Top 25
9-16
- Games
- 25
- Win rate
- 36.0%
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Coach Profile
Mike Norvell
2016-2025 • Florida State, Memphis
2 schools coached, anchored by Florida State.
Mike Norvell coached 10 seasons, won 62.3%, and posted an average SRS of 7.7. Best season: 2023 Florida State. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 71-43
- Career win rate
- 62.3%
- Average SRS
- 7.7
- Peak SRS
- 19.6
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
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- #6
- Consistency
- 36.8
Primary school anchor
Florida State
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 83.3.
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 Norvell
EliteStrongAverageLean
Mike Norvell: 2020 Florida State
2016Actual season year • SRS range -6.7 to 19.62025
Active comparison point
Mike Norvell • 2023
2023 Florida State
Best season13-1 • SRS 19.6 • SP Overall 19.4
Win %
92.9%
YoY SRS
+5.5
SP Off / Def
34.1 / 16.5
Finish
#6
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
1-9
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 10.0%
Top 5
1-4
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 20.0%
View ranked game results25
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Florida State
2020-2025 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 7.9 • Win % 55.0%
Memphis
2016-2019 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 7.5 • Win % 70.4%
- Longest tenure
- Florida State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Florida State • 7.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Memphis • 70.4%
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 Norvell sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeMike Norvell sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Norvell
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 9.7
- Percentile
- 84th pct
Strong
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.
Florida State
2020-2025 • 33-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.9Win % 55.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 6.3 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.9 during vs 8.2 baseline
-0.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 14.6 baseline
-5.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
-6.7%
Memphis
2016-2019 • 38-16
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.5Win % 70.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.5 during vs 5.6 baseline
+3.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.5 during vs -6.6 baseline
+14.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
10.7 during vs -5.1 baseline
+15.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+30.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Florida State 2023
13-1 • SRS 19.6
Biggest Improvement
Florida State 2025
0-0 • 15.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Memphis 2019
12-2 • SP Off 39.5
Best Defensive Season
Florida State 2023
13-1 • SP Def 16.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Florida State 2024
2-10 • SRS -6.7
Biggest Drop
Florida State 2024
2-10 • -26.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Florida State | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8.4 | 7.2 | 29.3 | 21.2 | +15.1 | — |
| Florida State | 2024 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | #10 | — | -6.7 | -3.2 | 20.1 | 25.3 | -26.3 | -76.2% |
| Florida State | 2023 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | #8 | #6 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 34.1 | 16.5 | +5.5 | +15.9% |
| Florida State | 2022 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #11 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 34.8 | 20.4 | +10.1 | +35.3% |
| Florida State | 2021 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 4.0 | 7.6 | 29.8 | 23.0 | — | +8.3% |
| Florida State | 2020 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -52.4% |
| Memphis | 2019 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | — | #17 | 14.4 | 18.0 | 39.5 | 23.4 | +13.2 | +28.6% |
| Memphis | 2018 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.1% | — | — | 1.2 | 9.2 | 38.8 | 30.5 | -9.3 | -19.8% |
| Memphis | 2017 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #25 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 37.6 | 30.6 | +6.5 | +15.4% |
| Memphis | 2016 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 4.0 | 7.7 | 33.8 | 29.3 | — | — |
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