Clarence Merle "Nibs" Price (April 26, 1889 – January 13, 1968) was a
basketball
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and
American football
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coach. After coaching at
San Diego High School
San Diego High School (SDHS) is an urban public high school located on the southern edge of Balboa Park, in San Diego, California, United States. It is the oldest high school in the San Diego Unified School District, one of the oldest public sch ...
, he served as the head football coach at the
University of California, Berkeley
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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 453–294. He led the 1946 basketball team to the
Final Four. Succeeding
Andy Smith as Cal's football coach, Price guided the
Golden Bears to the
1929 Rose Bowl
The 1929 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game and the 15th annual Rose Bowl Game. Played on January 1, 1929, the game saw the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (also known at the time as the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado) defeat the California Golde ...
, a game infamous for
Roy Riegels
Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels (April 4, 1908 – March 26, 1993) played for the University of California, Berkeley American football, football team from 1927 to 1929. His wrong-way run in the 1929 Rose Bowl is often cited as the worst blunder in the his ...
's wrong-way run. His
1926–27 basketball team finished the season with a 17–0 record
and was retroactively named the national champion by the
Premo-Porretta Power Poll
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The Premo-Porretta Polls are intended to serve collectively as a source of informa ...
. Price died on January 13, 1968, at the age of 77 in
Oakland, California
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.
Head coaching record
Football
Basketball
See also
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List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach
This is a list of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament regional championships by coach. The current names of the NCAA tournament regions are the East, Midwest, South, and West. The winners of the four regions are awarded an NCAA Regiona ...
References
External links
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1889 births
1968 deaths
American men's basketball coaches
California Golden Bears baseball players
California Golden Bears football coaches
California Golden Bears men's basketball coaches
High school football coaches in California