- Dick Crum (American football)
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Dick Crum Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born April 29, 1934 Playing career 1950s Mount Union Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1963–1968
1969–1973
1974–1977
1978–1987
1988–1990Mentor HS (OH)
Miami (OH) (assistant)
Miami (OH)
North Carolina
Kent StateHead coaching record Overall 113–77–4 (college)
50–9–1 (high school)Bowls 6–2 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 3 MAC (1974–1975, 1977)
1 ACC (1980)Awards MAC Coach of the Year (1974)
ACC Coach of the Year (1980)Dick Crum (born April 29, 1934) is a former American football player and coach. He served as head coach at Miami University (1974–1977), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1978–1987), and Kent State University (1988–1990), compiling a career college football record of 113–77–4. Crum is a 1957 graduate of Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio and received a masters degree from Case Western Reserve University.
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Early years
Crum played football, mostly as a backup, at both Muskingum College and Mount Union College before graduating from the latter in 1957. After graduation, Crum spent time as a teacher and assistant football coach at several high schools in Ohio including Boardman, Sandusky, and Warren Harding. Crum's first head coaching job was at Mentor High School in 1963 where he compiled a 50–9–1 record over six years. He moved to the college ranks in 1969 when he was hired as an assistant coach by Bill Mallory at Miami University.[1]
College head coach
Miami
Crum served as the head coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1974 to 1977. He orchestrated several upset wins including victories over Kentucky in 1974, Purdue in 1975, and Indiana in 1977. Crum had three winning seasons in four years and won the Mid-American Conference three times. In his first two years, he led the Miami to the Tangerine Bowl twice, where they beat Georgia in 1974 and South Carolina in 1975. Those two Miami teams ranked in the final AP Poll at #10 in 1974 and #12 in 1975. In 1976, Miami's performance fell dramatically with a 3–8 finish. The team rebounded the next year with a 10–1 record. After the 1977 season, Crum accepted the head coaching position at North Carolina and was replaced by Tom Reed. During his four years at Miami, Crum developed future NFL standouts Rob Carpenter and Sherman Smith, future Miami and Northwestern head coach Randy Walker, and current Illinois head coach Ron Zook. Crum finished his stint at Miami with a record of 34–10–1.
North Carolina
Crum was hired as head coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978, succeeding Bill Dooley. His finest season there came in 1980 when he led the Tar Heels to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship and an 11–1 record capped by victory over Texas in the Bluebonnet Bowl. At North Carolina, Crum coached a number of future NFL players years including Lawrence Taylor and Kelvin Bryant.
Crum's later North Carolina teams were not quite as talented as his earlier ones and he managed to win more than six games only once in his final four seasons. He was fired at the end of the 1987 season and was succeeded by Mack Brown. Crum finished his career at North Carolina with a record of 72–41–3. His 72 wins are still the most in program history.
Kent State
Crum served as the head coach at Kent State University from 1988 to 1990. He never put together a winning season in three years with the Golden Flashes and compiled a record of 7–26.
