Marv Grim

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Marv Grim
Biographical details
Bornc. 1941
Playing career
Football
1961Bakersfield
1962–1963Sacramento State
Position(s)Defensive back, running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1965–1969Jesuit HS (CA)
1970–1975Cerritos (assistant)
1976–1989Hartnell
Golf
1970–1976Cerritos
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1989–2002Hartnell
Head coaching record
Overall107–35–4 (junior college football)
21–15 (high school football)
Bowls4–3 (junior college)
TournamentsFootball
3–0 (California state JC Division II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
7 Coast Conference (1980–1984, 1987, 1989)

Marvin Grim (born c. 1941) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Hartnell College in Salinas, California from 1976 to 1989. Grim was the athletic director at Hartnell from 1989 to 2002.

Grim graduated from Grandview High School in Grandview, Washington. He then attended Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California, where played football as a defensive back. Grim then played at Sacramento State College—now known as California State University, Sacramento—as a running back.[1] Grim carried the ball 110 times for 557 yards for the 1963 Sacramento State Hornets football team and was third in rushing yards in the Far Western Conference.[2]

Grim began his coaching career at Jesuit High School in Carmichael, California.[3][4] From 1970 to 1976, he coached at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California, as an assistant in football and head coach in golf.

Grim was inducted into the California Community College Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1999.[5] He retired in 2002.[6][7]

Head coaching record[edit]

Junior college football[edit]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Hartnell Panthers (Coast Conference) (1972–1985)
1976 Hartnell 4–5–1 3–2 T–2nd
1977 Hartnell 4–6 3–2 T–2nd
1978 Hartnell 9–1 4–1 2nd
1979 Hartnell 7–3 3–2 3rd
1980 Hartnell 8–1–2 4–0–1 1st W California state junior college Division II championship
1981 Hartnell 10–1 6–0 1st W Northern California junior college Division II championship
1982 Hartnell 9–1 5–0 1st W Santa Cruz Lions Bowl
1983 Hartnell 10–1 6–0 1st W Santa Cruz Lions Bowl
1984 Hartnell 8–3 6–0 1st L Santa Cruz Lions Bowl
1985 Hartnell 8–1–1 4–1–1 2nd L Santa Cruz Lions Bowl
1986 Hartnell 5–5 3–3 4th
1987 Hartnell 8–3 5–1 T–1st W Santa Cruz Lions Bowl
1988 Hartnell 9–2 4–2 T–2nd W Santa Cruz Lions Bowl
1989 Hartnell 8–2 5–1 1st L Santa Cruz Lions Bowl
Hartnell: 107–35–4 61–15–2
Total: 107–35–4
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Head Gold Coach Resigns Position". La Mirada Review. Whittier, California. May 27, 1976. p. 23. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "1963 Far Western Conference Statistics". Chico Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. November 22, 1963. p. 8. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Jesuit Will Have Team". The Carmichael Courier. Carmichael, California. September 16, 1965. p. 6. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Grid Baptism Is Due Grim Marauders". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. September 11, 1966. p. FB36. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Watkins, George (March 15, 1999). "Grim gets his day in sun". The Salinas Californian. Salinas, California. p. 1C. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Watkins, George (May 18, 2002). "Hartnell A.D. Retiring". The Salinas Californian. Salinas, California. p. 1B. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Watkins, George (May 18, 2002). "Grim/ Legendary A.D. know when to leave". The Salinas Californian. Salinas, California. p. 1B. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.