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Dick Crum

1974-1990 • Kent State, Miami (OH), North Carolina

3 schools coached, anchored by North Carolina.

Dick Crum's coaching record is 113-77-4, highlighted by seasons at North Carolina from 1974 to 1990.

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.

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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.

Quick Answers

Records fans search first

Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Dick Crum
Overall record
113-77-4

194 countable games, 59.3% win rate.

North Carolina record
72-41-3

10 countable seasons at North Carolina.

Full-season record
113-77-4

17 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
2-22-1

25 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-8

8 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-5

5 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Virginia
6-3-1

South's Oldest Rivalry games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
6-2

8 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 17, 1990. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

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

Selected

1981 North Carolina

Best season

10-2 • 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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

2-22-1

Games
25
Win rate
10.0%

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 2Kent StateWest Virginia#25L24-35
1989 Regular Week 5Kent StateNC State#15L22-42
1987 Regular Week 11North CarolinaClemson#9L10-13
1987 Regular Week 6North CarolinaAuburn#5L10-20
1987 Regular Week 3North CarolinaOklahoma#1L0-28
1986 Regular Week 11North CarolinaClemson#15L10-38
1986 Regular Week 9North CarolinaLSU#12L3-30
1986 Regular Week 8North CarolinaNC State#20L34-35
1986 Regular Week 4North CarolinaFlorida State#20T10-10
1986 Postseason Week 1North CarolinaArizona#11L21-30
1985 Regular Week 9North CarolinaFlorida State#11L10-20
1985 Regular Week 3North CarolinaLSU#12L13-23
1984 Regular Week 5North CarolinaBoston College#5L20-52
1983 Regular Week 11North CarolinaClemson#17L3-16
1983 Regular Week 10North CarolinaMaryland#7L26-28
1982 Regular Week 10North CarolinaClemson#13L13-16
1982 Regular Week 2North CarolinaPittsburgh#1L6-7
1982 Postseason Week 1North CarolinaTexas#17W26-10
1981 Regular Week 10North CarolinaClemson#2L8-10
1980 Regular Week 10North CarolinaOklahoma#11L7-41
1979 Regular Week 11North CarolinaClemson#14L10-19
1979 Postseason Week 1North CarolinaMichigan#18W17-15
1978 Regular Week 11North CarolinaClemson#12L9-13
1978 Regular Week 5North CarolinaPittsburgh#9L16-20
1978 Regular Week 4North CarolinaMaryland#15L20-21

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 edge

Dick 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

Lowest SRS 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 State19901129018.2%——-27.5-25.015.938.3+3.5+18.2%Season summary
Kent State19891101100.0%——-31.0-29.117.042.0-14.9-45.5%Season summary
Kent State19881156045.5%——-16.1-7.025.632.1-21.10.0%Season summary
North Carolina19871156045.5%——5.01.523.722.5+0.3-17.1%Season summary
North Carolina19861274162.5%——4.76.631.926.9+3.6+17.1%Season summary
North Carolina19851156045.5%——1.1-1.122.924.1-0.8-4.5%Season summary
North Carolina19841155150.0%——1.9-2.927.029.9-9.0-16.7%Season summary
North Carolina19831284066.7%#11—10.911.032.623.4-7.70.0%Season summary
North Carolina19821284066.7%#5#1818.620.734.614.7-1.6-16.7%Season summary
North Carolina198112102083.3%#12#920.220.435.916.9+1.4-8.3%Season summary
North Carolina198012111091.7%#14#1018.822.432.010.3+0.9+20.8%Season summary
North Carolina19791283170.8%—#1517.922.433.311.6+16.2+25.4%Season summary
North Carolina19781156045.5%#19—1.77.726.219.4-0.7-45.5%Season summary
Miami (OH)197711101090.9%——2.48.327.019.4+10.8+63.6%Season summary
Miami (OH)19761138027.3%#20—-8.4-2.918.321.1-18.0-64.4%Season summary
Miami (OH)197512111091.7%—#129.618.630.713.4-7.1-3.8%Season summary
Miami (OH)197411100195.5%—#1016.725.533.27.8——Season summary

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