Harry Good

Harry Carlton Good (January 7, 1902 – January 23, 1997) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach at the University of Indianapolis (then known as Indiana Central College) from 1927 to 1943 and later served as the men's basketball coach at Indiana University (1943–1946) and the University of Nebraska (1946–1954).[1]

Harry Good

1953 Cornhusker, University of Nebraska Yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1902-01-07)January 7, 1902 Indiana
Died	(1997-01-23)January 23, 1997 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alma mater	Indiana Central
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1927–1931	Indiana Central
Basketball
1928–1943	Indiana Central
1943–1946	Indiana
1946–1954	Nebraska
Baseball
1928–1942	Indiana Central
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1928–1942	Indiana Central
Head coaching record
Overall	13–22–4 (football) 316–181 (basketball) 118–42 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Big 7

Playing career

Good was a 1925 graduate of Indiana Central College, where he earned 14 letters in basketball, football, baseball, track, and tennis.[2]

Coaching career

Good served a variety of head coaching roles at his alma mater as well as athletic director from 1927 to 1943.

In 1943, Good became the head basketball coach at Indiana University while Hall of Fame coach Branch McCracken served in the United States Navy during World War II.[3]

Good served as the head coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team for eight seasons (1946–47 to 1953–54), leading the team to back-to-back Big 7 Conference championships in 1948–49 and 1949–50. To date, these remain the last Husker teams to win a conference regular season basketball title.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Indiana Central Greyhounds (Independent) (1927–1931)
1927	Indiana Central	2–3–2
1928	Indiana Central	5–2–1
1929	Indiana Central	4–4
1930	Indiana Central	2–7
1931	Indiana Central	0–6–1
Indiana Central:		13–22–3
Total:		13–22–3

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Indiana Central Greyhounds (Independent) (1928–1943)
1928–29	Indianapolis	9–8
1929–30	Indianapolis	10–5
1930–31	Indianapolis	9–4
1931–32	Indianapolis	11–4
1932–33	Indianapolis	16–3
1933–34	Indianapolis	16–1
1934–35	Indianapolis	15–4
1935–36	Indianapolis	11–4
1936–37	Indianapolis	14–4
1937–38	Indianapolis	16–4
1938–39	Indianapolis	11–5
1939–40	Indianapolis	15–2
1940–41	Indianapolis	17–1
1941–42	Indianapolis	16–0
1942–43	Indianapolis	9–3
Indiana Central:		195–52 (.789)
Indiana Hoosiers (Big 10/Big Nine) (1943–1946)
1943–44	Indiana	7–15	2–10	T–8th
1944–45	Indiana	10–11	3–9	9th
1945–46	Indiana	18–3	9–3	2nd
Indiana:		35–29 (.547)	14–22 (.389)
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big 6/Big 7) (1946–1954)
1946–47	Nebraska	10–14	3–7	T–5th
1947–48	Nebraska	11–13	5–7	5th
1948–49	Nebraska	16–10	9–3	T–1st
1949–50	Nebraska	16–7	8–4	T–1st
1950–51	Nebraska	9–14	4–8	5th
1951–52	Nebraska	7–17	3–9	7th
1952–53	Nebraska	8–13	5–7	T–4th
1953–54	Nebraska	9–12	6–6	T–3rd
Nebraska:		86–100 (.462)	43–51 (.457)
Total:		316–181 (.636)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Notes for Harry Carlton Good and Anna Maude McKenzie". umich.edu. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
2. "Harry Good". athletics.uindy.edu. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
3. "1945 Indiana v Purdue Basketball Program (The Story of Harry Good)". assemblycall.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.

External links

• Harry Good at Find a Grave