Harry Good

Harry Good

1953 Cornhusker, University of Nebraska Yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1902-01-07)January 7, 1902 Syracuse, Indiana, U.S.
Died	(1997-01-23)January 23, 1997 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
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) 318–183 (basketball) 118–42 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball 3 IIC regular season (1934, 1941–1942) 2 Big 7 regular season (1949–1950)

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. He later served as the men's basketball coach at Indiana University (1943–1946) and the University of Nebraska (1946–1954).

Playing career

Good was born in Syracuse, Indiana, and attended high school in South Bend. He enrolled at Indiana Central in 1921. By the time of his graduation in 1925, he had earned 14 letters in basketball, football, baseball, track, and tennis.

Coaching career

Good earned a master's degree from Indiana University, then returned to Indiana Central in 1927. Over the next sixteen years, he coached most sports there, and also served as athletic director. At a time when the Big Ten had a color line in basketball, he actively recruited African American athletes to Indiana Central, most notably David "Big Dave" DeJernett, George Crowe, and Ray Crowe.

In 1943, Good became head basketball coach at Indiana University, as a temporary replacement for Branch McCracken, while the Hall of Fame coach served in the United States Navy during World War II. He coached the Hoosiers for three seasons, including an 18–3 finish in 1945–46, good enough for second place in the Big Ten.

Good then 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. He remained at Nebraska until his retirement in 1970, serving as golf coach and instructor of physical education.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Indiana Central Greyhounds (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1927–1931)
1927	Indiana Central	2–3–2	2–3–2	11th
1928	Indiana Central	5–2–1	5–2–1	4th
1929	Indiana Central	4–4	4–4	T–7th
1930	Indiana Central	2–7	2–7	11th
1931	Indiana Central	0–6–1	0–6–1	T–14th
Indiana Central:		13–22–4	13–22–4
Total:		13–22–4

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Indiana Central Greyhounds (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1928–1943)
1928–29	Indiana Central	9–8	9–8
1929–30	Indiana Central	10–5	10–5
1930–31	Indiana Central	9–4	8–4
1931–32	Indiana Central	10–5	10–5
1932–33	Indiana Central	16–3	11–3
1933–34	Indiana Central	16–1	14–1	1st
1934–35	Indiana Central	15–4	12–3
1935–36	Indiana Central	13–5	12–5
1936–37	Indiana Central	14–4	13–3
1937–38	Indiana Central	16–4	14–4
1938–39	Indiana Central	12–5	12–5
1939–40	Indiana Central	15–2	15–2
1940–41	Indiana Central	17–1	10–0	T-1st
1941–42	Indiana Central	16–0	12–0	T-1st
1942–43	Indiana Central	9–3	7–2
Indiana Central:		197–54 (.785)	169–50 (.772)
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten/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 Six/Big Seven) (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:		318–183 (.635)
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

External links

• Harry Good at Find a Grave