Mike Uremovich
Mike Uremovich went 62–69 as a head coach, 2005–2026, at St. Francis, Butler and Ball State. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 1–5); by them his record is 61–69. Share
10 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2005–11 at St. Francis; 2022–24 at Butler. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 62–69 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Alma mater
- Purdue 2000
- Best season
- 2025 4–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | St. Francis * | 2–9 | 8th (MWL) | |||
| 2006 | St. Francis * | 1–9 | 8th (MWL) | |||
| 2007 | St. Francis * | 3–8 | 6th (MWL) | |||
| 2008 | St. Francis * | 7–4 | 5th (MWL) | |||
| 2009 | St. Francis * | 3–8 | 6th (MWL) | |||
| 2010 | St. Francis * | 7–4 | 3rd (MWL) | |||
| 2011 | St. Francis * | 10–3 | T–1st (MWL) | NAIA Quarterfinal L | 8 | |
| 2012–21: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2022 | Butler * | 7–4 | 4th | |||
| 2023 | Butler * | 7–4 | 4th | |||
| 2024 | Butler * | 9–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 2025 | Ball State | 4–8 | T–9th | |||
| 2026 | Ball State | 2–5 (Wikipedia: 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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| At home | 7 | 5–2 | 71% |
| On the road | 12 | 1–11 | 8% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 14 | 2–12 | 14% |
His own 19 games on file, 2025–2026, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Kent Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Toledoseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| New Hampshireseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Ohioseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Akronseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Stony Brookseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Auburnseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | McCutcheon HS (IN) high school | Special teams and defensive backs coach | |
| 1998–99 | Providence Catholic HS (IL) high school | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2000 | Benedictine | Wide receivers and special teams coach | |
| 2001–03 | Northern Illinois | Graduate assistant | |
| 2003–04 | Waynesburg | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2005–11 | St. Francis (IL) | Head coach | |
| 2012 | Northern Illinois | Running backs and special teams coach | |
| 2013–15 | NC State | Offensive line coach | |
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and running backs coach | |
| 2017–18 | Northern Illinois | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and tight ends and fullbacks coach | |
| 2019–21 | Temple | Co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| 2022–24 | Butler | Head coach | |
| 2025–present | Ball State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Joe NovakNorthern Illinois
- Dave DoerenNorthern Illinois, NC State
- Rod CareyNorthern Illinois, Temple
Assistants who became head coaches
- Billy RiebockMillikin
- Tom AnthonyPittsburg State
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Novak | Northern Illinois | 2001–03 | Graduate assistant | |
| Dave Doeren | Northern Illinois | 2012 | Running backs and special teams coach | |
| Rod Carey | Northern Illinois | 2012–18 | 2012: running backs and special teams coach; 2016: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and running backs coach; 2017–18: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and tight ends and fullbacks coach | |
| Dave Doeren | NC State | 2013–15 | Offensive line coach | |
| Rod Carey | Temple | 2019–21 | Co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Riebock | St. Francis (IL), 2006: wide receivers coach | Millikin | |
| Tom Anthony | St. Francis (IL), 2007: wide receivers coach | Pittsburg State |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Knowles | Ball State, 2025–26: 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 | Northern Illinois | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $38,168 | $176,008 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $36,168 | $163,008 USA Today |
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.
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
Uremovich’s teams went for it on 20% of fourth downs and on 39% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 48% of plays and took 28.0 seconds a play, 2025–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 12 g | 17 of 109 16% | 30% | 44% | 28.3 | −0.09 | |
| 2026 7 g | 15 of 55 27% | 55% | 54% | 27.3 | +0.01 | |
| All 19 g | 32 of 164 20% | 39% | 48% | 28.0 | −0.05 |
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.