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Mike Stock

Followed Ed Chlebek. Mike Stock slid Eastern Michigan from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 5 seasons.

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1978–1982 · 1 stint
Eastern Michigan
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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 careerEASTERN MICHIGANRegional Programthe building-block levelEastern Michigan, 1978: 3-7, Regional Program III1978Eastern Michigan, 1979: 2-8, Regional Program III1979Eastern Michigan, 1980: 1-9, Regional Program IV1980Eastern Michigan, 1981: 0-11, Regional Program IV1981Eastern Michigan, 1982: 0-3, Regional Program V1982-10.4One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Eastern Michigan, 5 seasons
−10.4
Regional Program III → Regional Program V.

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.

0–8 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Dwight Wallace.

Rivalry record
0–8
0.0% · 2 rivals
One-score games
3–3–1
42.9% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Western Michigan0–40%
Central Michigan0–40%
The toughest matchup
vs. Dwight Wallace0–4
4 meetings, 1978–1981
’78 L’79 L’80 L’81 L
0% win rate across a real, 4-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
National Program
0–10 0.0%
Regional Program
3–17 15.0%

Coaching career

1978–1982
Eastern Michigancaretaker
Regional Program II → Regional Program III
Mike Stock slid Eastern Michigan from Regional Program II to Regional Program III in 5 seasons.

3rd-best Eastern Michigan tenure of 13 by the numbers.

Followed Ed Chlebek (1976–1977) · succeeded by Jim Harkema (1983–1992).

2 NFL Draft picks: Ron Johnson (1978), Ken Miller (1981)

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