Herman Riddick
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.[1]
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, in Durham, North Carolina.[2] Riddick died on September 26, 1968, in Durham.[3]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina College Eagles (Colored/Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|Colored) (1945–1964) | |||||||||
| 1945 | North Carolina College | 6–3 | 5–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1946 | North Carolina College | 7–3 | 5–3 | 6th | |||||
| 1947 | North Carolina College | 2–7 | 2–6 | 12th | |||||
| 1948 | North Carolina College | 6–3–1 | 4–3–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1949 | North Carolina College | 4–5 | 3–4 | 8th | |||||
| 1950 | North Carolina College | 7–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1951 | North Carolina College | 7–2–1 | 5–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1952 | North Carolina College | 4–4 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1953 | North Carolina College | 5–3 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1954 | North Carolina College | 7–1–1 | 6–0–1 | 1st | W National Classic | ||||
| 1955 | North Carolina College | 4–1–2 | 3–1–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1956 | North Carolina College | 5–2–2 | 5–0–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 1957 | North Carolina College | 5–4 | 4–3 | 10th | |||||
| 1958 | North Carolina College | 7–2 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1959 | North Carolina College | 4–4–1 | 3–3 | 8th | |||||
| 1960 | North Carolina College | 7–2 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1961 | North Carolina College | 7–0–2 | 5–0–2 | 1st | |||||
| 1962 | North Carolina College | 6–3 | 4–3 | 7th | |||||
| 1963 | North Carolina College | 8–1 | 6–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1964 | North Carolina College | 4–5 | 2–5 | 13th | |||||
| North Carolina College: | 112–57–10 | 87–41–9 | |||||||
| Total: | 112–57–10 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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