1984-1991 • Long Beach State, New Mexico
2 schools coached, anchored by New Mexico.
Mike Sheppard coached 8 seasons, won 26.9%, and posted an average SRS of -13.5. Best season: 1986 Long Beach State. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
25-68
Career Win %
26.9%
Seasons
8
Career Span
8 years
Average SRS
-13.5
Peak SRS
-4.6
Best Finish
—
Consistency
36.4
Higher = steadier
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.
Active comparison point
6-5 • SRS -4.6 • SP Overall -0.6
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+3.4
SP Off / Def
26.7 / 27.4
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
New Mexico
1987-1991 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -17.4 • Win % 15.3%
Long Beach State
1984-1986 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -7.0 • Win % 47.1%
Longest Tenure
New Mexico • 5 seasons
Best Tenure
Long Beach State • -7.0 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Long Beach State • 47.1%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Mike Sheppard sets the reference point in overall strength.
Mike Sheppard sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Sheppard
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -13.0
20th pct
Lower end
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1987-1991 • 9-50
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
1.8 during vs 5.4 baseline
-3.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-17.4 during vs -4.4 baseline
-13.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-18.8 during vs -3.7 baseline
-15.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1984-1986 • 16-18
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 6.2 baseline
-0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.0 during vs -6.1 baseline
-0.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.3 during vs -5.7 baseline
+2.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Long Beach State 1986
6-5 • SRS -4.6
Biggest Improvement
New Mexico 1989
2-10 • 18.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
New Mexico 1989
2-10 • SP Off 31.5
Best Defensive Season
Long Beach State 1986
6-5 • SP Def 27.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
New Mexico 1988
2-10 • SRS -25.3
Biggest Drop
New Mexico 1987
0-11 • -19.4 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| New Mexico | 1991 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -18.6 | -19.7 | 27.8 | 42.6 | -5.9 | +8.3% |
| New Mexico | 1990 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -12.7 | -14.6 | 28.7 | 39.7 | -6.1 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | 1989 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -6.6 | -7.0 | 31.5 | 36.9 | +18.7 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | 1988 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -25.3 | -27.0 | 22.9 | 43.4 | -1.3 | +16.7% |
| New Mexico | 1987 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -24.0 | -25.7 | 24.9 | 44.0 | -19.4 | -54.5% |
| Long Beach State | 1986 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -4.6 | -0.6 | 26.7 | 27.4 | +3.4 | +4.5% |
| Long Beach State | 1985 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -8.0 | -3.7 | 31.5 | 34.8 | +0.4 | +13.6% |
| Long Beach State | 1984 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -8.4 | -5.6 | 27.8 | 33.2 | — | — |
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