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Mike DeBord

2000-2003Central Michigan

One defining program at Central Michigan.

Mike DeBord coached 4 seasons, won 26.1%, and posted an average SRS of -18.6. Best season: 2001 Central Michigan. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
12-34
Career win rate
26.1%
Average SRS
-18.6
Peak SRS
-16.0

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
Consistency
96.2

Primary school anchor

Central Michigan

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 7.7.

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 DeBord
EliteStrongAverageLean
2000Actual season year • SRS range -21.8 to -16.02003

Active comparison point

Mike DeBord2001

Selected

2001 Central Michigan

Best seasonBiggest improvement

3-8 • SRS -16.0 • SP Overall -15.6

Win %

27.3%

YoY SRS

+5.8

SP Off / Def

25.5 / 38.0

Finish

Unranked

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-0

Games
0
Win rate

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results2
2003 Regular Week 8Central MichiganNorthern Illinois#16L24-40
2000 Regular Week 2Central MichiganPurdue#15L0-48

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Central Michigan

2000-20034 seasons

Avg SRS -18.6 • Win % 26.1%

Longest tenure
Central Michigan • 4 seasons
Best tenure
Central Michigan • -18.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Central Michigan • 26.1%

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 DeBord sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Mike DeBord sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Mike DeBord

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-18.7
Percentile
9th pct

Lower end

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.

Central Michigan

2000-200312-34

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -18.6Win % 26.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.0 during vs 4.2 baseline

-1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-18.6 during vs -16.3 baseline

-2.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-18.7 during vs -15.5 baseline

-3.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Central Michigan 2001

3-8SRS -16.0

Biggest Improvement

Central Michigan 2001

3-85.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Central Michigan 2001

3-8SP Off 25.5

Best Defensive Season

Central Michigan 2000

2-9SP Def 36.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Central Michigan 2000

2-9SRS -21.8

Biggest Drop

Central Michigan 2003

3-9-1.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Central Michigan20031239025.0%-19.1-22.823.441.8-1.8-8.3%
Central Michigan20021248033.3%-17.3-18.725.540.6-1.3+6.1%
Central Michigan20011138027.3%-16.0-15.625.538.0+5.8+9.1%
Central Michigan20001129018.2%-21.8-17.819.836.0

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