Steve Campbell

Head coach

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry

continuity at South Alabama · early

Seasons here—

Programs2

Stints2

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2023Mississippi StateDirector of High School Relations

2018–2021South AlabamaHead Coach

Chemistry

vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical

How much continuity and loyalty his programs carryat South Alabama

Tenure here

Seasons as head coach at his current school

Staff continuity

Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together

Player retention

Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)

Followers

Players and staff who followed him from his previous job

QB & coordinator

How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator

Roster continuity

Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him

Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.

As head coach

Rating59Peak71Career62

1999–2021 · 11 seasonsRecord 69-49National titles 1Great seasons 1 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 59: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
Peak 71: best five-season stretch, 1999–2001 at Delta State (27-8, 1 national title), taking over an average program.
Career 62 (#310 since 1936): total accomplishment over 11 seasons (69-49), 1 national title, 1 elite season; full credit for the program he inherited.
Proven at 2 programs: Delta State · Central Arkansas.

Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.

Season	Team	Record	Season rank	vs contemporaries
2021	South Alabama	0-0	#103	-0.81 SD
2020	South Alabama	4-7	#61	-0.76 SD
2019	South Alabama	2-10	#120	-1.30 SD
2018	South Alabama	3-9	#127	-1.75 SD

Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).