Top 25
2-22-1
- Games
- 25
- Win rate
- 10.0%
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Coach Profile
Dick Crum
1974-1990 • Kent State, Miami (OH), North Carolina
3 schools coached, anchored by North Carolina.
Dick Crum coached 17 seasons, won 59.3%, and posted an average SRS of 2.7. Best season: 1981 North Carolina. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 113-77-4
- Career win rate
- 59.3%
- Average SRS
- 2.7
- Peak SRS
- 20.2
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
- 17
- Career span
- 17 years
- Best finish
- #9
- Consistency
- 1.3
Primary school anchor
North Carolina
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 84.9.
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.
Dick Crum
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dick Crum: 1978 North CarolinaDick Crum: 1988 Kent State
1974Actual season year • SRS range -31.0 to 20.21990
Active comparison point
Dick Crum • 1981
1981 North Carolina
Best season10-2 • SRS 20.2 • SP Overall 20.4
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+1.4
SP Off / Def
35.9 / 16.9
Finish
#9
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
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results25
| 1990 Regular Week 2 | Kent State | West Virginia | #25 | L24-35 |
| 1989 Regular Week 5 | Kent State | NC State | #15 | L22-42 |
| 1987 Regular Week 11 | North Carolina | Clemson | #9 | L10-13 |
| 1987 Regular Week 6 | North Carolina | Auburn | #5 | L10-20 |
| 1987 Regular Week 3 | North Carolina | Oklahoma | #1 | L0-28 |
| 1986 Regular Week 11 | North Carolina | Clemson | #15 | L10-38 |
| 1986 Regular Week 9 | North Carolina | LSU | #12 | L3-30 |
| 1986 Regular Week 8 | North Carolina | NC State | #20 | L34-35 |
| 1986 Regular Week 4 | North Carolina | Florida State | #20 | T10-10 |
| 1986 Postseason Week 1 | North Carolina | Arizona | #11 | L21-30 |
| 1985 Regular Week 9 | North Carolina | Florida State | #11 | L10-20 |
| 1985 Regular Week 3 | North Carolina | LSU | #12 | L13-23 |
| 1984 Regular Week 5 | North Carolina | Boston College | #5 | L20-52 |
| 1983 Regular Week 11 | North Carolina | Clemson | #17 | L3-16 |
| 1983 Regular Week 10 | North Carolina | Maryland | #7 | L26-28 |
| 1982 Regular Week 10 | North Carolina | Clemson | #13 | L13-16 |
| 1982 Regular Week 2 | North Carolina | Pittsburgh | #1 | L6-7 |
| 1982 Postseason Week 1 | North Carolina | Texas | #17 | W26-10 |
| 1981 Regular Week 10 | North Carolina | Clemson | #2 | L8-10 |
| 1980 Regular Week 10 | North Carolina | Oklahoma | #11 | L7-41 |
| 1979 Regular Week 11 | North Carolina | Clemson | #14 | L10-19 |
| 1979 Postseason Week 1 | North Carolina | Michigan | #18 | W17-15 |
| 1978 Regular Week 11 | North Carolina | Clemson | #12 | L9-13 |
| 1978 Regular Week 5 | North Carolina | Pittsburgh | #9 | L16-20 |
| 1978 Regular Week 4 | North Carolina | Maryland | #15 | L20-21 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Kent State
1988-1990 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -24.9 • Win % 21.2%
North Carolina
1978-1987 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 10.1 • Win % 63.4%
Miami (OH)
1974-1977 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 5.1 • Win % 76.7%
- Longest tenure
- North Carolina • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- North Carolina • 10.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Miami (OH) • 76.7%
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.
Dick Crum sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDick Crum sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dick Crum
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 5.7
- Percentile
- 75th pct
Strong
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.
Kent State
1988-1990 • 7-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -24.9Win % 21.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.3 during vs 4.0 baseline
-1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-24.9 during vs -15.7 baseline
-9.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-20.4 during vs -10.7 baseline
-9.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
North Carolina
1978-1987 • 72-41-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.1Win % 63.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.2 during vs 6.2 baseline
+1.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.1 during vs 6.0 baseline
+4.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
10.9 during vs 3.9 baseline
+7.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
40.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+20.0%
Miami (OH)
1974-1977 • 34-10-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.1Win % 76.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.5 during vs 7.8 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.1 during vs 1.7 baseline
+3.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.4 during vs 11.1 baseline
+1.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+30.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
North Carolina 1981
10-2 • SRS 20.2
Biggest Improvement
North Carolina 1979
8-3-1 • 16.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
North Carolina 1981
10-2 • SP Off 35.9
Best Defensive Season
Miami (OH) 1974
10-0-1 • SP Def 7.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kent State 1989
0-11 • SRS -31.0
Biggest Drop
Kent State 1988
5-6 • -21.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kent State | 1990 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -27.5 | -25.0 | 15.9 | 38.3 | +3.5 | +18.2% |
| Kent State | 1989 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -31.0 | -29.1 | 17.0 | 42.0 | -14.9 | -45.5% |
| Kent State | 1988 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -16.1 | -7.0 | 25.6 | 32.1 | -21.1 | 0.0% |
| North Carolina | 1987 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 5.0 | 1.5 | 23.7 | 22.5 | +0.3 | -17.1% |
| North Carolina | 1986 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | — | — | 4.7 | 6.6 | 31.9 | 26.9 | +3.6 | +17.1% |
| North Carolina | 1985 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 1.1 | -1.1 | 22.9 | 24.1 | -0.8 | -4.5% |
| North Carolina | 1984 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.9 | -2.9 | 27.0 | 29.9 | -9.0 | -16.7% |
| North Carolina | 1983 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #11 | — | 10.9 | 11.0 | 32.6 | 23.4 | -7.7 | 0.0% |
| North Carolina | 1982 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #5 | #18 | 18.6 | 20.7 | 34.6 | 14.7 | -1.6 | -16.7% |
| North Carolina | 1981 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #12 | #9 | 20.2 | 20.4 | 35.9 | 16.9 | +1.4 | -8.3% |
| North Carolina | 1980 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #14 | #10 | 18.8 | 22.4 | 32.0 | 10.3 | +0.9 | +20.8% |
| North Carolina | 1979 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | #15 | 17.9 | 22.4 | 33.3 | 11.6 | +16.2 | +25.4% |
| North Carolina | 1978 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #19 | — | 1.7 | 7.7 | 26.2 | 19.4 | -0.7 | -45.5% |
| Miami (OH) | 1977 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | — | 2.4 | 8.3 | 27.0 | 19.4 | +10.8 | +63.6% |
| Miami (OH) | 1976 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | #20 | — | -8.4 | -2.9 | 18.3 | 21.1 | -18.0 | -64.4% |
| Miami (OH) | 1975 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | #12 | 9.6 | 18.6 | 30.7 | 13.4 | -7.1 | -3.8% |
| Miami (OH) | 1974 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 95.5% | — | #10 | 16.7 | 25.5 | 33.2 | 7.8 | — | — |
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