OSU Football Coaching Staff

Mike Gundy

Evidence of Oklahoma State’s rise to prominence on both the Big 12 and national levels during Mike Gundy’s tenure as head coach is everywhere. Consider the following:

• Since 2010, Oklahoma State has seven seasons with at least 10 wins, an outright Big 12 title (2011), a share of the Big 12 South title (2010) and an appearance in the Big 12 Championship game (2021). The Cowboys 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 to post a winning season every year from 2006-22, joining Boise State and Wisconsin. All of those seasons have come under Mike Gundy.

• Entering the 2023 season, Oklahoma State has been ranked in the top 15 of the Associated Press poll in 13 of the past 15 seasons and has posted 10-win seasons seven of the past 13 years.

• The Cowboys have won a total of 89 games over the past 10 seasons (from 2013-22) ranking among the top 10 programs in the FBS during that span.

• Gundy has led the Cowboys to a 76-40 record in Big 12 games since 2010, a mark that is good for second-best in the conference during that span. His 95 career wins in Big 12 games rank fourth in the history of the conference, trailing only Bob Stoops, Mack Brown and Bill Snyder on the all-time chart.

• OSU has recorded 10 victories over teams ranked in the Associated Press top 10 since 2008. Gundy has 38 career wins vs. AP Top 25 opponents. Nick Saban and Dabo Swinney are the only other active coaches with more wins over AP Top 25 teams at their current schools.

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

• Since 2010, the Cowboys have averaged 37.8 points and 476.5 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, 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 17 straight bowl games and 17 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 fourth among all active head coaches with 156 wins at his current school.

• Entering the 2023 NFL Draft, 35 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).

• Gundy’s coaching tree has blossomed. Former Gundy assistants include Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen, former UNLV head coach Marcus Arroyo, Cal offensive coordinator Jake Spavital, 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 Indiana offensive coordinator Walt Bell, former Virginia Tech offensive coordinator Brad Cornelsen, 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 and Maryland passing game coordinator Gunter Brewer, among several others.

• OSU has also excelled in the classroom during Mike Gundy’s tenure as head coach. In 2018, Oklahoma State was one of only five FBS programs to earn the AFCA’s Academic Achievement Award. Cowboy football 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 2020, OSU set a then-league football record with 28 first-team selections to the Academic All-Big 12 team and a school record with 43 total selections, and followed it with 28 first-team members in 2021 and 29 in 2022.

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