Mike Gundy
Followed Les Miles. Mike Gundy raised Oklahoma State from National Program II to Power Program II.
In his own words
Awaiting signal — no quotes collected from this staff yet this cycle.
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 Power Program in his 7th career season — faster than 21% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #297 of 395 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.
16–20 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Lincoln Riley.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
1st-best Oklahoma State tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on offense and underperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Les Miles (2001–2004).
| Season | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 4–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 11–2 | 12–1 | 8–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 10–3 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 8–3 | 12–2 | 7–6 | 10–4 | 3–9 | 0–9 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W bowl | L bowl | W bowl | W bowl | W CFP | L bowl | W bowl | W bowl | L bowl | W bowl | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | #27 | #40 | #45 | #38 | #34 | #38 | #45 | #39 | #29 | #54 | #56 | #53 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44.2 | 52.9 | 48.6 | 49.9 | 48.8 | 39.2 | 40.2 | 41.9 | 52.4 | 55.9 | 56.0 | 47.5 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mike Yurcich | Mike Yurcich | Mike Yurcich | Mike Yurcich | Mike Yurcich | Sean Gleeson | Kasey Dunn | Kasey Dunn | Kasey Dunn | Kasey Dunn | Kasey Dunn | Doug Meacham | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Glenn Spencer | Glenn Spencer | Glenn Spencer | Glenn Spencer | Jim Knowles | Jim Knowles | Jim Knowles | Jim Knowles | Derek Mason | Bryan Nardo / Joe Bob Clements | Bryan Nardo / Joe Bob Clements | Todd Grantham | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 75 | 89 | 93 | 88 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 61 | 36 | 3 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 22 | 47 | 47 | 17 | 56 | 84 | 100 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 17 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43.3 | 48.4 | 49.4 | 49.8 | 48.5 | 34.3 | 41.5 | 42.8 | 49.7 | 52.3 | 49.7 | 51.1 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27.3 | 38.6 | 33.3 | 37.0 | 38.1 | 31.4 | 29.0 | 29.4 | 41.0 | 42.1 | 54.1 | 34.8 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 32.6 | 36.6 | 30.0 | 20.0 | 18.5 | 25.0 | 24.1 | 46.2 | 32.4 | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits younger transfers than most — more of a development bet.
40 NFL Draft picks: Darrent Williams (2005), Vernand Morency (2005), Billy Bajema (2005), Charlie Johnson (2006), Ryan McBean (2007), Corey Hilliard (2007), Brandon Pettigrew (2009), Russell Okung (2010) + 32 more
Coach of the Year: Big 12 Coach of the Year (2021), Big 12 Chuck Neinas Coach of the Year (2023)
2 player-seasons honored (All-America / national award): Malcolm Rodriguez (2021), Ollie Gordon II (2023)
AI Narratives — “Oklahoma State — stat check”.