Top 25
10-35-1
- Games
- 46
- Win rate
- 22.8%
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Coach Profile
Jim Owens
1957-1974 • Washington
One defining program at Washington.
Jim Owens coached 18 seasons, won 54.5%, and posted an average SRS of 8.5. Best season: 1970 Washington. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 99-82-6
- Career win rate
- 54.5%
- Average SRS
- 8.5
- Peak SRS
- 23.4
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 18
- Career span
- 18 years
- Best finish
- #6
- Consistency
- 28.9
Primary school anchor
Washington
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 90.2.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Jim Owens
EliteStrongAverageLean
1957Actual season year • SRS range -8.2 to 23.41974
Active comparison point
Jim Owens • 1970
1970 Washington
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-4 • SRS 23.4 • SP Overall 19.1
Win %
60.0%
YoY SRS
+25.0
SP Off / Def
41.3 / 25.6
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
4-23-1
- Games
- 28
- Win rate
- 16.1%
Top 5
1-12
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 7.7%
View ranked game results46
| 1974 Regular Week 11 | Washington | USC | #8 | L11-42 |
| 1974 Regular Week 10 | Washington | California | #18 | L26-52 |
| 1974 Regular Week 9 | Washington | UCLA | #18 | W31-9 |
| 1974 Regular Week 5 | Washington | Texas | #19 | L21-35 |
| 1974 Regular Week 4 | Washington | Texas A&M | #9 | L15-28 |
| 1973 Regular Week 12 | Washington | USC | #9 | L19-42 |
| 1973 Regular Week 10 | Washington | UCLA | #9 | L13-62 |
| 1972 Regular Week 11 | Washington | Washington State | #20 | L10-27 |
| 1972 Regular Week 10 | Washington | UCLA | #8 | W30-21 |
| 1972 Regular Week 7 | Washington | USC | #1 | L7-34 |
| 1972 Regular Week 6 | Washington | Stanford | #17 | L0-24 |
| 1971 Regular Week 10 | Washington | USC | #15 | L12-13 |
| 1971 Regular Week 5 | Washington | Stanford | #19 | L6-17 |
| 1970 Regular Week 11 | Washington | Stanford | #11 | L22-29 |
| 1970 Regular Week 10 | Washington | Oregon | #19 | W25-23 |
| 1970 Regular Week 8 | Washington | USC | #18 | L25-28 |
| 1970 Regular Week 5 | Washington | Michigan | #7 | L3-17 |
| 1969 Regular Week 10 | Washington | USC | #5 | L7-16 |
| 1969 Regular Week 9 | Washington | Stanford | #13 | L7-21 |
| 1969 Regular Week 8 | Washington | UCLA | #7 | L14-57 |
| 1969 Regular Week 4 | Washington | Ohio State | #1 | L14-41 |
| 1969 Regular Week 3 | Washington | Michigan | #13 | L7-45 |
| 1969 Regular Week 2 | Washington | Michigan State | #13 | L11-27 |
| 1968 Regular Week 8 | Washington | California | #8 | T7-7 |
| 1968 Regular Week 6 | Washington | USC | #1 | L7-14 |
| 1967 Regular Week 10 | Washington | UCLA | #1 | L0-48 |
| 1967 Regular Week 7 | Washington | USC | #1 | L6-23 |
| 1967 Regular Week 2 | Washington | Nebraska | #10 | L7-17 |
| 1966 Regular Week 9 | Washington | UCLA | #8 | W16-3 |
| 1966 Regular Week 5 | Washington | USC | #5 | L14-17 |
| 1965 Regular Week 9 | Washington | UCLA | #7 | L24-28 |
| 1965 Regular Week 5 | Washington | USC | #6 | L0-34 |
| 1963 Regular Week 3 | Washington | Pittsburgh | #9 | L6-13 |
| 1963 Postseason Week 1 | Washington | Illinois | #3 | L7-17 |
| 1962 Regular Week 8 | Washington | USC | #2 | L0-14 |
| 1960 Regular Week 7 | Washington | Oregon State | #15 | W30-29 |
| 1960 Regular Week 6 | Washington | UCLA | #19 | W10-8 |
| 1960 Regular Week 4 | Washington | Navy | #6 | L14-15 |
| 1960 Postseason Week 1 | Washington | Minnesota | #1 | W17-7 |
| 1959 Regular Week 7 | Washington | Oregon | #16 | W13-12 |
| 1959 Regular Week 6 | Washington | USC | #5 | L15-22 |
| 1959 Postseason Week 1 | Washington | Wisconsin | #6 | W44-8 |
| 1958 Regular Week 10 | Washington | California | #19 | L7-12 |
| 1958 Regular Week 4 | Washington | Ohio State | #5 | L7-12 |
| 1957 Regular Week 9 | Washington | Oregon | #16 | W13-6 |
| 1957 Regular Week 3 | Washington | Minnesota | #3 | L7-46 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Washington
1957-1974 • 18 seasons
Avg SRS 8.5 • Win % 54.5%
- Longest tenure
- Washington • 18 seasons
- Best tenure
- Washington • 8.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Washington • 54.5%
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.
Jim Owens sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Owens sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Owens
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 4.8
- Percentile
- 72th pct
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Washington
1957-1974 • 99-82-6
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.5Win % 54.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 4.4 baseline
+1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.5 during vs 4.6 baseline
+3.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
4.8 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+16.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Washington 1970
6-4 • SRS 23.4
Biggest Improvement
Washington 1970
6-4 • 25.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Washington 1970
6-4 • SP Off 41.3
Best Defensive Season
Washington 1972
8-3 • SP Def 18.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Washington 1973
2-9 • SRS -8.2
Biggest Drop
Washington 1973
2-9 • -17.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Washington | 1974 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 3.3 | 1.2 | 31.4 | 31.2 | +11.5 | +27.3% |
| Washington | 1973 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -8.2 | -19.1 | 26.8 | 42.2 | -17.5 | -54.5% |
| Washington | 1972 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #9 | — | 9.3 | 9.0 | 26.6 | 18.3 | -7.9 | 0.0% |
| Washington | 1971 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | #19 | 17.2 | 13.8 | 36.2 | 24.1 | -6.2 | +12.7% |
| Washington | 1970 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 23.4 | 19.1 | 41.3 | 25.6 | +25.0 | +50.0% |
| Washington | 1969 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10.0% | — | — | -1.6 | — | — | — | -7.2 | -30.0% |
| Washington | 1968 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | — | — | 5.6 | — | — | — | +0.8 | -10.0% |
| Washington | 1967 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 4.8 | — | — | — | -0.3 | -10.0% |
| Washington | 1966 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 5.1 | — | — | — | -5.8 | +10.0% |
| Washington | 1965 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 10.9 | — | — | — | -0.1 | -10.0% |
| Washington | 1964 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #7 | — | 11.0 | — | — | — | -2.0 | +5.5% |
| Washington | 1963 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #10 | — | 13.0 | — | — | — | -7.6 | -25.4% |
| Washington | 1962 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 80.0% | #10 | — | 20.6 | — | — | — | +17.2 | +25.0% |
| Washington | 1961 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 3.4 | — | — | — | -11.3 | -35.9% |
| Washington | 1960 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #3 | #6 | 14.7 | — | — | — | -4.1 | 0.0% |
| Washington | 1959 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #8 | 18.8 | — | — | — | +17.1 | +60.9% |
| Washington | 1958 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | 1.7 | — | — | — | +1.8 | -5.0% |
| Washington | 1957 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 35.0% | — | — | -0.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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