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PW Underwood
1969-1974 • Southern Miss
One defining program at Southern Miss.
PW Underwood's coaching record is 31-32-2, highlighted by seasons at Southern Miss from 1969 to 1974.
PW Underwood coached 6 seasons, won 49.2%, and posted an average SRS of -2.9. Best season: 1971 Southern Miss. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 31-32-2
- Career win rate
- 49.2%
- Average SRS
- -2.9
- Peak SRS
- 4.7
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
- 42.5
Primary school anchor
Southern Miss
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 46.2.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 31-32-2
- Southern Miss record
- 31-32-2
- Full-season record
- 31-32-2
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-4
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-3
- Vs Memphis
- 2-3-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
65 countable games, 49.2% win rate.
6 countable seasons at Southern Miss.
6 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
Black and Blue Bowl games in this dataset.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 23, 1974. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
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.
PW Underwood
EliteStrongAverageLean
1969Actual season year • SRS range -16.9 to 4.71974
Active comparison point
PW Underwood • 1971
1971 Southern Miss
Best season6-5 • SRS 4.7 • SP Overall 8.2
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+10.6
SP Off / Def
24.5 / 17.2
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
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results11
| 1974 Regular Week 3 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #5 | L0-52 |
| 1973 Regular Week 4 | Southern Miss | Florida | #16 | L13-14 |
| 1972 Regular Week 8 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #2 | L11-48 |
| 1972 Regular Week 4 | Southern Miss | Ole Miss | #17 | L9-13 |
| 1971 Regular Week 5 | Southern Miss | Auburn | #4 | L14-27 |
| 1971 Regular Week 2 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #9 | L6-42 |
| 1970 Regular Week 8 | Southern Miss | Ole Miss | #13 | W30-14 |
| 1970 Regular Week 7 | Southern Miss | San Diego State | #17 | L14-41 |
| 1970 Regular Week 4 | Southern Miss | Auburn | #12 | L14-33 |
| 1969 Regular Week 6 | Southern Miss | Ole Miss | #17 | L7-69 |
| 1969 Regular Week 3 | Southern Miss | Alabama | #15 | L14-63 |
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
1969-1974 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -2.9 • Win % 49.2%
- Longest tenure
- Southern Miss • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Southern Miss • -2.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Southern Miss • 49.2%
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.
PW Underwood sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgePW Underwood sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
PW Underwood
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 5.4
- 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
1969-1974 • 31-32-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.9Win % 49.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.2 during vs 5.8 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.9 during vs 0.2 baseline
-3.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.4 during vs — baseline
—
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 1971
6-5 • SRS 4.7
Biggest Improvement
Southern Miss 1970
5-6 • 11.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Southern Miss 1970
5-6 • SP Off 29.5
Best Defensive Season
Southern Miss 1973
6-4-1 • SP Def 16.3
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Southern Miss 1969
5-5 • SRS -16.9
Biggest Drop
Southern Miss 1972
3-7-1 • -5.7 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 | 1974 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -1.5 | 6.0 | 21.6 | 16.7 | -4.8 | -4.5% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 1973 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 3.3 | 11.1 | 26.5 | 16.3 | +4.3 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 1972 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -1.0 | 0.7 | 22.2 | 21.6 | -5.7 | -22.7% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 1971 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 4.7 | 8.2 | 24.5 | 17.2 | +10.6 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 1970 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -5.9 | 0.8 | 29.5 | 29.2 | +11.0 | -4.5% | Season summary |
| Southern Miss | 1969 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -16.9 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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Avg SRS -3.9 • Peak SRS 9.5 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.5
Open profile →Fred Pancoast
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
Avg SRS -2.7 • Peak SRS 5.8 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.2
Open profile →Ralph Staub
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
Avg SRS -2.7 • Peak SRS 3.7 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.1
Open profile →Bill Clark
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.3
Avg SRS -2.5 • Peak SRS 4.1 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.2
Open profile →Mike London
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.4
Avg SRS -3.3 • Peak SRS 5.1 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.9
Open profile →Richard Williamson
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.8
Avg SRS -1.1 • Peak SRS 7.0 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.3
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