Mike Bobo
Offensive coordinator across 3 programs, 4 stints, before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.
Mike Bobo
Mike Bobo slid South Carolina from Power Program III to National Program I in 1 season.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached National Program in his 6th career season — faster than 12% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #580 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
1–8 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Craig Bohl.
Coaching career
5th-best South Carolina tenure of 19 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Succeeded by Shane Beamer (2021–2026).
8 NFL Draft picks: Javon Kinlaw (2020), Bryan Edwards (2020), D.J. Wonnum (2020), TJ Brunson (2020), Jaycee Horn (2021), Ernest Jones (2021), Shi Smith (2021), Israel Mukuamu (2021)
5th-best Colorado State tenure of 18 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent on offense and underperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Jim McElwain (2012–2014) · succeeded by Steve Addazio (2020–2021).
| Season | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 7–6 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 4–8 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | L bowl | L bowl | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #119 | #76 | #73 | #86 | #84 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||
| Pass rate | 42.3 | 40.1 | 47.0 | 56.2 | 53.0 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||
| OC | Will Friend | Will Friend | Will Friend | Dave Johnson | Dave Johnson | |
| DC | Tyson Summers | Marty English | Marty English | John Jancek | John Jancek | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||
| Offense | 64 | 94 | 86 | 38 | 46 | |
| Defense | 28 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 49 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 39.5 | 30.1 | 42.5 | 52.5 | 51.5 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 34.8 | 33.7 | 39.1 | 47.0 | 45.0 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 30.0 | 29.6 | 34.1 | 19.2 | 35.0 | |
6 NFL Draft picks: Ty Sambrailo (2015), Garrett Grayson (2015), Rashard Higgins (2016), Cory James (2016), Michael Gallup (2018), Olabisi Johnson (2019)