Bernie Crimmins

Head coach, Indiana, 1952 to 1956

College career13-32

Program liftNo. 1,030tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

0-5 against his rivals. Just 1-4 against Forest Evashevski.

Rivalry record

0-5

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

11-11

50.0% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-11

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Purdue0-50%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Forest Evashevski1-4

5 meetings, 1952–1956

’52 W’53 L’54 L’55 L’56 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-11 0.0%

Power Program

1-5 16.7%

National Program

2-14 12.5%

Regional Program

6-1 85.7%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1952-1956) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least5Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.

At least 5 — his 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 5 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1957	R5.52	Estimated
1957	R6.60	Estimated
1956	R5.52	Estimated
1954	R7.74	Estimated
1953	R2.23	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.