Head coaching record
College
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP° Miami Redskins (Mid-American Conference) (1974–1977) 1974 Miami 10–0–1 5–0 1st W Tangerine 10 10 1975 Miami 11–1 6–0 1st W Tangerine 16 12 1976 Miami 3–8 2–4 7th 1977 Miami 10–1 5–0 1st Miami: 34–10–1 18–4 North Carolina Tar Heels (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1978–1987) 1978 North Carolina 5–6 3–3 4th 1979 North Carolina 8–3–1 3–3 5th W Gator 14 15 1980 North Carolina 11–1 6–0 1st W Bluebonnet 9 10 1981 North Carolina 10–2 5–1 2nd W Gator 8 9 1982 North Carolina 8–4 3–3 T–3rd W Sun 13 18 1983 North Carolina 8–4 4–2 2nd L Peach 1984 North Carolina 5–5–1 3–2–1 3rd 1985 North Carolina 5–6 3–4 5th 1986 North Carolina 7–4–1 5–2 2nd L Aloha 1987 North Carolina 5–6 3–4 6th North Carolina: 72–41–3 38–24–1 Kent State Golden Flashes (Mid-American Conference) (1988–1990) 1988 Kent State 5–6 3–5 7th 1989 Kent State 0–11 0–8 9th 1990 Kent State 2–9 2–6 T–7th Kent State: 7–26 5–19 Total: 113–77–4 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.References
- ^ Kurz, Bob (1983) "Miami of Ohio, the Cradle of Coaches" p. 173 Library of Congress Catalog Card number 83-50645
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Miami Redskins / RedHawks head football coaches No coach (1888–1889) • No team (1890) • No coach (1891–1894) • C. K. Fauver (1895) • Ernest Merrill (1896) • Herbert McIntyre (1897) • No coach (1898–1899) • Alonzo Edwin Branch (1900) • Thomas Hazzard (1901) • Peter McPherson (1902–1903) • Arthur Smith (1904) • No coach (1905) • Arthur H. Parmelee (1906) • Amos Foster (1907–1908) • Harold Iddings (1909–1910) • Edwin Sweetland (1911) • James C. Donnelly (1912–1914) • Chester J. Roberts (1915) • George Little (1916) • George Rider (1917–1918) • George Little (1919–1921) • Harry W. Ewing (1922–1923) • Chester Pittser (1924–1931) • Frank Wilton (1932–1941) • Stu Holcomb (1942–1943) • Sid Gillman (1944–1947) • George Blackburn (1948) • Woody Hayes (1949–1950) • Ara Parseghian (1951–1955) • John Pont (1956–1962) • Bo Schembechler (1963–1968) • Bill Mallory (1969–1973) • Dick Crum (1974–1977) • Tom Reed (1978–1982) • Tim Rose (1983–1989) • Randy Walker (1990–1998) • Terry Hoeppner (1999–2004) • Shane Montgomery (2005–2008) • Michael Haywood (2009–2010) • Lance Guidry # (2010) • Don Treadwell (2011–)
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.North Carolina Tar Heels head football coaches Hector Cowan (1888) • William P. Graves (1891) • Vernon K. Irvine (1894) • Thomas Trenchard (1895) • Gordon Johnston (1896) • William A. Reynolds (1897–1900) • Charles Jenkins (1901) • Herman Olcott (1902–1903) • R. R. Brown (1904) • Bill Warner (1905) • Willis Kienholz (1906) • Otis Lamson (1907) • Edward Green (1908) • Arthur Brides (1909–1910) • Branch Bocock (1911) • William Martin (1912) • Thomas Trenchard (1913–1915) • Thomas Campbell (1916–1919) • Myron Fuller (1920) • Bill Fetzer & Bob Fetzer (1921–1925) • Chuck Collins (1926–1933) • Carl Snavely (1934–1935) • Raymond Wolf (1936–1941) • Jim Tatum (1942) • Tom Young (1943) • Gene McEver (1944) • Carl Snavely (1945–1952) • George Barclay (1953–1955) • Jim Tatum (1956–1958) • Jim Hickey (1959–1966) • Bill Dooley (1967–1977) • Dick Crum (1978–1987) • Mack Brown (1988–1997) • Carl Torbush (1998–2000) • John Bunting (2001–2006) • Butch Davis (2007–2010) • Everett Withers # (2011– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
Kent State Golden Flashes head football coaches Paul G. Chandler (1920–1922) • Frank Harsh (1923–1924) • Merle E. Wagoner (1925–1932) • Joe Begala (1933–1934) • Donald Starn (1935–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Trevor J. Rees (1946–1963) • Leo Strang (1964–1967) • Dave Puddington (1968–1970) • Don James (1971–1974) • Dennis Fitzgerald (1975–1977) • Ron Blackledge (1978–1980) • Ed Chlebek (1981–1982) • Dick Scesniak (1983–1985) • Glen Mason (1986–1987) • Dick Crum (1988–1990) • Pete Cordelli (1991–1993) • Jim Corrigall (1994–1997) • Dean Pees (1998–2003) • Doug Martin (2004–2010) • Darrell Hazell (2011– )
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