Oklahoma State University Athletics
Gundy Tabbed Among Nation's Best Under 50
April 10, 2015 | Cowboy Football
April 10, 2015
STILLWATER - Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy was ranked as one of the top five coaches in college football under the age of 50 by ESPN national college football insider Travis Haney.
Among coaches who have been at their current school for 10 years or less, Gundy's 84 wins trails only Les Miles' 103 at LSU, Nick Saban's 91 at Alabama, Bronco Mendenhall's 90 at BYU and Kyle Whittingham's 85 at Utah. A small sampling of Gundy's accomplishments in 10 years as head coach at his alma mater:
►Oklahoma State has been ranked in the top 15 of the Associated Press poll in six of the last seven seasons and has posted 10-win seasons three of the last five years. Only once has OSU finished lower than third in the Big 12 since 2009.
►The Cowboys have won 48 games in the last five years.
►Gundy has led the Cowboys to a 41-19 record against Big 12 opposition since 2008, a mark that is good for second-best in the conference during that span.
►The Cowboys rank 13th nationally with 66 wins since the beginning of the 2008 season.
►OSU has scored four victories over teams ranked in the Associated Press top 10 since 2008.
►OSU's current streak of nine straight bowl games is the best in the history of the program.
►From 2011-14, Oklahoma State has taken care of its home turf, compiling a 21-4 record in Boone Pickens Stadium.
►OSU set the top five single-season attendance records in school history in the last six seasons, including a record average of 59,126 in 2013.
►Seventeen Gundy-era Cowboys have been drafted into the NFL, with six of those 17 chosen in the first round.
Here's Haney's national-level perspective on why Mike Gundy is one of the nation's elite coaches under the age of 50:
ESPN's Travis Haney ranked the top head coaches under 50. #okstate's @CoachGundy in the top 5. http://t.co/ZbmlwVBihJ pic.twitter.com/uL6VS53cdX
-- Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) April 10, 2015
And here are some of Mike Gundy's former players sharing their unique insight on him:
