Clyde W. Biggers (March 6, 1925 – December 23, 1976) was an

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coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Catawba College from 1953 to 1958 and at

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from 1965 to 1971, compiling a career

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record of 45–70–6. Biggers was then the

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at University of Nebraska Omaha from 1971 to 1974 and at the University of Richmond from 1974 until his death in 1976. Biggers played football and

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at Catawba College, from which he graduated in 1948. He coached football at Fayetteville High School in

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before serving as the line coach for the football team at East Carolina College—now

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—in 1952. Between his tenures as head coach at Catawba and Eastern Illinois, Biggers was an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina. He died of a heart attack at his home in

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on December 23, 1976.

Head coaching record

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