| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1941 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1961 | Bakersfield |
| 1962–1963 | Sacramento State |
| Position(s) | Defensive back, running back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1965–1969 | Jesuit HS (CA) |
| 1970–1975 | Cerritos (assistant) |
| 1976–1989 | Hartnell |
| Golf | |
| 1970–1976 | Cerritos |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1989–2002 | Hartnell |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 107–35–4 (junior college football) 21–15 (high school football) |
| Bowls | 4–3 (junior college) |
| Tournaments | Football 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 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. 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.
Grim began his coaching career at Jesuit High School in Carmichael, California. 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. He retired in 2002.
Head coaching record
Junior college football
| 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
- "Head Gold Coach Resigns Position". La Mirada Review. Whittier, California. May 27, 1976. p. 23. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- "1963 Far Western Conference Statistics". Chico Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. November 22, 1963. p. 8. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Jesuit Will Have Team". The Carmichael Courier. Carmichael, California. September 16, 1965. p. 6. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Grid Baptism Is Due Grim Marauders". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. September 11, 1966. p. FB36. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- 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 .
- Watkins, George (May 18, 2002). "Hartnell A.D. Retiring". The Salinas Californian. Salinas, California. p. 1B. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- 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 .
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