Coach Profile
1931-1966 • Clemson, Rice
2 schools coached, anchored by Rice.
Jess Neely coached 36 seasons, won 53.9%, and posted an average SRS of 7.4. Best season: 1947 Rice. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Rice
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 90.8.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
6-3-1 • SRS 23.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
65.0%
YoY SRS
+2.8
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#18
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Rice
1940-1966 • 27 seasons
Avg SRS 9.8 • Win % 53.6%
Clemson
1931-1939 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 0.0 • Win % 54.7%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jess Neely
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Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1940-1966 • 144-124-10
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 4.8 baseline
+0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.8 during vs 8.1 baseline
+1.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.9% during vs 20.0% baseline
+5.9%
1931-1939 • 43-35-7
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 5.9 baseline
-1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.0 during vs -7.2 baseline
+7.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+11.1%
High Points
Best Season
Rice 1947
6-3-1 • SRS 23.8
Biggest Improvement
Rice 1960
7-4 • 18.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Rice 1943
3-7 • SRS -10.7
Biggest Drop
Rice 1943
3-7 • -27.1 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Rice | 1966 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | 6.2 | — | — | — | +10.8 | 0.0% |
| Rice | 1965 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -4.6 | — | — | — | -11.8 | -25.0% |
| Rice | 1964 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | 7.2 | — | — | — | -6.7 | -15.0% |
| Rice | 1963 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 13.9 | — | — | — | +9.8 | +30.0% |
| Rice | 1962 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 30.0% | — | — | 4.1 | — | — | — | -10.6 | -33.6% |
| Rice | 1961 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | #17 | 14.7 | — | — | — | -6.3 | 0.0% |
| Rice | 1960 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 21.0 | — | — | — | +18.9 | +43.6% |
| Rice | 1959 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 20.0% | — | — | 2.1 | — | — | — | -11.9 | -30.0% |
| Rice | 1958 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 14.0 | — | — | — | -2.3 | -13.6% |
| Rice | 1957 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | #8 | 16.3 | — | — | — | +9.0 | +23.6% |
| Rice | 1956 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 7.3 | — | — | — | +3.2 | +15.0% |
| Rice | 1955 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25.0% | #11 | — | 4.1 | — | — | — | -10.6 | -45.0% |
| Rice | 1954 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | #16 | #19 | 14.7 | — | — | — | -8.0 | -11.8% |
| Rice | 1953 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #12 | #6 | 22.7 | — | — | — | +15.9 | +31.8% |
| Rice | 1952 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 6.8 | — | — | — | -4.3 | 0.0% |
| Rice | 1951 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 11.1 | — | — | — | +5.2 | -10.0% |
| Rice | 1950 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 5.9 | — | — | — | -13.2 | -30.9% |
| Rice | 1949 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #5 | 19.1 | — | — | — | +9.9 | +35.9% |
| Rice | 1948 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 9.2 | — | — | — | -14.6 | -10.0% |
| Rice | 1947 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | #18 | 23.8 | — | — | — | +2.8 | -16.8% |
| Rice | 1946 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #10 | 21.0 | — | — | — | +17.0 | +36.4% |
| Rice | 1945 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 4.0 | — | — | — | +8.6 | 0.0% |
| Rice | 1944 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -4.6 | — | — | — | +6.1 | +15.4% |
| Rice | 1943 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -10.7 | — | — | — | -27.1 | -45.0% |
| Rice | 1942 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 16.4 | — | — | — | +8.6 | +10.0% |
| Rice | 1941 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 7.8 | — | — | — | -4.1 | -5.0% |
| Rice | 1940 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 11.9 | — | — | — | -3.5 | -20.0% |
| Clemson | 1939 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #12 | 15.4 | — | — | — | +5.5 | +6.7% |
| Clemson | 1938 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 9.9 | — | — | — | +6.1 | +33.3% |
| Clemson | 1937 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.8 | — | — | — | +2.7 | 0.0% |
| Clemson | 1936 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.1 | — | — | — | +6.4 | -16.7% |
| Clemson | 1935 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -5.3 | — | — | — | -8.2 | +11.1% |
| Clemson | 1934 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | +11.0 | +19.2% |
| Clemson | 1933 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 36.4% | — | — | -8.1 | — | — | — | +1.1 | -2.5% |
| Clemson | 1932 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | -9.2 | — | — | — | +1.1 | +16.7% |
| Clemson | 1931 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 22.2% | — | — | -10.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
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