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Edwin Merrick

Edwin Merrick moved Richmond from Regional Program V to Regional Program IV in 15 seasons.

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1951–1965 · 1 stint
Richmond
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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.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerRICHMONDRegional Programthe building-block levelRichmond, 1951: 3-8, Regional Program V1951Richmond, 1952: 1-9, Regional Program VRichmond, 1953: 5-3, Regional Program VIRichmond, 1954: 5-4, Regional Program VRichmond, 1955: 4-3, Regional Program VRichmond, 1956: 4-5, Regional Program VRichmond, 1957: 4-6, Regional Program IVRichmond, 1958: 3-7, Regional Program VRichmond, 1959: 4-5, Regional Program IVRichmond, 1960: 3-6, Regional Program IVRichmond, 1961: 5-5, Regional Program IVRichmond, 1962: 6-3, Regional Program IVRichmond, 1963: 3-6, Regional Program IVRichmond, 1964: 3-7, Regional Program IVRichmond, 1965: 0-10, Regional Program V1965+5.9One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Richmond, 15 seasons
+5.9
Regional Program V → Regional Program V.

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.

Winless in 10 tries against Frank Moseley.

One-score games
4–17–5
15.4% · margin ≤8
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Frank Moseley0–9–1
10 meetings, 1951–1960
’51 L’52 L’53 L’54 L’55 T’56 L’57 L’58 L’59 L’60 L
Performance by opponent class
Power Program
0–5 0.0%
National Program
2–18 10.0%
Regional Program
9–36 20.0%

Coaching career

1951–1965
Richmondcaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program IV
Edwin Merrick moved Richmond from Regional Program V to Regional Program IV in 15 seasons.

2nd-best Richmond tenure of 2 by the numbers.

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