Tobe Monroe "Tim" Crisp (August 13, 1907 – April 2005) was an American college football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma from 1958 to 1969.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 13, 1907 Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | Apr 2005 (aged 97) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1927–1930 | Langston |
| Position(s) | Halfback, quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1931 | Ardmore Douglass HS (OK) (assistant) |
| 1932–1941 | Ardmore Douglass HS (OK) |
| 1945–1957 | Ardmore Douglass HS (OK) |
| 1958–1969 | Langston |
| Basketball | |
| ? | Ardmore Douglass HS (OK) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1958–1970 | Langston |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 54–53–4 (college football) |
| Bowls | 0–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 OCC (1959–1961) | |
Crisp was born on August 13, 1907, in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He attended Ardmore Douglass High School, where the played as a halfback on the first football team ever fielded by the school, in 1923. He then played football, again as a halfback at Langston. After graduating from Langston in 1931, Crisp returned to Ardmore Douglas as an assistant football coach under E. W. Toliver before succeeding him as head football coach the next year. He also coached basketball at Ardmore Douglass.[1]
Crisp was hired as head football coach at Langston in 1958.[2] He retired as head football coach and athletic director at Langston in 1970.[3]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langston Lions (Oklahoma Collegiate Conference) (1958–1969) | |||||||||
| 1958 | Langston | 4–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd | L Prairie View Bowl | ||||
| 1959 | Langston | 7–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L Orange Blossom Classic | ||||
| 1960 | Langston | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st | 9 | ||||
| 1961 | Langston | 8–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | L All Sports Bowl | ||||
| 1962 | Langston | 1–6–1 | 1–5–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1963 | Langston | 3–7 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1964 | Langston | 2–5–2 | 1–4–2 | 7th | |||||
| 1965 | Langston | 5–4 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1966 | Langston | 5–4 | 4–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1967 | Langston | 7–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1968 | Langston | 2–9 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| 1969 | Langston | 1–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| Langston: | 54–53–4 | 38–39–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 54–53–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ May, Doyle (April 21, 1958). "Crisp Offered Langston Job". The Ardmoreite. Ardmore, Oklahoma. p. 6. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Tim Crips Accepts Langston Grid Post". The Ardmoreite. Ardmore, Oklahoma. May 9, 1958. p. 1. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Langston Sets Crips Banquet". The Lawton Constitution & Morning Press. Lawton, Oklahoma. January 4, 1970. p. 3B. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
