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Mike Neu

2016-2024Ball State

One defining stop at Ball State.

Mike Neu coached 9 seasons, won 38.8%, and posted an average SRS of -13.3. Best season: 2019 Ball State. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

40-63

Career Win %

38.8%

Seasons

9

Career Span

9 years

Average SRS

-13.3

Peak SRS

-4.9

Best Finish

#23

Consistency

53.6

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Mike Neu
EliteStrongAverageLean
2016Actual season year • SRS range -27.9 to -4.92024

Active comparison point

Mike Neu2019

Selected

2019 Ball State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

5-7 • SRS -4.9 • SP Overall -4.5

Win %

41.7%

YoY SRS

+11.5

SP Off / Def

29.5 / 32.6

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Ball State

2016-20249 seasons

Avg SRS -13.3 • Win % 38.8%

Longest Tenure

Ball State • 9 seasons

Best Tenure

Ball State • -13.3 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Ball State • 38.8%

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 Neu sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Mike Neu sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Mike Neu

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -13.9

18th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Ball State

2016-202440-63

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -13.3Win % 38.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.4 during vs 6.6 baseline

-2.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-13.3 during vs -7.6 baseline

-5.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.9 during vs -6.2 baseline

-7.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline

+11.1%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Ball State 2019

5-7SRS -4.9

Biggest Improvement

Ball State 2019

5-711.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Ball State 2019

5-7SP Off 29.5

Best Defensive Season

Ball State 2023

4-8SP Def 26.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Ball State 2017

2-10SRS -27.9

Biggest Drop

Ball State 2017

2-10-15.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Ball State20241037030.0%-13.4-19.821.340.8-0.6-3.3%
Ball State20231248033.3%-12.8-14.912.626.3-1.2-8.3%
Ball State20221257041.7%-11.6-14.916.030.1-4.3-4.5%
Ball State20211367046.2%-7.3-11.221.633.7-41.3%
Ball State2020871087.5%#23+45.8%
Ball State20191257041.7%-4.9-4.529.532.6+11.5+8.3%
Ball State20181248033.3%-16.4-18.922.540.2+11.5+16.7%
Ball State201712210016.7%-27.9-19.720.337.7-15.7-16.7%
Ball State20161248033.3%-12.2-7.028.235.1

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