The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Bernie Crimmins

Followed Clyde Smith. Bernie Crimmins held Indiana at National Program III for 5 seasons.

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1952–1956 · 1 stint

Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Indiana, 5 seasons

−5.5

National Program III → Regional Program I.

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

7–10

41.2% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood 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

5–1 83.3%

Coaching career

1952–1956

Indianacaretaker

National Program III → National Program III

Bernie Crimmins held Indiana at National Program III for 5 seasons.

6th-best Indiana tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Clyde Smith (1948–1951) · succeeded by Bob Hicks (1957–1957).

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