| Nibs Price | |
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1890 |
| Died | January 13, 1968 Oakland, California |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1920–1925 1926–1930 Basketball 1924–1954 | California (assistant) California California |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–17–3 (football) 449–294 (basketball) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
Clarence Merle "Nibs" Price (c. 1890 – 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 | ||||||||
References[]
- ↑ AP (January 14, 1968). "Nib Price Dies At 77". The Spokesman-Review. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4r1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1209,4202119. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
External links[]
- Nibs Price at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Nibs Price at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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