Coach Profile
1980-1981 • App State
One defining stop at App State.
Mike Working coached 2 seasons, won 45.5%, and posted an average SRS of -9.4. Best season: 1980 App State. The profile was defense-first with limited volatility context. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
App State
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 28.8.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
6-4-1 • SRS -2.7 • SP Overall 0.3
Win %
59.1%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
22.6 / 22.5
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
App State
1980-1981 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -9.4 • Win % 45.5%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Mike Working sets the reference point in overall strength.
Mike Working sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Working
Lower end
Lower end
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1980-1981 • 9-11-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 5.2 baseline
-0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-9.4 during vs -5.8 baseline
-3.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.8 during vs -1.9 baseline
-5.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
App State 1980
6-4-1 • SRS -2.7
Biggest Improvement
App State 1981
3-7-1 • -13.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
App State 1980
6-4-1 • SP Off 22.6
Best Defensive Season
App State 1980
6-4-1 • SP Def 22.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
App State 1981
3-7-1 • SRS -16.2
Biggest Drop
App State 1981
3-7-1 • -13.5 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| App State | 1981 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -16.2 | -15.8 | 14.8 | 29.9 | -13.5 | -27.3% |
| App State | 1980 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | -2.7 | 0.3 | 22.6 | 22.5 | — | — |
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