Nibs Price
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 26, 1889 Minnesota |
| Died | January 13, 1968 (aged 78) Oakland, California |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–17–3 (football) 449–294 (basketball) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
Clarence Merle "Nibs" Price (April 26, 1889 – January 13, 1968) was an American football and basketball coach. After coaching at San Diego High School, he served as the head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 1926 to 1930, compiling the a record of 27–17–3, and the head men's basketball coach at Berkeley from 1924 to 1954, tallying a mark of 449–294. Succeeding Andy Smith as Cal's football coach, Price guided the Golden Bears to the 1929 Rose Bowl, a game infamous for Roy Riegels's wrong-way run. Price died on January 13, 1968 at the age of 77 in Oakland, California.[1]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Golden Bears (Pacific Coast Conference) (1926–1930) | |||||||||
| 1926 | California | 3–6 | 0–5 | 9th | |||||
| 1927 | California | 7–3 | 2–3 | T–5th | |||||
| 1928 | California | 6–2–2 | 3–0–2 | 2nd | L Rose | ||||
| 1929 | California | 7–1–1 | 4–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1930 | California | 4–5 | 1–4 | T–8th | |||||
| California: | 27–17–3 | 10–13–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 27–17–3 | ||||||||
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References
- ^ AP (January 14, 1968). "Nib Price Dies At 77". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
External links
- Template:CFBCR
- Nibs Price at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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