Top 25
19-43
- Games
- 62
- Win rate
- 30.6%
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Coach Profile
Mike Price
1989-2017 • UTEP, Washington State
2 schools coached, anchored by Washington State.
Mike Price coached 24 seasons, won 47.3%, and posted an average SRS of -1.1. Best season: 2002 Washington State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 131-146
- Career win rate
- 47.3%
- Average SRS
- -1.1
- Peak SRS
- 16.8
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
- 24
- Career span
- 29 years
- Best finish
- #9
- Consistency
- 6.9
Primary school anchor
Washington State
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 77.8.
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 Price
EliteStrongAverageLean
Mike Price: 2004 UTEP
1989Actual season year • SRS range -28.9 to 16.82017
Active comparison point
Mike Price • 2002
2002 Washington State
Best season10-3 • SRS 16.8 • SP Overall 21.6
Win %
76.9%
YoY SRS
+4.0
SP Off / Def
42.4 / 23.4
Finish
#10
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
2-17
- Games
- 19
- Win rate
- 10.5%
Top 5
1-9
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 10.0%
View ranked game results62
| 2011 Regular Week 4 | UTEP | South Florida | #18 | L24-52 |
| 2010 Regular Week 11 | UTEP | Arkansas | #14 | L21-58 |
| 2009 Regular Week 5 | UTEP | Houston | #12 | W58-41 |
| 2009 Regular Week 4 | UTEP | Texas | #2 | L7-64 |
| 2009 Regular Week 2 | UTEP | Kansas | #24 | L7-34 |
| 2008 Regular Week 2 | UTEP | Texas | #10 | L13-42 |
| 2006 Regular Week 2 | UTEP | Texas Tech | #24 | L35-38 |
| 2004 Regular Week 4 | UTEP | Boise State | #23 | L31-47 |
| 2002 Regular Week 12 | Washington State | Oregon | #15 | W32-21 |
| 2002 Regular Week 11 | Washington State | Arizona State | #16 | W44-22 |
| 2002 Regular Week 7 | Washington State | USC | #18 | W30-27 |
| 2002 Regular Week 4 | Washington State | Ohio State | #6 | L7-25 |
| 2002 Postseason Week 1 | Washington State | Oklahoma | #8 | L14-34 |
| 2001 Regular Week 13 | Washington State | Washington | #16 | L14-26 |
| 2001 Regular Week 11 | Washington State | UCLA | #9 | W20-14 |
| 2001 Regular Week 10 | Washington State | Oregon | #11 | L17-24 |
| 2001 Regular Week 8 | Washington State | Stanford | #23 | W45-39 |
| 2000 Regular Week 13 | Washington State | Washington | #6 | L3-51 |
| 2000 Regular Week 11 | Washington State | Oregon | #7 | L24-27 |
| 2000 Regular Week 10 | Washington State | Oregon State | #18 | L9-38 |
| 2000 Regular Week 8 | Washington State | Arizona | #22 | L47-53 |
| 1998 Regular Week 11 | Washington State | Arizona | #9 | L7-41 |
| 1998 Regular Week 7 | Washington State | Oregon | #11 | L29-51 |
| 1998 Regular Week 6 | Washington State | UCLA | #3 | L17-49 |
| 1997 Regular Week 14 | Washington State | Washington | #17 | W41-35 |
| 1997 Regular Week 11 | Washington State | Arizona State | #20 | L31-44 |
| 1997 Regular Week 4 | Washington State | USC | #23 | W28-21 |
| 1997 Postseason Week 1 | Washington State | Michigan | #1 | L16-21 |
| 1996 Regular Week 14 | Washington State | Washington | #12 | L24-31 |
| 1996 Regular Week 9 | Washington State | California | #19 | W21-18 |
| 1996 Regular Week 5 | Washington State | Oregon | #25 | W55-44 |
| 1996 Regular Week 2 | Washington State | Colorado | #5 | L19-37 |
| 1995 Regular Week 13 | Washington State | Washington | #22 | L30-33 |
| 1995 Regular Week 9 | Washington State | Oregon | #12 | L7-26 |
| 1995 Regular Week 8 | Washington State | USC | #5 | L14-26 |
| 1995 Regular Week 6 | Washington State | Nebraska | #2 | L21-35 |
| 1995 Regular Week 5 | Washington State | UCLA | #16 | W24-15 |
| 1994 Regular Week 13 | Washington State | Washington | #18 | W23-6 |
| 1994 Regular Week 11 | Washington State | USC | #22 | L10-23 |
| 1994 Regular Week 8 | Washington State | Arizona | #14 | L7-10 |
| 1994 Regular Week 5 | Washington State | UCLA | #18 | W21-0 |
| 1994 Regular Week 2 | Washington State | Illinois | #22 | W10-9 |
| 1993 Regular Week 11 | Washington State | UCLA | #12 | L27-40 |
| 1993 Regular Week 9 | Washington State | Arizona | #7 | L6-9 |
| 1993 Regular Week 8 | Washington State | California | #21 | W34-7 |
| 1993 Regular Week 2 | Washington State | Michigan | #3 | L14-41 |
| 1992 Regular Week 13 | Washington State | Washington | #5 | W42-23 |
| 1992 Regular Week 12 | Washington State | Stanford | #15 | L3-40 |
| 1992 Regular Week 9 | Washington State | USC | #15 | L21-31 |
| 1991 Regular Week 13 | Washington State | Washington | #2 | L21-56 |
| 1991 Regular Week 12 | Washington State | Stanford | #22 | L14-49 |
| 1991 Regular Week 10 | Washington State | UCLA | #23 | L3-44 |
| 1991 Regular Week 8 | Washington State | Arizona State | #25 | W17-3 |
| 1991 Regular Week 4 | Washington State | Ohio State | #16 | L19-33 |
| 1990 Regular Week 13 | Washington State | Washington | #9 | L10-55 |
| 1990 Regular Week 10 | Washington State | Arizona | #23 | L34-42 |
| 1990 Regular Week 7 | Washington State | USC | #16 | L17-30 |
| 1990 Regular Week 4 | Washington State | BYU | #4 | L36-50 |
| 1989 Regular Week 8 | Washington State | Arizona | #22 | L21-23 |
| 1989 Regular Week 6 | Washington State | Oregon | #23 | W51-38 |
| 1989 Regular Week 5 | Washington State | USC | #11 | L17-18 |
| 1989 Regular Week 2 | Washington State | BYU | #24 | W46-41 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
UTEP
2017-2017 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -28.9 • Win % 0.0%
UTEP
2004-2012 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS -8.3 • Win % 44.0%
Washington State
1989-2002 • 14 seasons
Avg SRS 5.6 • Win % 51.5%
- Longest tenure
- Washington State • 14 seasons
- Best tenure
- Washington State • 5.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Washington State • 51.5%
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 Price sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeMike Price sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Price
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 1.0
- Percentile
- 61th pct
Above average
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.
