Y C McNease (born c. 1936)
[ is a former American ]college football
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coach. He was the head football coach at the University of Idaho
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for the 1968 and 1969 seasons.
Playing career
Born in Raleigh, Mississippi
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, McNease graduated from Leland High School in Leland in 1956, and joined the U.S. Marines
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. After his three years of military service, he attended junior college and transferred to Florida State
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, where he was on the roster for the 1961
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and 1962 seasons as an end
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and center
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, and also played linebacker
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and fullback. Well into his twenties and losing his hair, McNease was nicknamed "Pappy" by his younger FSU teammates.
Coaching career
Following his playing career, McNease was an assistant coach for five seasons at four schools; Florida State, Wichita State
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, Texas-El Paso, and Michigan
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.
He was named the head coach at the University of Idaho
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in January 1968
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* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
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at age 31, at an annual salary of $16,800. McNease succeeded Steve Musseau
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and placed a new emphasis on the passing game;[ the Vandals were 5–5 and 3–1 in the Big Sky in his first season,] but they struggled with injuries and slipped to 2–8 with only one win in conference in 1969.
After just two seasons at Idaho, McNease was dismissed in May 1970
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* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
following spring practices. Though reasons were not fully disclosed by the university, it was attributed to his disciplinary tactics and player unrest.[ Additionally, an altercation reportedly occurred with a player in a Memorial Gym hallway and resulted in a ripped coat. Several months after his dismissal, McNease filed a $1 million ]breach of contract
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lawsuit in U.S. District Court
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against the university. An out-of-court settlement
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was reached in 1973 for just under $24,800.
McNease coached as an assistant for the next three seasons at Kansas State
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(1970
Events
January
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* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
) and back at UTEP, until his resignation in late October 1972
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, which followed the resignation of head coach Bobby Dobbs
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Early years
After graduating from high school in Frederick, Oklahoma in 1941, Bobby entered University of Tulsa to play football for coach Henry ...
.
After coaching
McNease left coaching and worked in the insurance and financial services industry, with stops in Athens, Georgia
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, and back on the Palouse
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in the Moscow
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- Pullman area in the early 1980s. As of 2010, he was a resident of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Name
His unique first name is simply "Y C" and is unpunctuated; his last name is pronounced in three syllables (Mac-Nee-See).
Head coaching record
References
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1936 births
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