Ed Merrick
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1912–1994)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Ed Merrick
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|2|8}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|6|14|1912|2|8}}
| death_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1938–1940
| player_team1 = Richmond
| player_positions = Tackle
| coach_years1 = 1946–1950
| coach_team1 = Fork Union Military Academy (VA)
| coach_years2 = 1951–1965
| coach_team2 = Richmond
| overall_record = 53–87–6 (college)
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Edwin J. Merrick (February 8, 1912 – June 14, 1994){{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72254419.html?dids=72254419:72254419&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+16%2C+1994&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=OBITUARY&pqatl=google|title=Obituary|publisher=|accessdate=May 4, 2016|archive-date=August 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811221934/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/307762683.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2016,%201994&author=&pub=The%20Washington%20Post%20(pre-1997%20Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=&desc=OBITUARY|url-status=dead}} was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Richmond from 1951 until 1965, compiling record of 53–87–6.
Merrick was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
Head coaching record
=College=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Richmond Spiders
| conf = Southern Conference
| startyear = 1951
| endyear = 1965
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1951
| name = Richmond
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–12th
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = Richmond
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 17th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Richmond
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–5th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = Richmond
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 6th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = Richmond
| overall = 4–3–2
| conference = 3–2–2
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = Richmond
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 7th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1957
| name = Richmond
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1958
| name = Richmond
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1959
| name = Richmond
| overall = 4–5–1
| conference = 4–3–1
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1960
| name = Richmond
| overall = 3–6–1
| conference = 3–4–1
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1961
| name = Richmond
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 2nd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1962
| name = Richmond
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1963
| name = Richmond
| overall = 3–6–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1964
| name = Richmond
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = Richmond
| overall = 0–10
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 9th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Richmond
| overall = 53–87–6
| confrecord = 33–52–5
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 53–87–6
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
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