach | |
| 2026–present | Ole Miss | Defensive analyst |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Hayden FryIowa
- Bill SnyderKansas State
- Bob StoopsOklahoma
- Lincoln RileyOklahoma
- Nick SabanAlabama
- Willie TaggartFlorida Atlantic
- Mark StoopsKentucky
- Pete GoldingOle Miss
Assistants who became head coaches
- Mark StoopsKentucky
- Mike CanalesNorth Texas
- Tim KishArizona
- Josh HeupelUCF, Tennessee
- Dana DimelWyoming, Houston, UTEP
- Sonny DykesLouisiana Tech, California, SMU, TCU
- Seth LittrellNorth Texas
- Frank ScelfoSE Louisiana
- Ryan WaltersPurdue
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Fry | Iowa | 1986–91 | 1986–87: graduate assistant; 1991: linebackers and defensive backs coach | |
| Bill Snyder | Kansas State | 1992–98 | 1992–95: defensive ends coach; 1996: co-defensive coordinator and defensive ends coach; 1997: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach; 1998: assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Bob Stoops | Oklahoma | 1999–2016 | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Lincoln Riley | Oklahoma | 2017–18 | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Nick Saban | Alabama | 2019–20 | Defensive analyst | |
| Willie Taggart | Florida Atlantic | 2021 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Mark Stoops | Kentucky | 2022–25 | Inside linebackers coach | |
| Pete Golding | Ole Miss | 2026 | Defensive analyst |
Coached under him, later head coaches (9)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Stoops | Arizona, 2004–09: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Kentucky | |
| Mike Canales | Arizona, 2004–05: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2006: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | North Texas | |
| Tim Kish | Arizona, 2004–06: linebackers coach; 2007–09: assistant coach and linebackers coach; 2010: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2011: defensive coordinator | Arizona | |
| Josh Heupel | Arizona, 2005: tight ends coach | UCF, Tennessee | |
| Dana Dimel | Arizona, 2006–07: tight ends coach; 2008: tight ends and running backs coach | Wyoming, Houston, UTEP | |
| Sonny Dykes | Arizona, 2007–09: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Louisiana Tech, California, SMU, TCU | |
| Seth Littrell | Arizona, 2009: running backs and tight ends coach; 2010: co-offensive coordinator and running backs and tight ends coach; 2011: offensive coordinator and running backs and tight ends coach | North Texas | |
| Frank Scelfo | Arizona, 2010–11: quarterbacks coach | SE Louisiana | |
| Ryan Walters | Arizona, 2010: graduate assistant; 2011: defensive backs coach | Purdue |
Other assistants under him (7)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Kasey Dunn | Arizona, 2004–06: running backs coach | |
| Steve Spurrier Jr. | Arizona, 2004: offensive assistant | |
| Brian Odom | Arizona, 2005–11: DPE | |
| Bill Bedenbaugh | Arizona, 2007–09: offensive line coach; 2010: co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Greg Brown | Arizona, 2010: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Joe Salave’a | Arizona, 2011: defensive line coach | |
| Robert Anae | Arizona, 2011: running game coordinator and offensive 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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oklahoma | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $121,800 | $920,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Oklahoma | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $119,000 | $905,400 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Oklahoma | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $112,000 | $857,400 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Oklahoma | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $112,000 | $856,400 USA Today | |
| 2011 | Arizona | head coachbonuses up to $700,000 | $1,465,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2010 | Arizona | head coachbonuses up to $650,000 | $1,385,838 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2009 | Arizona | head coachbonuses up to $650,000 | $1,265,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2008 | Arizona | head coach | $1,025,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2007 | Arizona | head coachbonuses up to $580,000 | $1,015,288 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2006 | Arizona | head coachbonuses up to $395,000 | $865,000 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
Stoops’s teams went for it on 19% of fourth downs and on 33% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 55% of plays and took 25.2 seconds a play, 2004–2010.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 11 g | 13 of 101 13% | 28% | 45% | 25.3 | −0.18 | |
| 2005 9 g | 14 of 71 20% | 31% | 55% | 24.8 | −0.12 | |
| 2006 10 g | 13 of 92 14% | 26% | 60% | 28.0 | −0.24 | |
| 2007 11 g | 17 of 94 18% | 31% | 66% | 22.8 | −0.09 | |
| 2008 11 g | 14 of 74 19% | 32% | 49% | 26.9 | 0.00 | |
| 2009 13 g | 26 of 103 25% | 39% | 54% | 27.0 | −0.04 | |
| 2010 13 g | 19 of 90 21% | 45% | 57% | 22.3 | +0.06 | |
| All 78 g | 116 of 625 19% | 33% | 55% | 25.2 | −0.08 |
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.