1969-1974 • Southern Miss
One defining stop at Southern Miss.
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 stop defined the run.
Career Record
31-32-2
Career Win %
49.2%
Seasons
6
Career Span
6 years
Average SRS
-2.9
Peak SRS
4.7
Best Finish
—
Consistency
42.5
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
6-5 • 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.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
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 %
Southern Miss • 49.2%
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.
PW Underwood sets the reference point in overall strength.
PW 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
73th pct
Strong
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1969-1974 • 31-32-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
Worst Season
Southern Miss 1969
5-5 • SRS -16.9
Biggest Drop
Southern Miss 1972
3-7-1 • -5.7 SRS
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% |
| Southern Miss | 1973 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 3.3 | 11.1 | 26.5 | 16.3 | +4.3 | +27.3% |
| Southern Miss | 1972 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -1.0 | 0.7 | 22.2 | 21.6 | -5.7 | -22.7% |
| Southern Miss | 1971 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 4.7 | 8.2 | 24.5 | 17.2 | +10.6 | +9.1% |
| Southern Miss | 1970 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -5.9 | 0.8 | 29.5 | 29.2 | +11.0 | -4.5% |
| Southern Miss | 1969 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -16.9 | — | — | — | — | — |
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