OSU Football Coaching Staff

Mike Gundy

Evidence of Oklahoma State’s rise to prominence on both the Big 12 and national stage during Mike Gundy’s tenure is everywhere:

• Since 2010, Oklahoma State has eight seasons with at least 10 wins, an outright Big 12 title (2011), a share of the Big 12 South title (2010) and appearances in the Big 12 Championship game in 2021 and 2023. OSU reached the top 10 of the Associated Press poll in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

• Gundy has coached the Cowboys to five New Year’s Six bowl games since the 2009 season. The Pokes appeared in the 2010 Cotton Bowl, the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, the 2014 Cotton Bowl, the 2016 Sugar Bowl and the 2022 Fiesta Bowl.

• Oklahoma State is one of only three teams in the FBS that posted a winning season every year from 2006-23, joining Boise State and Wisconsin. All of those seasons came under Mike Gundy.

• Entering the 2025 season, Oklahoma State has been ranked in the top 15 of the Associated Press poll in 15 of the past 17 seasons and has posted 10-win seasons eight of the past 15 years.

• The Cowboys have won a total of 133 games from 2010 until now to rank among the top 15 programs in the FBS during that span.

• Gundy has led the Cowboys to 83 Big 12 wins from 2010 through 2024, more than any other current member of the conference. His 102 career wins in Big 12 games rank third in the history of the conference, trailing only Bob Stoops (121) and Bill Snyder (104) on the all-time chart.

• OSU has recorded 11 victories over teams ranked in the Associated Press top 10 since 2008. Gundy has 40 career wins vs. AP Top 25 opponents, matching Dabo Swinney for the most among active coaches at their current school.

• Mike Gundy, Kirby Smart, Dabo Swinney and Ryan Day are the only active head coaches with teams who have finished seasons ranked in the FBS top five in total offense and total defense.

• From 2010 through 2023, the Cowboys have averaged 37.2 points and 473.0 yards of total offense per game. Oklahoma State has ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring offense six times during Gundy’s tenure as head coach and has ranked in the top 10 nationally in total offense seven times. The Cowboys led the nation in turnover margin in 2011 and have ranked in the top 10 nationally in that category four times since the start of the 2011 season.

• Over the past few seasons, the Cowboys have put up some dominant numbers on defense too. OSU has now finished a season ranked among the FBS top 10 in total defense, scoring defense, rushing defense, third down defense, fourth down defense, sacks, tackles for loss and defensive touchdowns. Included in those numbers are No. 1 national finishes in third down defense, sacks and defensive touchdowns.

• OSU’s current streak of 18 straight bowl games and 18 straight winning seasons is the best in the history of the program. The bowl streak is the sixth-longest active streak in the nation, and is the longest active streak in the nation for one coach at one school.

• Gundy ranks third among all active head coaches with 166 wins at his current school.

• Entering the 2024 NFL Draft, 38 Gundy-era Cowboys have been drafted into the NFL with six chosen in the first round.

• Just since 2017, Gundy has coached the leading passer in the FBS (Mason Rudolph in 2017), the leading receiver in the FBS (James Washington in 2017) and the leading rusher in the FBS (Chuba Hubbard in 2019 and Ollie Gordon II in 2023).

• Gundy’s coaching tree has blossomed. Former Gundy assistants include Middle Tennessee State head coach Derek Mason, former Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen, Arizona State offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo, Baylor offensive coordinator Jake Spavital, former Penn State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich, Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken, Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles and former North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora. Other notable former Gundy assistants include Western Michigan offensive coordinator Walt Bell, Sam Houston offensive coordinator Brad Cornelsen, former Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Andrew Thacker, North Carolina cornerbacks coach Jason Jones, Missouri running backs coach Curtis Luper, Philadelphia Eagles assistant head coach and running backs coach Jemal Singleton, Maryland wide receivers coach Gunter Brewer, Middle Tennessee offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder and second coach Bryce Lewis, Tulsa defensive passing game coordinator Michael Hunter Jr. and defensive run game coordinator Koy McFarland and Louisiana Tech wide receivers coach Lorenzo Joe, among others.

• OSU has also excelled in the classroom during Mike Gundy’s tenure as head coach. In 2018, OSU was one of only five FBS programs to earn the AFCA’s Academic Achievement Award and it posted a perfect score of 1,000 on the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) that same year. In the APR data released in 2019, OSU ranked second in the Big 12 with a multi-year APR rate of 982, a mark that ranks as the best for OSU since the NCAA began its tracking. In 2023, the Cowboy football team’s 976 was the third-best in program history.

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