Top 25
8-22
- Games
- 30
- Win rate
- 26.7%
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Mike OCain
1993-1999 • NC State
One defining program at NC State.
Mike OCain coached 7 seasons, won 50.6%, and posted an average SRS of 0.8. Best season: 1997 NC State. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 41-40
- Career win rate
- 50.6%
- Average SRS
- 0.8
- Peak SRS
- 9.2
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
- 7
- Career span
- 7 years
- Best finish
- #17
- Consistency
- 74.7
Primary school anchor
NC State
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 59.5.
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 OCain
EliteStrongAverageLean
1993Actual season year • SRS range -6.7 to 9.21999
Active comparison point
Mike OCain • 1997
1997 NC State
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5 • SRS 9.2 • SP Overall 10.8
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+15.9
SP Off / Def
37.6 / 28.7
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
0-10
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results30
| 1999 Regular Week 13 | NC State | East Carolina | #23 | L6-23 |
| 1999 Regular Week 10 | NC State | Georgia Tech | #7 | L21-48 |
| 1999 Regular Week 4 | NC State | Florida State | #1 | L11-42 |
| 1998 Regular Week 9 | NC State | Virginia | #15 | L13-23 |
| 1998 Regular Week 7 | NC State | Georgia Tech | #25 | L24-47 |
| 1998 Regular Week 6 | NC State | Syracuse | #24 | W38-17 |
| 1998 Regular Week 3 | NC State | Florida State | #11 | W24-7 |
| 1998 Postseason Week 1 | NC State | Miami | #20 | L23-46 |
| 1997 Regular Week 11 | NC State | Florida State | #3 | L35-48 |
| 1997 Regular Week 9 | NC State | North Carolina | #4 | L7-20 |
| 1997 Regular Week 8 | NC State | Georgia Tech | #25 | L17-27 |
| 1997 Regular Week 4 | NC State | Clemson | #19 | L17-19 |
| 1997 Regular Week 2 | NC State | Syracuse | #13 | W32-31 |
| 1996 Regular Week 11 | NC State | North Carolina | #8 | L20-52 |
| 1996 Regular Week 9 | NC State | Virginia | #20 | L14-62 |
| 1996 Regular Week 8 | NC State | Alabama | #8 | L19-24 |
| 1996 Regular Week 5 | NC State | Florida State | #3 | L17-51 |
| 1995 Regular Week 7 | NC State | Alabama | #16 | L11-27 |
| 1995 Regular Week 4 | NC State | Florida State | #1 | L17-77 |
| 1995 Regular Week 3 | NC State | Virginia | #16 | L24-29 |
| 1994 Regular Week 14 | NC State | Virginia | #13 | W30-27 |
| 1994 Regular Week 13 | NC State | Florida State | #8 | L3-34 |
| 1994 Regular Week 12 | NC State | Duke | #18 | W24-23 |
| 1994 Regular Week 10 | NC State | North Carolina | #24 | L17-31 |
| 1994 Regular Week 3 | NC State | Clemson | #22 | W29-12 |
| 1994 Postseason Week 1 | NC State | Mississippi State | #24 | W28-24 |
| 1993 Regular Week 13 | NC State | Florida State | #2 | L3-62 |
| 1993 Regular Week 10 | NC State | Virginia | #16 | W34-29 |
| 1993 Regular Week 5 | NC State | North Carolina | #18 | L14-35 |
| 1993 Postseason Week 1 | NC State | Michigan | #21 | L7-42 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
NC State
1993-1999 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 0.8 • Win % 50.6%
- Longest tenure
- NC State • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- NC State • 0.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- NC State • 50.6%
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 OCain sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeMike OCain sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike OCain
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 1.1
- Percentile
- 61th pct
Above average
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.
NC State
1993-1999 • 41-40
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 0.8Win % 50.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.9 during vs 8.0 baseline
-2.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.8 during vs 8.4 baseline
-7.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
1.1 during vs 10.0 baseline
-8.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
14.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
-25.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
NC State 1997
6-5 • SRS 9.2
Biggest Improvement
NC State 1997
6-5 • 15.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
NC State 1998
7-5 • SP Off 39.4
Best Defensive Season
NC State 1994
9-3 • SP Def 27.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
NC State 1996
3-8 • SRS -6.7
Biggest Drop
NC State 1999
6-6 • -6.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| NC State | 1999 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.4 | -3.2 | 26.2 | 29.4 | -6.2 | -8.3% |
| NC State | 1998 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.8 | 7.5 | 39.4 | 33.9 | -3.4 | +3.8% |
| NC State | 1997 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 9.2 | 10.8 | 37.6 | 28.7 | +15.9 | +27.3% |
| NC State | 1996 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -6.7 | -9.0 | 33.5 | 39.7 | -2.9 | 0.0% |
| NC State | 1995 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -3.8 | -6.2 | 32.0 | 36.7 | -5.5 | -47.7% |
| NC State | 1994 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #17 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 32.1 | 27.0 | +1.6 | +16.7% |
| NC State | 1993 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #25 | — | 0.1 | 1.0 | 31.9 | 31.6 | — | — |
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