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Mike McGee
1970-1978 • Duke, East Carolina
2 schools coached, anchored by Duke.
Mike McGee coached 9 seasons, won 42.4%, and posted an average SRS of 0.1. Best season: 1977 Duke. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 40-55-4
- Career win rate
- 42.4%
- Average SRS
- 0.1
- Peak SRS
- 9.5
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
- 9
- Career span
- 9 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 19.6
Primary school anchor
Duke
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 60.0.
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 McGee
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Mike McGee: 1971 Duke
1970Actual season year • SRS range -22.7 to 9.51978
Active comparison point
Mike McGee • 1977
1977 Duke
Best season5-6 • SRS 9.5 • SP Overall 10.5
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+2.7
SP Off / Def
29.5 / 19.9
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.
Top 10
1-7
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 12.5%
Top 5
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results23
| 1978 Regular Week 9 | Duke | Maryland | #5 | L0-27 |
| 1978 Regular Week 8 | Duke | Clemson | #20 | L8-28 |
| 1978 Regular Week 7 | Duke | Navy | #17 | L8-31 |
| 1978 Regular Week 5 | Duke | Michigan | #3 | L0-52 |
| 1977 Regular Week 12 | Duke | North Carolina | #15 | L3-16 |
| 1977 Regular Week 7 | Duke | Clemson | #20 | L11-17 |
| 1977 Regular Week 3 | Duke | Michigan | #1 | L9-21 |
| 1976 Regular Week 12 | Duke | North Carolina | #19 | L38-39 |
| 1976 Regular Week 8 | Duke | Maryland | #5 | L3-30 |
| 1976 Regular Week 5 | Duke | Pittsburgh | #2 | L31-44 |
| 1975 Regular Week 8 | Duke | Florida | #12 | L16-24 |
| 1975 Regular Week 2 | Duke | USC | #4 | L7-35 |
| 1974 Regular Week 11 | Duke | Maryland | #13 | L13-56 |
| 1974 Regular Week 8 | Duke | Florida | #12 | L13-30 |
| 1974 Regular Week 2 | Duke | NC State | #16 | L21-35 |
| 1973 Regular Week 12 | Duke | NC State | #16 | L3-21 |
| 1973 Regular Week 7 | Duke | Tulane | #17 | L17-24 |
| 1973 Regular Week 3 | Duke | Tennessee | #10 | L17-21 |
| 1972 Regular Week 11 | Duke | North Carolina | #16 | L0-14 |
| 1972 Regular Week 3 | Duke | Stanford | #19 | L6-10 |
| 1972 Regular Week 2 | Duke | Washington | #12 | L6-14 |
| 1971 Regular Week 4 | Duke | Stanford | #10 | W9-3 |
| 1971 Regular Week 2 | Duke | South Carolina | #19 | W28-12 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Duke
1971-1978 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 2.9 • Win % 44.3%
East Carolina
1970-1970 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -22.7 • Win % 27.3%
- Longest tenure
- Duke • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Duke • 2.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Duke • 44.3%
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 McGee sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeMike McGee sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike McGee
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -0.9
- Percentile
- 53th pct
Mixed
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.
Duke
1971-1978 • 37-47-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.9Win % 44.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 4.4 baseline
+0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.9 during vs -2.3 baseline
+5.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.8 during vs 3.1 baseline
-2.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
East Carolina
1970-1970 • 3-8
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -22.7Win % 27.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 5.4 baseline
-2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-22.7 during vs -15.9 baseline
-6.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-14.8 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Duke 1977
5-6 • SRS 9.5
Biggest Improvement
Duke 1971
6-5 • 27.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Duke 1977
5-6 • SP Off 29.5
Best Defensive Season
Duke 1972
5-6 • SP Def 13.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
East Carolina 1970
3-8 • SRS -22.7
Biggest Drop
Duke 1978
4-7 • -13.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Duke | 1978 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -3.6 | -2.5 | 17.7 | 19.9 | -13.1 | -9.1% |
| Duke | 1977 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 9.5 | 10.5 | 29.5 | 19.9 | +2.7 | -4.5% |
| Duke | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 6.8 | 6.2 | 29.0 | 24.1 | +6.1 | +4.5% |
| Duke | 1975 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 45.5% | — | — | 0.7 | -4.9 | 19.9 | 25.0 | -4.7 | -9.1% |
| Duke | 1974 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 5.4 | 3.5 | 23.7 | 20.9 | +9.7 | +31.8% |
| Duke | 1973 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -4.3 | -13.0 | 11.9 | 23.5 | -8.1 | -22.7% |
| Duke | 1972 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 3.8 | 2.8 | 15.9 | 13.4 | -1.3 | -9.1% |
| Duke | 1971 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 5.1 | 4.0 | 18.3 | 15.1 | +27.8 | +27.3% |
| East Carolina | 1970 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -22.7 | -14.8 | 16.7 | 30.5 | — | — |
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