Howard Jones

Head coach, USC, 1936 to 1940

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

5-2 against his rivals. Just 1-4 against James Phelan.

Rivalry record

5-2-3

50.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

10-6-9

40.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

UCLA3-0-260%

Notre Dame2-2-140%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. James Phelan1-4

5 meetings, 1936–1940

’36 L’37 L’38 L’39 W’40 L

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

12-12 50.0%

National Program

15-0 100.0%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1936-1940) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least6Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 2 went in the first round.

At least 6 — his 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 6 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1941	R7.52	Estimated
1940	R1.06	Estimated
1940	R1.09	Estimated
1940	R3.17	Estimated
1940	R5.32	Estimated
1940	R7.49	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.