Edwin Merrick

Head coach, Richmond, 1951 to 1965

College career53-87-6

Program liftNo. 354tied · 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.

Winless in 10 tries against Frank Moseley.

One-score games

23-30-6

39.0% · 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

2-20 9.1%

Regional Program

29-55 34.5%

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 (1951-1965) 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 least4Drafted

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 4 — his 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 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 · 4 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1964	R6.71	Estimated
1963	R5.59	Estimated
1956	R4.37	Estimated
1955	R7.72	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.