Doc Urich
Now
Career arc
Stats
Big games
Pick a job to see its years on their own.
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.
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.
2-2 against his rivals at Northern Illinois.
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.
2-2 against his rivals.
Building the roster
Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
Buffalo→
Northern Illinois1969Players who transferred from his old program to his new one through the portal in the same year he made the move. Name-matching across data sources misses some, so every count is a floor, not an exact number.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1969-1970) 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.
Career
Coaching career
The arc of his career is on Now.
Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
Succeeded by Jerry Ippoliti (1971–1975).
2nd-best Buffalo tenure of 11 by the numbers.
Followed Dick Offenhamer (1962–1965) · succeeded by Bob Deming (1969–1970).
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
-1.5 pts at Buffalo · #779 of 1290 · middle half