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2-3-1
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- Win rate
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Howard Jones
1908-1940 • Duke, Iowa, Ohio State, Syracuse, USC, Yale
6 schools coached, anchored by USC.
Howard Jones's coaching record is 194-64-21, highlighted by seasons at USC from 1908 to 1940.
Howard Jones coached 29 seasons, won 73.3%, and posted an average SRS of 16.1. Best season: 1931 USC. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 7 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 194-64-21
- Career win rate
- 73.3%
- Average SRS
- 16.1
- Peak SRS
- 35.3
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
- 29
- Career span
- 33 years
- Best finish
- #0
- Consistency
- 5.5
Primary school anchor
USC
Balanced profile with 6 program stops and a peak score of 99.1.
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
- 194-64-21
- USC record
- 121-36-13
- Full-season record
- 194-64-21
- Vs AP Top 10
- 2-2
- Vs AP Top 5
- 2-2
- Vs California
- 8-6-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 5-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
279 countable games, 73.3% win rate.
16 countable seasons at USC.
29 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
California-USC games in this dataset.
5 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: Dec 7, 1940. 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.
Howard Jones
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Howard Jones: 1909 YaleHoward Jones: 1910 Ohio StateHoward Jones: 1913 YaleHoward Jones: 1916 IowaHoward Jones: 1924 DukeHoward Jones: 1925 USC
1908Actual season year • SRS range -19.9 to 35.31940
Active comparison point
Howard Jones • 1931
1931 USC
Best season10-1 • SRS 35.3 • SP Overall —
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
+17.1
SP Off / Def
— / —
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
2-2
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 50.0%
Top 5
2-2
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 50.0%
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
USC
1925-1940 • 16 seasons
Avg SRS 18.2 • Win % 75.0%
Duke
1924-1924 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -19.9 • Win % 44.4%
Iowa
1916-1923 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 14.0 • Win % 70.8%
Yale
1913-1913 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 25.6 • Win % 65.0%
Ohio State
1910-1910 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS — • Win % 75.0%
Yale
1909-1909 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 29.4 • Win % 100.0%
Syracuse
1908-1908 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 12.1 • Win % 65.0%
- Longest tenure
- USC • 16 seasons
- Best tenure
- Yale • 29.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Yale • 100.0%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Howard Jones
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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.
USC
1925-1940 • 121-36-13
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 18.2Win % 75.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.6 during vs 8.3 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
18.2 during vs 17.0 baseline
+1.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
12.5% during vs 0.0% baseline
+12.5%
Duke
1924-1924 • 4-5
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -19.9Win % 44.4%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Iowa
1916-1923 • 42-17-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 14.0Win % 70.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 3.8 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.0 during vs 8.6 baseline
+5.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Yale
1913-1913 • 5-2-3
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 25.6Win % 65.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Ohio State
1910-1910 • 6-1-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS —Win % 75.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 7.2 baseline
-1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 100.0% baseline
+0.0%
Yale
1909-1909 • 10-0
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 29.4Win % 100.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Syracuse
1908-1908 • 6-3-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 12.1Win % 65.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
USC 1931
10-1 • SRS 35.3
Biggest Improvement
USC 1925
11-2 • 38.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Duke 1924
4-5 • SRS -19.9
Biggest Drop
Duke 1924
4-5 • -31.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| USC | 1940 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 44.4% | — | — | 8.6 | — | — | — | -8.1 | -45.6% | Season summary |
| USC | 1939 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 90.0% | — | #3 | 16.7 | — | — | — | -0.2 | +8.2% | Season summary |
| USC | 1938 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #7 | 16.9 | — | — | — | +10.1 | +31.8% | Season summary |
| USC | 1937 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | 6.8 | — | — | — | -6.9 | -11.1% | Season summary |
| USC | 1936 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 61.1% | — | — | 13.7 | — | — | — | +9.1 | +19.4% | Season summary |
| USC | 1935 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 4.6 | — | — | — | +0.9 | +0.8% | Season summary |
| USC | 1934 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | 3.7 | — | — | — | -19.6 | -46.6% | Season summary |
| USC | 1933 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 87.5% | — | — | 23.3 | — | — | — | -9.6 | -12.5% | Season summary |
| USC | 1932 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 32.9 | — | — | — | -2.4 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| USC | 1931 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | — | 35.3 | — | — | — | +17.1 | +10.9% | Season summary |
| USC | 1930 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 18.2 | — | — | — | -8.6 | -3.3% | Season summary |
| USC | 1929 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | — | 26.8 | — | — | — | +1.6 | -11.7% | Season summary |
| USC | 1928 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | — | — | 25.2 | — | — | — | +6.8 | +10.0% | Season summary |
| USC | 1927 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 85.0% | — | — | 18.4 | — | — | — | -2.5 | +5.0% | Season summary |
| USC | 1926 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 20.9 | — | — | — | +2.2 | -4.6% | Season summary |
| USC | 1925 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | — | 18.7 | — | — | — | +38.6 | +40.2% | Season summary |
| Duke | 1924 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -19.9 | — | — | — | -31.9 | -18.1% | Season summary |
| Iowa | 1923 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 12.0 | — | — | — | -10.8 | -37.5% | Season summary |
| Iowa | 1922 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 22.8 | — | — | — | -4.1 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Iowa | 1921 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 26.9 | — | — | — | +11.3 | +28.6% | Season summary |
| Iowa | 1920 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 15.6 | — | — | — | -6.3 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Iowa | 1919 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 21.9 | — | — | — | — | -0.8% | Season summary |
| Iowa | 1918 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +34.7% | Season summary |
| Iowa | 1917 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 2.3 | — | — | — | +6.0 | -19.6% | Season summary |
| Iowa | 1916 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.1% | — | — | -3.7 | — | — | — | -29.3 | -7.9% | Season summary |
| Yale | 1913 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 65.0% | — | — | 25.6 | — | — | — | — | -10.0% | Season summary |
| Ohio State | 1910 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 75.0% | #0 | #0 | — | — | — | — | — | -25.0% | Season summary |
| Yale | 1909 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 29.4 | — | — | — | +17.3 | +35.0% | Season summary |
| Syracuse | 1908 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 12.1 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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