- Jeff Bower
College coach infobox
Name = Jeff Bower
Caption =
DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1953|5|28
Birthplace = flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state) Roswell, GA
DateOfDeath =
Sport = Football
College = None
Title =Head coach
CurrentRecord =
OverallRecord = 119-83-1
Awards = 1990sConference USA Coach of the Decade
3 Time Conference USA Coach of the Year
Championships = 4 Conference USA Championships.
1 East Division Conference Champion.
CFbDWID = 215
Player = Y
Years = 1971
1972-75
Team = Georgia
Southern Miss.
Position =Quarterback
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1990-2007
CoachTeams = Southern Miss.
FootballHOF =Jeff Bower (b.
May 28 ,1953 ) is anAmerican football coach, most recently atThe University of Southern Mississippi . He assumed the role of head coach at Southern Miss onDecember 2 ,1990 and held it for 17 years untilNovember 26 ,2007 when he resigned effective after thePapajohns.com Bowl which was played on December 22, 2007. [ [http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=7410795 WDAM: Bower quits as Southern Miss coach] ] Under his tutelage, the Golden Eagles put together a continuing streak of fourteen straight winning seasons, the 5th longest streak incollege football . [http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10495906 Southern Miss' Bower resigns despite 14th straight winning season] ] Bower's Southern Miss teams had also been to bowl games 10 of the last 11 seasons.High school
Jeff Bower grew up in
Roswell, Georgia where he attendedRoswell High School . He led the football team to two state championships and became an eventual prep All-American, one of the school's first. He also started for two State Champion Baseball teams and one State Champion Basketball squad.cite news |last= Doherty |first=Tim |date=August 26 ,2007 |url=http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070826/SPORTS030107/708260330/1314 |title=Master of Consistency: Mississippi's dean of coaches just keeps winning |work=The Clarion-Ledger |publisher=Gannett Company |accessdate=2008-01-19] He was named Class A Player of the year and played in the State All-Star game.College
Playing
Bower started his career at the
University of Georgia before transferring to Southern Miss. He started asquarterback in 1973. His career records from 1973-75 are still in the top 5 for many of the School's passing statistics, including #3 all time in Passing percentage.Coaching
Bower spent 29 years at the University of Southern Mississippi as a quarterback, assistant coach and head coach.
He was 119-82-1 in 17 years as the USM head football coach and had been in the same job longer than all but three coaches in the
Football Bowl Subdivision . Only Penn State'sJoe Paterno (42),Bobby Bowden (32) of Florida State and Virginia Tech'sFrank Beamer (21) have longer tenures with their schools. Bower's only losing seasons came in 1991 and 1993.Assistant coach
*Graduate Assistant:
Southern Miss 1975-1977
*Receivers/Quarterbacks Coach:Southern Miss 1978-1981
*Quarterbacks Coach:Southern Methodist University 1982-1986
*Quarterbacks Coach:Wake Forest University 1987
*Offensive Coordinator:Southern Miss 1988
*Offensive Coordinator:Oklahoma State University 1989External links
* [http://southernmiss.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bower_jeff00.html Southern Miss profile]
* [http://www.roswellfootball.org Roswell football]
* [http://coachbower.com/ Coach Jeff Bower's Website]References
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