UTEP
2017-2017 • 0-7
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -28.9Win % 0.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
0.0 during vs 4.2 baseline
-4.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-28.9 during vs -17.4 baseline
-11.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-27.4 during vs -18.5 baseline
-8.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
UTEP
2004-2012 • 48-61
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -8.3Win % 44.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 3.8 baseline
+1.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-8.3 during vs -17.9 baseline
+9.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.6 during vs -17.6 baseline
+13.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Washington State
1989-2002 • 83-78
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.6Win % 51.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.9 during vs 5.0 baseline
+0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.6 during vs 3.7 baseline
+1.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
6.7 during vs 6.6 baseline
+0.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
35.7% during vs 20.0% baseline
+15.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Washington State 2002
10-3 • SRS 16.8
Biggest Improvement
Washington State 1997
10-2 • 11.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Washington State 1997
10-2 • SP Off 46.6
Best Defensive Season
Washington State 1994
8-4 • SP Def 8.6
Setbacks
Worst Season
UTEP 2017
0-7 • SRS -28.9
Biggest Drop
Washington State 1998
3-8 • -25.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| UTEP | 2017 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -28.9 | -27.4 | 12.8 | 38.7 | -16.9 | -25.0% |
| UTEP | 2012 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -12.0 | -16.1 | 21.1 | 36.6 | -2.9 | -16.7% |
| UTEP | 2011 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -9.1 | -4.1 | 26.8 | 31.9 | +3.5 | -4.5% |
| UTEP | 2010 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -12.6 | -11.2 | 23.3 | 33.9 | -3.2 | +12.8% |
| UTEP | 2009 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -9.4 | -5.7 | 31.0 | 36.1 | -1.9 | -8.3% |
| UTEP | 2008 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -7.5 | -2.7 | 33.8 | 38.8 | +5.5 | +8.3% |
| UTEP | 2007 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -13.0 | -7.0 | 32.0 | 40.6 | -3.0 | -8.3% |
| UTEP | 2006 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -10.0 | -6.2 | 25.9 | 32.0 | -3.5 | -25.0% |
| UTEP | 2005 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -6.5 | 2.4 | 31.1 | 28.7 | -12.0 | 0.0% |
| UTEP | 2004 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 5.5 | 9.0 | 42.1 | 35.1 | -11.3 | -10.3% |
| Washington State | 2002 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #11 | #10 | 16.8 | 21.6 | 42.4 | 23.4 | +4.0 | -6.4% |
| Washington State | 2001 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #10 | 12.8 | 16.6 | 40.5 | 26.9 | +10.3 | +47.0% |
| Washington State | 2000 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 2.5 | 5.0 | 37.2 | 33.7 | +9.8 | +11.4% |
| Washington State | 1999 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -7.3 | -5.7 | 26.7 | 32.4 | +2.4 | -2.3% |
| Washington State | 1998 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -9.7 | -12.1 | 26.8 | 36.3 | -25.4 | -56.1% |
| Washington State | 1997 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #9 | 15.7 | 19.7 | 46.6 | 31.7 | +11.3 | +37.9% |
| Washington State | 1996 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 4.4 | 1.5 | 35.6 | 34.6 | +3.4 | +18.2% |
| Washington State | 1995 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 1.0 | 0.8 | 27.8 | 27.4 | -11.3 | -39.4% |
| Washington State | 1994 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #21 | 12.3 | 14.9 | 22.7 | 8.6 | +2.9 | +21.2% |
| Washington State | 1993 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 9.4 | 10.7 | 32.0 | 22.8 | -0.6 | -29.5% |
| Washington State | 1992 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #15 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 37.7 | 27.4 | +9.9 | +38.6% |
| Washington State | 1991 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 0.1 | -0.5 | 34.4 | 34.8 | +2.0 | +9.1% |
| Washington State | 1990 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -1.9 | -5.3 | 34.7 | 38.8 | -14.2 | -27.3% |
| Washington State | 1989 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 12.3 | 14.2 | 40.6 | 29.0 | — | — |
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