Top 25
24-59
- Games
- 83
- Win rate
- 28.9%
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Coach Profile
Mike Leach
2000-2022 • Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Washington State
3 schools coached, anchored by Texas Tech.
Mike Leach coached 21 seasons, won 59.6%, and posted an average SRS of 8.8. Best season: 2008 Texas Tech. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 158-107
- Career win rate
- 59.6%
- Average SRS
- 8.8
- Peak SRS
- 20.3
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 21
- Career span
- 23 years
- Best finish
- #12
- Consistency
- 56.7
Primary school anchor
Texas Tech
Offense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 85.3.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Mike Leach
EliteStrongAverageLean
Mike Leach: 2012 Washington StateMike Leach: 2020 Mississippi State
2000Actual season year • SRS range -7.9 to 20.32022
Active comparison point
Mike Leach • 2008
2008 Texas Tech
Best season11-2 • SRS 20.3 • SP Overall 23.0
Win %
84.6%
YoY SRS
+9.5
SP Off / Def
49.8 / 25.5
Finish
#12
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
7-26
- Games
- 33
- Win rate
- 21.2%
Top 5
4-18
- Games
- 22
- Win rate
- 18.2%
View ranked game results83
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Mississippi State
2020-2022 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 7.9 • Win % 52.8%
Washington State
2012-2019 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 5.8 • Win % 53.9%
Texas Tech
2000-2009 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 11.4 • Win % 66.1%
- Longest tenure
- Texas Tech • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- Texas Tech • 11.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Texas Tech • 66.1%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Mike Leach sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeMike Leach sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Leach
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 12.1
- Percentile
- 89th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Mississippi State
2020-2022 • 19-17
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.9Win % 52.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 6.7 baseline
-0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.9 during vs 11.6 baseline
-3.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.2 during vs 12.6 baseline
-4.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
+13.3%
Washington State
2012-2019 • 55-47
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.8Win % 53.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.9 during vs 2.8 baseline
+4.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.8 during vs -9.8 baseline
+15.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.4 during vs -9.1 baseline
+14.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Texas Tech
2000-2009 • 84-43
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.4Win % 66.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.4 during vs 7.0 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.4 during vs 5.5 baseline
+5.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
18.6 during vs 6.6 baseline
+12.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+30.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Texas Tech 2008
11-2 • SRS 20.3
Biggest Improvement
Washington State 2013
6-7 • 14.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Texas Tech 2003
8-5 • SP Off 50.0
Best Defensive Season
Texas Tech 2009
8-4 • SP Def 14.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
Washington State 2012
3-9 • SRS -7.9
Biggest Drop
Washington State 2012
3-9 • -21.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Mississippi State | 2022 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #20 | 13.1 | 15.4 | 35.1 | 19.9 | +4.2 | +12.8% |
| Mississippi State | 2021 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 8.9 | 10.5 | 34.6 | 22.0 | +7.3 | +17.5% |
| Mississippi State | 2020 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 1.6 | -1.4 | 25.4 | 26.9 | -5.1 | -9.8% |
| Washington State | 2019 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | #23 | — | 6.7 | 11.1 | 41.7 | 33.1 | -6.2 | -38.5% |
| Washington State | 2018 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | — | 12.9 | 11.3 | 38.8 | 27.3 | +6.3 | +15.4% |
| Washington State | 2017 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #24 | — | 6.6 | 8.6 | 30.9 | 22.1 | -8.9 | +7.7% |
| Washington State | 2016 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 15.5 | 6.2 | 36.2 | 27.8 | +7.5 | -7.7% |
| Washington State | 2015 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 8.0 | 4.2 | 35.8 | 29.4 | +9.9 | +44.2% |
| Washington State | 2014 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -1.9 | -1.7 | 33.0 | 32.8 | -8.3 | -21.1% |
| Washington State | 2013 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 6.4 | 8.2 | 33.6 | 26.3 | +14.3 | +21.1% |
| Washington State | 2012 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -7.9 | -4.4 | 24.4 | 29.0 | -21.9 | -41.7% |
| Texas Tech | 2009 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #21 | 14.0 | 24.6 | 38.5 | 14.4 | -6.3 | -17.9% |
| Texas Tech | 2008 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #12 | #12 | 20.3 | 23.0 | 49.8 | 25.5 | +9.5 | +15.4% |
| Texas Tech | 2007 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #22 | 10.8 | 24.9 | 47.0 | 21.7 | +5.1 | +7.7% |
| Texas Tech | 2006 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #25 | — | 5.7 | 17.9 | 37.2 | 19.9 | -9.3 | -13.5% |
| Texas Tech | 2005 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #21 | #20 | 15.0 | 25.4 | 40.8 | 15.4 | +0.2 | +8.3% |
| Texas Tech | 2004 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #18 | 14.8 | 19.5 | 45.2 | 30.0 | +6.6 | +5.1% |
| Texas Tech | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 8.2 | 11.9 | 50.0 | 40.4 | -2.8 | -2.8% |
| Texas Tech | 2002 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | — | 11.0 | 16.1 | 47.7 | 35.4 | +1.5 | +5.9% |
| Texas Tech | 2001 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 9.5 | 14.7 | 40.5 | 28.4 | +4.6 | +4.5% |
| Texas Tech | 2000 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 4.9 | 7.9 | 31.9 | 25.4 | — | — |
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