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Biff Jones

1926-1941Army, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma

4 schools coached, anchored by Nebraska.

Biff Jones coached 14 seasons, won 70.0%, and posted an average SRS of 10.2. Best season: 1926 Army. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

87-33-15

Career Win %

70.0%

Seasons

14

Career Span

16 years

Average SRS

10.2

Peak SRS

20.2

Best Finish

#7

Consistency

72.0

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

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.

Biff Jones
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Biff Jones: 1932 LSUBiff Jones: 1935 OklahomaBiff Jones: 1937 Nebraska
1926Actual season year • SRS range 2.9 to 20.21941

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Biff Jones1926

Selected

1926 Army

Best season

7-1-1 • SRS 20.2 • SP Overall

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Nebraska

1937-19415 seasons

Avg SRS 7.6 • Win % 65.2%

Oklahoma

1935-19362 seasons

Avg SRS 5.5 • Win % 58.3%

LSU

1932-19343 seasons

Avg SRS 13.9 • Win % 74.2%

Army

1926-19294 seasons

Avg SRS 13.0 • Win % 77.5%

Longest Tenure

Nebraska • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

LSU • 13.9 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Army • 77.5%

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

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Overall Strength

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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

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Raw avg SP Overall:

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Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Nebraska

1937-194128-14-4

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 7.6Win % 65.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.6 during vs 6.8 baseline

-1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.6 during vs 12.4 baseline

-4.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

60.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+40.0%

Oklahoma

1935-19369-6-3

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 5.5Win % 58.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.5 during vs 3.8 baseline

+0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.5 during vs 2.9 baseline

+2.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

LSU

1932-193420-5-6

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 13.9Win % 74.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.7 during vs 5.4 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

13.9 during vs -1.5 baseline

+15.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Army

1926-192930-8-2

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 13.0Win % 77.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.5 during vs 6.5 baseline

+1.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

13.0 during vs 13.9 baseline

-1.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Army 1926

7-1-1SRS 20.2

Biggest Improvement

Nebraska 1939

7-1-16.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Nebraska 1938

3-5-1SRS 2.9

Biggest Drop

Oklahoma 1935

6-3-10.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Nebraska1941945044.4%4.3-8.7-35.6%
Nebraska19401082080.0%#713.0+3.8-3.3%
Nebraska1939971183.3%#189.2+6.3+44.4%
Nebraska1938935138.9%2.9-5.9-38.9%
Nebraska1937961277.8%#118.8+3.7+27.8%
Oklahoma1936933350.0%5.1-0.8-16.7%
Oklahoma1935963066.7%5.9-10.1-6.1%
LSU19341172272.7%16.0+1.1-12.3%
LSU19331070385.0%14.9+4.0+20.0%
LSU19321063165.0%10.9+5.7+5.9%
Army19291164159.1%5.2-3.7-20.9%
Army19281082080.0%8.9-8.7-10.0%
Army19271091090.0%17.6-2.6+6.7%
Army1926971183.3%20.2

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