1990-2007 • Southern Miss
One defining stop at Southern Miss.
Jeff Bower coached 18 seasons, won 58.4%, and posted an average SRS of 2.5. Best season: 1999 Southern Miss. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Record
118-84-1
Career Win %
58.4%
Seasons
18
Career Span
18 years
Average SRS
2.5
Peak SRS
13.0
Best Finish
#14
Consistency
65.6
Higher = steadier
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
9-3 • SRS 13.0 • SP Overall 19.8
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+4.2
SP Off / Def
35.2 / 16.9
Finish
#14
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Southern Miss
1990-2007 • 18 seasons
Avg SRS 2.5 • Win % 58.4%
Longest Tenure
Southern Miss • 18 seasons
Best Tenure
Southern Miss • 2.5 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Southern Miss • 58.4%
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.
Jeff Bower sets the reference point in overall strength.
Jeff Bower sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jeff Bower
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 5.1
73th pct
Strong
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1990-2007 • 118-84-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.6 during vs 6.8 baseline
-0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 1.9 baseline
+0.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.1 during vs 0.9 baseline
+4.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+11.1%
High Points
Best Season
Southern Miss 1999
9-3 • SRS 13.0
Biggest Improvement
Southern Miss 1994
6-5 • 10.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Southern Miss 1998
7-5 • SP Off 36.9
Best Defensive Season
Southern Miss 1990
0-1 • SP Def 15.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Southern Miss 1993
2-8-1 • SRS -10.4
Biggest Drop
Southern Miss 1993
2-8-1 • -12.4 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Southern Miss | 2007 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -2.7 | -0.5 | 26.9 | 28.1 | -4.8 | -10.4% |
| Southern Miss | 2006 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | — | 2.1 | -0.3 | 23.3 | 23.1 | +1.9 | +5.9% |
| Southern Miss | 2005 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 0.2 | 1.1 | 27.9 | 26.8 | +1.8 | 0.0% |
| Southern Miss | 2004 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -1.6 | -0.7 | 30.4 | 31.8 | -3.7 | -10.9% |
| Southern Miss | 2003 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 2.1 | 7.6 | 27.4 | 20.5 | +3.0 | +15.4% |
| Southern Miss | 2002 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -0.9 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 21.1 | -5.0 | -0.7% |
| Southern Miss | 2001 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 4.1 | 3.2 | 26.8 | 24.5 | -3.9 | -12.1% |
| Southern Miss | 2000 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #23 | — | 8.0 | 12.2 | 31.5 | 20.2 | -5.0 | -8.3% |
| Southern Miss | 1999 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #14 | 13.0 | 19.8 | 35.2 | 16.9 | +4.2 | +16.7% |
| Southern Miss | 1998 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #21 | — | 8.8 | 12.4 | 36.9 | 26.4 | -1.3 | -16.7% |
| Southern Miss | 1997 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #19 | 10.1 | 13.2 | 33.6 | 21.5 | +3.1 | +2.3% |
| Southern Miss | 1996 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 7.0 | 12.4 | 35.0 | 24.1 | +4.4 | +18.2% |
| Southern Miss | 1995 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 2.6 | 7.1 | 32.0 | 26.7 | +2.1 | 0.0% |
| Southern Miss | 1994 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 0.5 | 6.2 | 30.5 | 26.1 | +10.9 | +31.8% |
| Southern Miss | 1993 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -10.4 | -13.5 | 21.1 | 33.0 | -12.4 | -40.9% |
| Southern Miss | 1992 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 2.0 | 4.6 | 24.5 | 20.5 | +7.7 | +27.3% |
| Southern Miss | 1991 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -5.7 | -8.7 | 20.4 | 28.5 | -12.0 | +36.4% |
| Southern Miss | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | 6.3 | 11.0 | 25.5 | 15.2 | — | — |
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