Herman Riddick
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1907–1968)}}
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{{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 College
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1936–1944
| coach_team1 = Hillside HS (NC)
| coach_years2 = 1945–1964
| coach_team2 = North Carolina College
| overall_record = 111–57–11 (college)
82–5–3 (high school)
| bowl_record = 1–0
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 black college national
4 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.[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 }}
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.{{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, Pennsylvania |date=October 19, 1968 |page=14 |access-date=August 16, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Riddick died on September 26, 1968, in Durham.{{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}} }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Carolina College Eagles
| conf = Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1945
| endyear = 1964
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| name = 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| name = 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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