Top 25
7-10-1
- Games
- 18
- Win rate
- 41.7%
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Mike Archer
1987-1990 • LSU
One defining program at LSU.
Mike Archer coached 4 seasons, won 59.8%, and posted an average SRS of 9.1. Best season: 1987 LSU. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 27-18-1
- Career win rate
- 59.8%
- Average SRS
- 9.1
- Peak SRS
- 20.0
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
- #5
- Consistency
- 24.7
Primary school anchor
LSU
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 84.2.
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 Archer
EliteStrongAverageLean
1987Actual season year • SRS range -4.3 to 20.01990
Active comparison point
Mike Archer • 1987
1987 LSU
Best season10-1-1 • SRS 20.0 • SP Overall 23.5
Win %
87.5%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
38.8 / 16.5
Finish
#5
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
1-3-1
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 30.0%
Top 5
1-2
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 33.3%
View ranked game results18
| 1990 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Ole Miss | #16 | L10-19 |
| 1990 Regular Week 10 | LSU | Florida State | #12 | L3-42 |
| 1990 Regular Week 7 | LSU | Florida | #9 | L8-34 |
| 1990 Regular Week 6 | LSU | Texas A&M | #19 | W17-8 |
| 1989 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #4 | L16-32 |
| 1989 Regular Week 9 | LSU | Tennessee | #11 | L39-45 |
| 1989 Regular Week 7 | LSU | Auburn | #12 | L6-10 |
| 1988 Regular Week 13 | LSU | Miami | #3 | L3-44 |
| 1988 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #18 | W19-18 |
| 1988 Regular Week 7 | LSU | Auburn | #4 | W7-6 |
| 1988 Regular Week 6 | LSU | Florida | #17 | L6-19 |
| 1988 Regular Week 2 | LSU | Texas A&M | #11 | W27-0 |
| 1988 Postseason Week 1 | LSU | Syracuse | #13 | L10-23 |
| 1987 Regular Week 11 | LSU | Alabama | #11 | L10-22 |
| 1987 Regular Week 7 | LSU | Georgia | #18 | W26-23 |
| 1987 Regular Week 6 | LSU | Florida | #18 | W13-10 |
| 1987 Regular Week 5 | LSU | Ohio State | #9 | T13-13 |
| 1987 Postseason Week 1 | LSU | South Carolina | #15 | W30-13 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
LSU
1987-1990 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 9.1 • Win % 59.8%
- Longest tenure
- LSU • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- LSU • 9.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- LSU • 59.8%
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 Archer sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeMike Archer sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Archer
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 12.2
- Percentile
- 89th 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.
LSU
1987-1990 • 27-18-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 9.1Win % 59.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 7.6 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.1 during vs 13.1 baseline
-4.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.2 during vs 14.5 baseline
-2.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
-30.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
LSU 1987
10-1-1 • SRS 20.0
Biggest Improvement
LSU 1989
4-7 • 0.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
LSU 1987
10-1-1 • SP Off 38.8
Best Defensive Season
LSU 1988
8-4 • SP Def 15.9
Setbacks
Worst Season
LSU 1990
5-6 • SRS -4.3
Biggest Drop
LSU 1990
5-6 • -14.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| LSU | 1990 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -4.3 | -2.7 | 21.9 | 24.3 | -14.6 | +9.1% |
| LSU | 1989 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #7 | — | 10.3 | 14.1 | 36.5 | 24.0 | +0.1 | -30.3% |
| LSU | 1988 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #18 | #19 | 10.2 | 13.8 | 29.0 | 15.9 | -9.8 | -20.8% |
| LSU | 1987 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 87.5% | #6 | #5 | 20.0 | 23.5 | 38.8 | 16.5 | — | — |
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