Bernie Crimmins
Bernie Crimmins went 13–32 as a head coach, 1952–1956, at Indiana. Share
- Record
- 13–32 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1954 3–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Indiana | 2–7 | 9th | |||
| 1953 | Indiana | 2–7 | 9th | |||
| 1954 | Indiana | 3–6 | 7th | |||
| 1955 | Indiana | 3–6 | 9th | |||
| 1956 | Indiana | 3–6 | 10th |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 12 | 1–11 | 8% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 10 | 0–10 | 0% |
| Conference games | 30 | 6–24 | 20% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 22 | 11–11 | 50% |
| At home | 19 | 9–10 | 47% |
| On the road | 26 | 4–22 | 15% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 6–1 | 86% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 38 | 7–31 | 18% |
His own 45 games on file, 1952–1956, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Evashevski 1952–1956 | 1–4 | Iowa | 5 | |
| Woody Hayes 1952–1956 | 0–5 | Ohio State | 5 | |
| Bennie Oosterbaan 1952–1956 | 1–3 | Michigan | 4 | |
| Stuart Holcomb 1952–1955 | 0–4 | Purdue | 4 | |
| Robert Voigts 1952–1954 | 2–1 | Northwestern | 3 | |
| Duffy Daugherty 1954–1956 | 0–3 | Michigan State | 3 |
Bernie Crimmins’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Northwesternseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Iowaseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Purdueseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Michiganseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Marquetteseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Notre Dameseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–51 | Notre Dame | Assistant coach | |
| 1952–56 | Indiana | Head coach | |
| 1957–58 | Notre Dame | Assistant coach | |
| 1959–64 | Purdue | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Frank LeahyNotre Dame
- Terry BrennanNotre Dame
- Jack MollenkopfPurdue
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Leahy | Notre Dame | 1946–51 | Assistant coach | |
| Terry Brennan | Notre Dame | 1957–58 | Assistant coach | |
| Jack Mollenkopf | Purdue | 1959–64 | Assistant coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.