Top 25
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Jim Hess
1990-1996 • New Mexico State
One defining program at New Mexico State.
Jim Hess's coaching record is 22-55, highlighted by seasons at New Mexico State from 1990 to 1996.
Jim Hess coached 7 seasons, won 28.6%, and posted an average SRS of -20.4. Best season: 1992 New Mexico State. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 22-55
- Career win rate
- 28.6%
- Average SRS
- -20.4
- Peak SRS
- -15.1
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
- 7
- Career span
- 7 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 71.3
Primary school anchor
New Mexico State
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 8.8.
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
- 22-55
- New Mexico State record
- 22-55
- Full-season record
- 22-55
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-4
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-1
- Vs New Mexico
- 1-6
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
77 countable games, 28.6% win rate.
7 countable seasons at New Mexico State.
7 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
1 games using AP ranking at game time.
Rio Grande Rivalry 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 16, 1996. 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.
Jim Hess
EliteStrongAverageLean
1990Actual season year • SRS range -29.1 to -15.11996
Active comparison point
Jim Hess • 1992
1992 New Mexico State
Best season6-5 • SRS -15.1 • SP Overall -16.7
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+4.6
SP Off / Def
27.0 / 40.3
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
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results8
| 1996 Regular Week 6 | New Mexico State | LSU | #17 | L7-63 |
| 1996 Regular Week 3 | New Mexico State | Texas | #8 | L7-41 |
| 1995 Regular Week 4 | New Mexico State | Georgia | #23 | L13-40 |
| 1994 Regular Week 3 | New Mexico State | Arizona | #9 | L0-44 |
| 1994 Regular Week 2 | New Mexico State | Florida | #1 | L21-70 |
| 1993 Regular Week 11 | New Mexico State | Auburn | #8 | L14-55 |
| 1992 Regular Week 10 | New Mexico State | Arizona | #17 | L0-30 |
| 1990 Regular Week 5 | New Mexico State | Fresno State | #24 | L3-42 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
New Mexico State
1990-1996 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS -20.4 • Win % 28.6%
- Longest tenure
- New Mexico State • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- New Mexico State • -20.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- New Mexico State • 28.6%
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 Hess sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Hess sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Hess
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -22.4
- Percentile
- 5th pct
Lower end
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.
New Mexico State
1990-1996 • 22-55
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -20.4Win % 28.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.1 during vs 1.0 baseline
+2.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-20.4 during vs -29.1 baseline
+8.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-22.4 during vs -30.9 baseline
+8.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
New Mexico State 1992
6-5 • SRS -15.1
Biggest Improvement
New Mexico State 1991
2-9 • 9.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
New Mexico State 1995
4-7 • SP Off 34.0
Best Defensive Season
New Mexico State 1993
5-6 • SP Def 39.1
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
New Mexico State 1990
1-10 • SRS -29.1
Biggest Drop
New Mexico State 1996
1-10 • -11.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| New Mexico State | 1996 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -27.3 | -29.1 | 17.0 | 42.2 | -11.7 | -27.3% | Season summary |
| New Mexico State | 1995 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -15.6 | -16.1 | 34.0 | 44.4 | +4.3 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| New Mexico State | 1994 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -19.9 | -21.1 | 27.4 | 42.9 | -3.8 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| New Mexico State | 1993 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -16.1 | -17.5 | 24.5 | 39.1 | -1.0 | -9.1% | Season summary |
| New Mexico State | 1992 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -15.1 | -16.7 | 27.0 | 40.3 | +4.6 | +36.4% | Season summary |
| New Mexico State | 1991 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -19.7 | -22.8 | 21.6 | 40.6 | +9.4 | +9.1% | Season summary |
| New Mexico State | 1990 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -29.1 | -33.3 | 19.7 | 45.2 | — | — | 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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same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.0
Avg SRS -21.4 • Peak SRS -14.3 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.2
Open profile →Todd Dodge
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.6
Avg SRS -21.0 • Peak SRS -15.5 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.5
Open profile →Matt Simon
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.4
Avg SRS -20.0 • Peak SRS -17.6 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.4
Open profile →Jeff Woodruff
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.6
Avg SRS -22.0 • Peak SRS -17.6 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.1
Open profile →Keith Burns
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.2
Avg SRS -20.2 • Peak SRS -9.2 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 8.0
Open profile →Dean Pees
same offense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.6
Avg SRS -19.8 • Peak SRS -6.6 • 6 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 9.2
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