Top 25
4-14
- Games
- 18
- Win rate
- 22.2%
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Coach Profile
Mike Shula
2003-2006 • Alabama
One defining program at Alabama.
Mike Shula coached 4 seasons, won 52.0%, and posted an average SRS of 8.3. Best season: 2005 Alabama. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 26-24
- Career win rate
- 52.0%
- Average SRS
- 8.3
- Peak SRS
- 12.1
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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- #0
- Consistency
- 96.0
Primary school anchor
Alabama
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 66.6.
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 Shula
EliteStrongAverageLean
2003Actual season year • SRS range 6.3 to 12.12006
Active comparison point
Mike Shula • 2005
2005 Alabama
Best seasonBiggest improvement10-2 • SRS 12.1 • SP Overall 19.8
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+4.3
SP Off / Def
28.1 / 8.3
Finish
#8
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
1-7
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 12.5%
Top 5
1-5
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 16.7%
View ranked game results18
| 2006 Regular Week 12 | Alabama | Auburn | #15 | L15-22 |
| 2006 Regular Week 11 | Alabama | LSU | #12 | L14-28 |
| 2006 Regular Week 8 | Alabama | Tennessee | #7 | L13-16 |
| 2006 Regular Week 5 | Alabama | Florida | #5 | L13-28 |
| 2005 Regular Week 12 | Alabama | Auburn | #11 | L18-28 |
| 2005 Regular Week 11 | Alabama | LSU | #5 | L13-16 |
| 2005 Regular Week 8 | Alabama | Tennessee | #17 | W6-3 |
| 2005 Regular Week 5 | Alabama | Florida | #5 | W31-3 |
| 2005 Postseason Week 1 | Alabama | Texas Tech | #20 | W13-10 |
| 2004 Regular Week 13 | Alabama | Auburn | #2 | L13-21 |
| 2004 Regular Week 12 | Alabama | LSU | #17 | L10-26 |
| 2004 Regular Week 9 | Alabama | Tennessee | #11 | L13-17 |
| 2004 Regular Week 8 | Alabama | Southern Miss | #24 | W27-3 |
| 2003 Regular Week 13 | Alabama | LSU | #3 | L3-27 |
| 2003 Regular Week 10 | Alabama | Tennessee | #22 | L43-51 |
| 2003 Regular Week 7 | Alabama | Georgia | #11 | L23-37 |
| 2003 Regular Week 6 | Alabama | Arkansas | #9 | L31-34 |
| 2003 Regular Week 3 | Alabama | Oklahoma | #1 | L13-20 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Alabama
2003-2006 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 8.3 • Win % 52.0%
- Longest tenure
- Alabama • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Alabama • 8.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Alabama • 52.0%
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 Shula sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeMike Shula sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Shula
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 14.2
- Percentile
- 93th 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.
Alabama
2003-2006 • 26-24
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.3Win % 52.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 7.4 baseline
-0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.3 during vs 10.4 baseline
-2.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.2 during vs 15.8 baseline
-1.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
+20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Alabama 2005
10-2 • SRS 12.1
Biggest Improvement
Alabama 2005
10-2 • 4.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Alabama 2003
4-9 • SP Off 38.4
Best Defensive Season
Alabama 2005
10-2 • SP Def 8.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Alabama 2003
4-9 • SRS 6.3
Biggest Drop
Alabama 2006
6-7 • -5.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Alabama | 2006 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | #0 | #0 | 7.0 | 11.4 | 28.7 | 16.5 | -5.1 | -37.2% |
| Alabama | 2005 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #0 | #8 | 12.1 | 19.8 | 28.1 | 8.3 | +4.3 | +33.3% |
| Alabama | 2004 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #0 | #0 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 27.8 | 19.2 | +1.5 | +19.2% |
| Alabama | 2003 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.8% | #0 | #0 | 6.3 | 16.2 | 38.4 | 24.0 | — | — |
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Avg SRS 5.4 • Peak SRS 8.7 • 4 seasons
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same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 2.0
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