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Mike Sherman

Followed Dennis Franchione. Mike Sherman held Texas A&M at Power Program III for 4 seasons.

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2008–2011 · 1 stint
Texas A&M
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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.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerTEXAS A&MPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyTexas A&M, 2008: 4-8, National Program I2008Texas A&M, 2009: 6-7, National Program I2009Texas A&M, 2010: 9-4, National Program I2010Texas A&M, 2011: 6-6, Power Program III2011-1.6One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 4th career season — faster than 37% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #215 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Texas A&M, 4 seasons
−1.6
National Program I → Power Program III.

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.

1–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Mike Gundy.

Rivalry record
1–3
25.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
7–5
58.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
2–6
25.0%
Rivalry ledger
Texas1–233%
LSU0–10%
The toughest matchup
vs. Mike Gundy0–3
3 meetings, 2008–2010
’08 L’09 L’10 L
0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
2–6 25.0%
Power Program
3–6 33.3%
National Program
2–5 28.6%
Regional Program
11–2 84.6%

Coaching career

2008–2011
Texas A&Mcaretaker
Power Program III → Power Program III
Mike Sherman held Texas A&M at Power Program III for 4 seasons.

14th-best Texas A&M tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Dennis Franchione (2003–2007) · succeeded by Kevin Sumlin (2012–2017).

Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Edge from high school
100%
#191 of 208 stints
Grows Running back from high school
100%
#196 of 208 stints

13 NFL Draft picks: Martellus Bennett (2008), Cody Wallace (2008), Red Bryant (2008), Chris Harrington (2008), Corey Clark (2008), Stephen McGee (2009), Mike Goodson (2009), Jordon Pugh (2010) + 5 more

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