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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1907–1968)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Herman Riddick
| image = Herman H Riddick.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Riddick pictured in ''The Maroon and Grey 1946'', North Carolina Central yearbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|7|28}}
| birth_place = [[Gates County, North Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|9|26|1907|7|28}}
| death_place = [[Durham, North Carolina]], U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1930–1932
| player_team1 = [[North Carolina Central Eagles football|North Carolina College]]
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1936–1944
| coach_team1 = [[Hillside High School (Durham, North Carolina)|Hillside HS (NC)]]
| coach_years2 = 1945–1964
| coach_team2 = [[North Carolina Central Eagles football|North Carolina College]]
| overall_record = 111–57–11 (college)<br>82–5–3 (high school)
| bowl_record = 1–0
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 [[Black college football national championship|black college national]]<br>4 [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|CIAA]] (1953–1954, 1956, 1961, 1963)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
'''Herman Henry Riddick''' (July 28, 1907 – September 26, 1968) was an [[American football]] coach. He was the ninth head football coach at North Carolina College at Durham—now known as [[North Carolina Central University]], serving for 20 seasons, from 1945 to 1964, and compiling a record of 112–57–10. His tenure is the longest of any coach in the history of the [[North Carolina Central Eagles football]] program.<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/independents/north_carolina_central/coaching_records.php North Carolina Central University coaching records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516045556/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/independents/north_carolina_central/coaching_records.php |date=May 16, 2008 }}</ref>

A native of [[Gatesville, North Carolina]], Riddick played [[college football]] at North Carolina College before graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1933. He began his coaching career in 1936 at [[Hillside High School (Durham, North Carolina)|Hillside High School]], in [[Durham, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Riddick 4th Postwar CIAA Great To Die |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34976658/the_pittsburgh_courier/ |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Courier]] |location=[[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] |date=October 19, 1968 |page=14 |access-date=August 16, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> Riddick died on September 26, 1968, in Durham.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Grid Coach Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34977045/rocky_mount_telegram/ |newspaper=[[Rocky Mount Telegram]] |location=[[Rocky Mount, North Carolina]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=September 27, 1968 |page=13 |access-date=August 16, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[North Carolina Central Eagles football|North Carolina College Eagles]]
| conf = [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|Colored/Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|Colored]]
| startyear = 1945
| endyear = 1964
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1945 college football season|1945]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1946 college football season|1946]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1947 college football season|1947]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 12th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1948 college football season|1948]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 4–3–1
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1949 college football season|1949]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1950 college football season|1950]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1951 college football season|1951]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 7–2–1
| conference = 5–1–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1952 college football season|1952]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1953 college football season|1953]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = [[1954 college football season|1954]]
| name = [[1954 North Carolina College Eagles football team|North Carolina College]]
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference = 6–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = National Classic
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1955 college football season|1955]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 4–1–2
| conference = 3–1–2
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1956 college football season|1956]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 5–2–2
| conference = 5–0–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1957 college football season|1957]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 10th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1958 college football season|1958]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1959 college football season|1959]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1960 college football season|1960]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1961 college football season|1961]]
| name = [[1961 North Carolina College Eagles football team|North Carolina College]]
| overall = 7–0–2
| conference = 5–0–2
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1962 NCAA College Division football season|1962]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1963 NCAA College Division football season|1963]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1964 NCAA College Division football season|1964]]
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 13th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = North Carolina College
| overall = 112–57–10
| confrecord = 87–41–9
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 112–57–10
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}

==References==
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[[Category:North Carolina Central Eagles football coaches]]
[[Category:North Carolina Central Eagles football players]]
[[Category:High school football coaches in North Carolina]]
[[Category:People from Gatesville, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Players of American football from North Carolina]]
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