1908-1940 • Duke, Iowa, Ohio State, Syracuse, USC, Yale
6 schools coached, anchored by USC.
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. 6 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
194-64-21
Career Win %
73.3%
Seasons
29
Career Span
33 years
Average SRS
16.1
Peak SRS
35.3
Best Finish
#0
Consistency
5.5
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
10-1 • 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.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
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
1909-1913 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 27.5 • Win % 82.5%
Ohio State
1910-1910 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS — • Win % 75.0%
Syracuse
1908-1908 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 12.1 • Win % 65.0%
Longest Tenure
USC • 16 seasons
Best Tenure
Yale • 27.5 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Yale • 82.5%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Howard Jones
Insufficient sample
Raw avg SP Overall: —
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Insufficient sample
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1925-1940 • 121-36-13
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
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%
1924-1924 • 4-5
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
1916-1923 • 42-17-1
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 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%
1909-1913 • 15-2-3
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
1910-1910 • 6-1-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
1908-1908 • 6-3-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
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
Worst Season
Duke 1924
4-5 • SRS -19.9
Biggest Drop
Duke 1924
4-5 • -31.9 SRS
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% |
| USC | 1939 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 90.0% | — | #3 | 16.7 | — | — | — | -0.2 | +8.2% |
| USC | 1938 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #7 | 16.9 | — | — | — | +10.1 | +31.8% |
| USC | 1937 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | 6.8 | — | — | — | -6.9 | -11.1% |
| USC | 1936 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 61.1% | — | — | 13.7 | — | — | — | +9.1 | +19.4% |
| USC | 1935 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 4.6 | — | — | — | +0.9 | +0.8% |
| USC | 1934 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | 3.7 | — | — | — | -19.6 | -46.6% |
| USC | 1933 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 87.5% | — | — | 23.3 | — | — | — | -9.6 | -12.5% |
| USC | 1932 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 32.9 | — | — | — | -2.4 | +9.1% |
| USC | 1931 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | — | 35.3 | — | — | — | +17.1 | +10.9% |
| USC | 1930 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 18.2 | — | — | — | -8.6 | -3.3% |
| USC | 1929 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | — | 26.8 | — | — | — | +1.6 | -11.7% |
| USC | 1928 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | — | — | 25.2 | — | — | — | +6.8 | +10.0% |
| USC | 1927 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 85.0% | — | — | 18.4 | — | — | — | -2.5 | +5.0% |
| USC | 1926 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 20.9 | — | — | — | +2.2 | -4.6% |
| USC | 1925 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | — | 18.7 | — | — | — | +38.6 | +40.2% |
| Duke | 1924 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -19.9 | — | — | — | -31.9 | -18.1% |
| Iowa | 1923 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 12.0 | — | — | — | -10.8 | -37.5% |
| Iowa | 1922 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 22.8 | — | — | — | -4.1 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | 1921 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 26.9 | — | — | — | +11.3 | +28.6% |
| Iowa | 1920 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 15.6 | — | — | — | -6.3 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | 1919 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% | — | — | 21.9 | — | — | — | — | -0.8% |
| Iowa | 1918 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +34.7% |
| Iowa | 1917 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 2.3 | — | — | — | +6.0 | -19.6% |
| Iowa | 1916 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.1% | — | — | -3.7 | — | — | — | -29.3 | -7.9% |
| Yale | 1913 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 65.0% | — | — | 25.6 | — | — | — | — | -10.0% |
| Ohio State | 1910 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 75.0% | #0 | #0 | — | — | — | — | — | -25.0% |
| Yale | 1909 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | 29.4 | — | — | — | +17.3 | +35.0% |
| Syracuse | 1908 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 12.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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