Coach Profile
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 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
North Carolina
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 84.9.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
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.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
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%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Dick Crum sets the reference point in overall strength.
Dick Crum sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dick Crum
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1988-1990 • 7-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
1978-1987 • 72-41-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
1974-1977 • 34-10-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
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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