Dick Crum (football coach)

Dick Crum is an American football coach. He served as head coach for Miami University, University of North Carolina and Kent State. His overall record as a collegiate head coach is 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.

Early years

Crum played football, mostly as a backup, at both Muskingum College and Mount Union College before graduating from Mt. Union. 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 first head coaching job was at Mentor High School in 1963 where he compiled a 50-9-1 record. He moved up to coaching on the college level in 1968 when he was hired as an assistant coach by Bill Mallory. [Kurz, Bob (1983) "Miami of Ohio, the Cradle of Coaches" p. 173 Library of Congress Catalog Card number 83-50645]

College head coach

Miami University

Crum served as the head coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1974-1977. He orchestrated several big upset wins including victories over University of Kentucky (1974), Purdue (1975) and Indiana University (1977). He had 3 winning season in 4 years and won the Mid-American Conference three times. In his first two years he led the Miami to the Tangerine Bowl (Presently the Capital One Bowl) where they beat Georgia in 1974 and South Carolina in 1975. These two teams also finished ranked in the final AP poll at #10 in 1974 and #12 in 1975. The 1976 squad performance fell dramatically by finishing 3-8. Crum rebounded in the next year by leading the Redskins to a 10-1 record. After the 1977 season he accepted the head coaching position at North Carolina and was replaced by Tom Reed. During his 4 years he helped develop NFL standouts Rob Carpenter and Sherman Smith as well as current Illinois head coach Ron Zook, former Northwestern head coach Randy Walker. He finished his career at Miami with a career record of 34-10-1.

"Miami University record"

References

* [http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/05-mediaguide.html Miami 2005 media guide]
* [http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072905aaa.html UNC media guide]
* [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=498 season by season record]