Monday, December 7, 2020

South Alabama Jaguars fired head football coach Steve Campbell

Sunday the University of South Alabama announced that they had fired their head football coach Steve Campbell.  South Alabama currently has a 4-7 win/loss record at the time of head coach Campbell's firing.  Below is a figure of the South Alabama Jaguars since 2012 under both head football coach Joey Jones (2012-2017) and head football coach Steve Campbell (2018-2020).  As you will notice the Jaguars have been well below average under all three seasons with Campbell.

Below is a closer look at the South Alabama Jaguars during head coach Campbell's tenure with the program using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from data provided by www.cfbstats.com.

Steve Campbell [2018 - 2020]

2018
South Alabama finished the regular season at 3-9, and were bowl ineligible.  The Jaguars played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that South Alabama's SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation from the "leagues" average SOS for that season. South Alabama's best regular season victory was again against #75 ranked Texas State by a score of (41-31) and their worst loss was to #100 ranked Louisiana-LaFayette (Louisiana) by a score of (38-48).  South Alabama was the #113 ranked team overall, with the #103 ranked offense and the #109 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com

2019 
South Alabama finished the regular season at 3-9, and were bowl ineligible, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  South Alabama's best regular season victory was against #58 ranked Georgia Southern by a score of (20-17) and their worst loss was to #119 ranked Texas State by a score of (28-30).  South Alabama was the #97 ranked team overall, with the #113 ranked offense and the #58 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2020
South Alabama is currently 4-7.   South Alabama's best regular season victory was against #74 ranked Arkansas State by a score of (38-31) and their their worst loss of the season was to currently ranked #68 Georgia State by a score of (14-31).  The Jaguars are currently the #48 ranked offense, the #119 ranked defense and the #112 ranked team in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

2020 NCAA FBS Head Coaching Changes