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Bernie Crimmins
1952-1956 • Indiana
One defining program at Indiana.
Bernie Crimmins coached 5 seasons, won 28.9%, and posted an average SRS of 1.0. Best season: 1954 Indiana. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 13-32
- Career win rate
- 28.9%
- Average SRS
- 1.0
- Peak SRS
- 8.8
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 79.8
Primary school anchor
Indiana
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 58.6.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Bernie Crimmins
EliteStrongAverageLean
1952Actual season year • SRS range -5.3 to 8.81956
Active comparison point
Bernie Crimmins • 1954
1954 Indiana
Best seasonBiggest improvement3-6 • SRS 8.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
33.3%
YoY SRS
+9.2
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results17
| 1956 Regular Week 10 | Indiana | Michigan | #9 | L26-49 |
| 1956 Regular Week 9 | Indiana | Ohio State | #6 | L14-35 |
| 1956 Regular Week 5 | Indiana | Michigan State | #2 | L6-53 |
| 1956 Regular Week 4 | Indiana | Notre Dame | #18 | L6-20 |
| 1956 Regular Week 3 | Indiana | Iowa | #20 | L0-27 |
| 1955 Regular Week 9 | Indiana | Michigan | #7 | L0-30 |
| 1955 Regular Week 8 | Indiana | Ohio State | #11 | L13-20 |
| 1955 Regular Week 3 | Indiana | Notre Dame | #4 | L0-19 |
| 1954 Regular Week 7 | Indiana | Michigan | #11 | W13-9 |
| 1953 Regular Week 8 | Indiana | Minnesota | #15 | L20-28 |
| 1953 Regular Week 5 | Indiana | Michigan State | #2 | L18-47 |
| 1953 Regular Week 3 | Indiana | USC | #7 | L14-27 |
| 1953 Regular Week 2 | Indiana | Ohio State | #6 | L12-36 |
| 1952 Regular Week 10 | Indiana | Wisconsin | #12 | L14-37 |
| 1952 Regular Week 9 | Indiana | Michigan State | #1 | L14-41 |
| 1952 Regular Week 8 | Indiana | Pittsburgh | #14 | L7-28 |
| 1952 Regular Week 5 | Indiana | Michigan | #19 | L13-28 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Indiana
1952-1956 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 1.0 • Win % 28.9%
- Longest tenure
- Indiana • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Indiana • 1.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Indiana • 28.9%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bernie Crimmins
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Indiana
1952-1956 • 13-32
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.0Win % 28.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.6 during vs 2.6 baseline
+0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.0 during vs 5.1 baseline
-4.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Indiana 1954
3-6 • SRS 8.8
Biggest Improvement
Indiana 1954
3-6 • 9.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Indiana 1956
3-6 • SRS -5.3
Biggest Drop
Indiana 1955
3-6 • -7.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Indiana | 1956 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -5.3 | — | — | — | -6.5 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | 1955 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | 1.2 | — | — | — | -7.6 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | 1954 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | 8.8 | — | — | — | +9.2 | +11.1% |
| Indiana | 1953 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | -0.4 | — | — | — | -1.2 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | 1952 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | 0.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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