Top 25
15-48
- Games
- 63
- Win rate
- 23.8%
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Coach Profile
Mike Riley
1997-2017 • Nebraska, Oregon State
2 schools coached, anchored by Oregon State.
Mike Riley coached 17 seasons, won 53.1%, and posted an average SRS of 6.6. Best season: 2012 Oregon State. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 112-99
- Career win rate
- 53.1%
- Average SRS
- 6.6
- Peak SRS
- 14.9
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
- 17
- Career span
- 21 years
- Best finish
- #18
- Consistency
- 59.1
Primary school anchor
Oregon State
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 73.3.
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 Riley
EliteStrongAverageLean
Mike Riley: 2015 Nebraska
1997Actual season year • SRS range -3.5 to 14.92017
Active comparison point
Mike Riley • 2012
2012 Oregon State
Best seasonBiggest improvement9-4 • SRS 14.9 • SP Overall 16.4
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+15.9
SP Off / Def
33.2 / 19.0
Finish
#20
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
6-23
- Games
- 29
- Win rate
- 20.7%
Top 5
3-10
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 23.1%
View ranked game results63
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Nebraska
2015-2017 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 4.2 • Win % 50.0%
Oregon State
2003-2014 • 12 seasons
Avg SRS 8.4 • Win % 56.3%
Oregon State
1997-1998 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -0.8 • Win % 36.4%
- Longest tenure
- Oregon State • 12 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oregon State • 8.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Oregon State • 56.3%
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 Riley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeMike Riley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Riley
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 8.1
- Percentile
- 80th 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.
Nebraska
2015-2017 • 19-19
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.2Win % 50.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 9.4 baseline
-3.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.2 during vs 10.3 baseline
-6.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.0 during vs 15.7 baseline
-7.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-60.0%
Oregon State
2003-2014 • 85-66
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.4Win % 56.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.1 during vs 7.2 baseline
-0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.4 during vs 9.3 baseline
-0.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.7 during vs 11.5 baseline
-1.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
+13.3%
Oregon State
1997-1998 • 8-14
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.8Win % 36.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 2.4 baseline
+1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.8 during vs -4.2 baseline
+3.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-1.4 during vs -6.5 baseline
+5.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Oregon State 2012
9-4 • SRS 14.9
Biggest Improvement
Oregon State 2012
9-4 • 15.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oregon State 2003
8-5 • SP Off 41.3
Best Defensive Season
Oregon State 2007
9-4 • SP Def 13.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oregon State 1997
3-8 • SRS -3.5
Biggest Drop
Oregon State 2005
5-6 • -15.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Nebraska | 2017 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -0.9 | 2.5 | 25.6 | 23.7 | -7.8 | -35.9% |
| Nebraska | 2016 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 6.9 | 10.3 | 37.7 | 28.3 | +0.3 | +23.1% |
| Nebraska | 2015 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 6.6 | 11.1 | 35.4 | 25.0 | +8.2 | +4.5% |
| Oregon State | 2014 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -1.6 | 3.2 | 30.3 | 27.9 | -14.5 | -12.2% |
| Oregon State | 2013 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #25 | — | 12.9 | 11.9 | 38.0 | 26.6 | -2.0 | -15.4% |
| Oregon State | 2012 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #20 | 14.9 | 16.4 | 33.2 | 19.0 | +15.9 | +44.2% |
| Oregon State | 2011 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -1.0 | -5.2 | 25.2 | 30.6 | -12.2 | -16.7% |
| Oregon State | 2010 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #24 | — | 11.2 | 4.6 | 30.6 | 25.5 | +2.8 | -19.9% |
| Oregon State | 2009 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 8.4 | 12.6 | 35.3 | 24.7 | -3.3 | -7.7% |
| Oregon State | 2008 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #18 | 11.7 | 14.2 | 33.7 | 19.1 | +1.1 | 0.0% |
| Oregon State | 2007 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #25 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 25.6 | 13.5 | +0.1 | -2.2% |
| Oregon State | 2006 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | #21 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 31.0 | 21.0 | +11.5 | +26.0% |
| Oregon State | 2005 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -1.0 | 1.5 | 26.6 | 25.2 | -15.3 | -12.9% |
| Oregon State | 2004 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 14.3 | 17.5 | 39.1 | 23.3 | +4.0 | -3.2% |
| Oregon State | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 10.3 | 16.3 | 41.3 | 28.2 | +8.3 | +16.1% |
| Oregon State | 1998 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 2.0 | 2.2 | 32.7 | 31.9 | +5.5 | +18.2% |
| Oregon State | 1997 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -3.5 | -4.9 | 24.4 | 29.0 | — | — |
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