Top 25
6-29
- Games
- 35
- Win rate
- 17.1%
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Coach Profile
Jeff Bower
1990-2007 • Southern Miss
One defining program at Southern Miss.
Jeff Bower coached 18 seasons, won 58.4%, and posted an average SRS of 2.5. Best season: 1999 Southern Miss. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 118-84-1
- Career win rate
- 58.4%
- Average SRS
- 2.5
- Peak SRS
- 13.0
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
- #14
- Consistency
- 65.6
Primary school anchor
Southern Miss
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 68.6.
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.
Jeff Bower
EliteStrongAverageLean
1990Actual season year • SRS range -10.4 to 13.02007
Active comparison point
Jeff Bower • 1999
1999 Southern Miss
Best season9-3 • SRS 13.0 • SP Overall 19.8
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+4.2
SP Off / Def
35.2 / 16.9
Finish
#14
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
1-11
- Games
- 12
- Win rate
- 8.3%
Top 5
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results35
| 2007 Regular Week 2 | Southern Miss | Tennessee | #24 | L19-39 |
| 2007 Postseason Week 1 | Southern Miss | Cincinnati | #17 | L21-31 |
| 2004 Regular Week 15 | Southern Miss | California | #4 | L16-26 |
| 2003 Regular Week 14 | Southern Miss | TCU | #10 | W40-28 |
| 2003 Regular Week 6 | Southern Miss | Nebraska | #15 | L14-38 |
| 2003 Postseason Week 1 | Southern Miss | Utah | #21 | L0-17 |
| 2000 Regular Week 4 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #15 | W21-0 |
| 2000 Regular Week 2 | Southern Miss | Tennessee | #13 | L16-19 |
| 2000 Postseason Week 1 | Southern Miss | TCU | #21 | W28-21 |
| 1999 Regular Week 10 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #14 | L14-35 |
| 1999 Regular Week 7 | Southern Miss | East Carolina | #16 | W39-22 |
| 1999 Regular Week 5 | Southern Miss | Texas A&M | #5 | L6-23 |
| 1999 Regular Week 4 | Southern Miss | Nebraska | #4 | L13-20 |
| 1998 Regular Week 6 | Southern Miss | Tulane | #25 | L7-21 |
| 1998 Regular Week 4 | Southern Miss | Texas A&M | #17 | L6-24 |
| 1998 Regular Week 2 | Southern Miss | Penn State | #9 | L6-34 |
| 1997 Regular Week 12 | Southern Miss | Tennessee | #8 | L20-44 |
| 1997 Regular Week 6 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #21 | L13-27 |
| 1997 Regular Week 2 | Southern Miss | Florida | #2 | L6-21 |
| 1996 Regular Week 13 | Southern Miss | Florida State | #3 | L14-54 |
| 1996 Regular Week 3 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #14 | L10-20 |
| 1995 Regular Week 11 | Southern Miss | Tennessee | #5 | L0-42 |
| 1995 Regular Week 3 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #13 | L20-24 |
| 1994 Regular Week 11 | Southern Miss | Florida | #4 | L17-55 |
| 1994 Regular Week 7 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #11 | L6-14 |
| 1994 Regular Week 5 | Southern Miss | Texas A&M | #12 | L17-41 |
| 1994 Regular Week 3 | Southern Miss | Virginia Tech | #21 | L14-24 |
| 1993 Regular Week 10 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #5 | L0-40 |
| 1993 Regular Week 8 | Southern Miss | Louisville | #23 | L27-35 |
| 1993 Regular Week 5 | Southern Miss | Auburn | #25 | L24-35 |
| 1992 Regular Week 11 | Southern Miss | Florida | #14 | L20-24 |
| 1992 Regular Week 3 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #8 | L10-17 |
| 1991 Regular Week 11 | Southern Miss | East Carolina | #16 | L20-48 |
| 1991 Regular Week 6 | Southern Miss | Auburn | #16 | W10-9 |
| 1990 Regular Week 12 | Southern Miss | Auburn | #24 | W13-12 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Southern Miss
1990-2007 • 18 seasons
Avg SRS 2.5 • Win % 58.4%
- Longest tenure
- Southern Miss • 18 seasons
- Best tenure
- Southern Miss • 2.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Southern Miss • 58.4%
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.
Jeff Bower sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJeff Bower sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jeff Bower
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 5.1
- Percentile
- 73th 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.
Southern Miss
1990-2007 • 118-84-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.5Win % 58.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.6 during vs 6.8 baseline
-0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 1.9 baseline
+0.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.1 during vs 0.9 baseline
+4.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+11.1%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Southern Miss 1999
9-3 • SRS 13.0
Biggest Improvement
Southern Miss 1994
6-5 • 10.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Southern Miss 1998
7-5 • SP Off 36.9
Best Defensive Season
Southern Miss 1990
0-1 • SP Def 15.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Southern Miss 1993
2-8-1 • SRS -10.4
Biggest Drop
Southern Miss 1993
2-8-1 • -12.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Southern Miss | 2007 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -2.7 | -0.5 | 26.9 | 28.1 | -4.8 | -10.4% |
| Southern Miss | 2006 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | — | 2.1 | -0.3 | 23.3 | 23.1 | +1.9 | +5.9% |
| Southern Miss | 2005 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 0.2 | 1.1 | 27.9 | 26.8 | +1.8 | 0.0% |
| Southern Miss | 2004 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -1.6 | -0.7 | 30.4 | 31.8 | -3.7 | -10.9% |
| Southern Miss | 2003 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 2.1 | 7.6 | 27.4 | 20.5 | +3.0 | +15.4% |
| Southern Miss | 2002 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -0.9 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 21.1 | -5.0 | -0.7% |
| Southern Miss | 2001 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 4.1 | 3.2 | 26.8 | 24.5 | -3.9 | -12.1% |
| Southern Miss | 2000 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #23 | — | 8.0 | 12.2 | 31.5 | 20.2 | -5.0 | -8.3% |
| Southern Miss | 1999 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #14 | 13.0 | 19.8 | 35.2 | 16.9 | +4.2 | +16.7% |
| Southern Miss | 1998 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #21 | — | 8.8 | 12.4 | 36.9 | 26.4 | -1.3 | -16.7% |
| Southern Miss | 1997 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #19 | 10.1 | 13.2 | 33.6 | 21.5 | +3.1 | +2.3% |
| Southern Miss | 1996 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 7.0 | 12.4 | 35.0 | 24.1 | +4.4 | +18.2% |
| Southern Miss | 1995 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 2.6 | 7.1 | 32.0 | 26.7 | +2.1 | 0.0% |
| Southern Miss | 1994 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 0.5 | 6.2 | 30.5 | 26.1 | +10.9 | +31.8% |
| Southern Miss | 1993 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -10.4 | -13.5 | 21.1 | 33.0 | -12.4 | -40.9% |
| Southern Miss | 1992 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 2.0 | 4.6 | 24.5 | 20.5 | +7.7 | +27.3% |
| Southern Miss | 1991 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -5.7 | -8.7 | 20.4 | 28.5 | -12.0 | +36.4% |
| Southern Miss | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | 6.3 | 11.0 | 25.5 | 15.2 | — | — |
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