Marv Grim

Marv Grim

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.^[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

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

1. "Head Gold Coach Resigns Position". La Mirada Review. Whittier, California. May 27, 1976. p. 23. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
2. "1963 Far Western Conference Statistics". Chico Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. November 22, 1963. p. 8. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Jesuit Will Have Team". The Carmichael Courier. Carmichael, California. September 16, 1965. p. 6. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Grid Baptism Is Due Grim Marauders". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. September 11, 1966. p. FB36. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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 .
6. Watkins, George (May 18, 2002). "Hartnell A.D. Retiring". The Salinas Californian. Salinas, California. p. 1B. Retrieved April 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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 .