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Mike White

1972-1987California, Illinois

2 schools coached, anchored by Illinois.

Mike White coached 14 seasons, won 52.9%, and posted an average SRS of 6.4. Best season: 1975 California. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career record
81-72-4
Career win rate
52.9%
Average SRS
6.4
Peak SRS
15.3

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
14
Career span
16 years
Best finish
#10
Consistency
54.8

Primary school anchor

Illinois

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 74.2.

Career Arc

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.

Mike White
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Mike White: 1980 Illinois
1972Actual season year • SRS range -2.9 to 15.31987

Active comparison point

Mike White1975

Selected

1975 California

Best season

8-3 • SRS 15.3 • SP Overall 16.6

Win %

72.7%

YoY SRS

+6.7

SP Off / Def

38.8 / 24.0

Finish

#14

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Illinois

1980-19878 seasons

Avg SRS 5.3 • Win % 53.3%

California

1972-19776 seasons

Avg SRS 7.9 • Win % 52.3%

Longest tenure
Illinois • 8 seasons
Best tenure
California • 7.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Illinois • 53.3%

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 White sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Mike White sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Mike White

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall
5.5
Percentile
74th pct

Strong

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Illinois

1980-198747-41-3

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

Avg SRS 5.3Win % 53.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.9 during vs 3.2 baseline

+2.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.3 during vs -1.2 baseline

+6.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

4.8 during vs -6.3 baseline

+11.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

12.5% during vs 0.0% baseline

+12.5%

California

1972-197734-31-1

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

Avg SRS 7.9Win % 52.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.7 during vs 5.8 baseline

-0.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.9 during vs 9.6 baseline

-1.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.4 during vs 6.9 baseline

-0.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+16.7%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

California 1975

8-3SRS 15.3

Biggest Improvement

California 1974

7-3-110.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

California 1975

8-3SP Off 38.8

Best Defensive Season

California 1976

5-6SP Def 19.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Illinois 1986

4-7SRS -2.9

Biggest Drop

Illinois 1980

3-7-1-14.7 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Illinois19871137131.8%-2.8-5.416.522.0+0.1-4.5%
Illinois19861147036.4%-2.9-2.825.728.5-8.9-17.8%
Illinois19851265154.2%#116.010.036.628.7-5.5-9.5%
Illinois19841174063.6%11.511.234.225.0-1.1-19.7%
Illinois198312102083.3%#1012.614.034.722.0-1.3+25.0%
Illinois19821275058.3%13.911.633.823.8+8.8-5.3%
Illinois19811174063.6%5.15.434.230.4+6.0+31.8%
Illinois19801137131.8%-0.9-5.629.234.2-14.7-31.8%
California19771174063.6%13.810.132.624.1+5.9+18.2%
California19761156045.5%#157.911.630.119.6-7.4-27.3%
California19751183072.7%#1415.316.638.824.0+6.7+4.5%
California19741173168.2%8.67.830.323.8+10.2+31.8%
California19731147036.4%-1.6-8.531.237.5-4.9+9.1%
California19721138027.3%3.30.830.430.2

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