player_team coach_years championships birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team awards cfbdwid sport birth_date article_title name
georgia southern miss 1975 1987 1988 1989 1990 -- 2007 -- 1977 1978 -- 1981 1982 -- 1986 4 conference usa 1 east division roswell , georgia quarterback 119 -- 83 -- 1 1971 1972 -- 1975 southern -rrb- smu -lrb- qb -rrb- wake forest -lrb- qb -rrb- miss southern miss -lrb- oc -rrb- oklahoma state -lrb- oc -rrb- -lrb- southern miss ga -rrb- southern miss -lrb- wr/qb 1990s usa coach of the year conference usa coach of the decade 3x conference 215 football 28 may 1953 jeff bower -lrb- american football -rrb-
 jeff bower
jeff bower -lrb- american football -rrb-

jeffrey j. bower -lrb- born may 28 , 1953 -rrb- is an american football coach , most recently at the university of southern mississippi .
he assumed the role of head coach at southern miss on december 2 , 1990 , and held it for 17 years until november 26 , 2007 , when he resigned effective after the papajohns.com bowl which was played on december 22 , 2007 .
under his tutelage , the golden eagles put together a continuing streak of fourteen straight winning seasons , the 5th longest streak in college football .
bower 's southern miss teams had also been to bowl games 10 of the last 11 seasons .
