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Jim Carmody

1982-1987 • Southern Miss

One defining program at Southern Miss.

Jim Carmody coached 6 seasons, won 56.1%, and posted an average SRS of 3.4. Best season: 1982 Southern Miss. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
37-29
Career win rate
56.1%
Average SRS
3.4
Peak SRS
14.7

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
6
Career span
6 years
Best finish
—
Consistency
31.7

Primary school anchor

Southern Miss

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 72.8.

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 Carmody
EliteStrongAverageLean
1982Actual season year • SRS range -7.0 to 14.71987

Active comparison point

Jim Carmody • 1982

Selected

1982 Southern Miss

Best season

7-4 • SRS 14.7 • SP Overall 16.1

Win %

63.6%

YoY SRS

—

SP Off / Def

33.6 / 19.0

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

1-11

Games
12
Win rate
8.3%

Top 10

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results12
1987 Regular Week 7Southern MissFlorida State#4L10-61
1987 Regular Week 5Southern MissTexas A&M#15L14-27
1987 Regular Week 2Southern MissAlabama#19L6-38
1986 Regular Week 5Southern MissTexas A&M#14L7-16
1986 Regular Week 3Southern MissAlabama#4L17-31
1985 Regular Week 12Southern MissAlabama#20L13-24
1985 Regular Week 3Southern MissAuburn#1L18-29
1984 Regular Week 5Southern MissAuburn#20L12-35
1983 Regular Week 13Southern MissEast Carolina#20L6-10
1983 Regular Week 12Southern MissAlabama#16L16-28
1983 Regular Week 3Southern MissAuburn#5L3-24
1982 Regular Week 11Southern MissAlabama#17W38-29

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

1982-1987 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS 3.4 • Win % 56.1%

Longest tenure
Southern Miss • 6 seasons
Best tenure
Southern Miss • 3.4 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Southern Miss • 56.1%

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 Carmody sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Carmody sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Carmody

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall
-0.0
Percentile
56th pct

Above average

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

1982-1987 • 37-29

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 3.4Win % 56.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.2 during vs 7.4 baseline

-1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.4 during vs 7.4 baseline

-4.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-0.0 during vs 12.9 baseline

-12.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Southern Miss 1982

7-4 • SRS 14.7

Biggest Improvement

Southern Miss 1985

7-4 • 9.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Southern Miss 1982

7-4 • SP Off 33.6

Best Defensive Season

Southern Miss 1983

7-4 • SP Def 14.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Southern Miss 1986

6-5 • SRS -7.0

Biggest Drop

Southern Miss 1984

4-7 • -15.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Southern Miss19871165054.5%——-0.1-0.632.633.5+6.90.0%
Southern Miss19861165054.5%——-7.0-10.219.729.0-12.3-9.1%
Southern Miss19851174063.6%——5.3-1.224.025.4+9.6+27.3%
Southern Miss19841147036.4%——-4.3-14.318.831.8-15.9-27.3%
Southern Miss19831174063.6%——11.610.123.814.3-3.10.0%
Southern Miss19821174063.6%——14.716.133.619.0——

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