Jeff Bower (American Football)
Jeff Bower (born May 28, 1953) 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.
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