# 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. 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 |
| 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: | Indiana Central: | 13–22–4 | 13–22–4 | |
| Total: | Total: | 13–22–4 | | |

### Basketball

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | Nebraska: | 86–100 (.462) | 43–51 (.457) | |
| Total: | 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 ||||||