Early life
McClellan was a standout athlete at St. John's Preparatory School (Danvers, Massachusetts), St. John's Preparatory School and Mount Saint Joseph High School, Mount Saint Joseph College. He pitched in the minor leagues for the Baltimore Orioles (minor league), Baltimore Orioles of the International League in 1917 and the Waterbury, Connecticut, minor league baseball, Waterbury Nattatucks and Hartford Senators of the Eastern League (1916), Eastern League in 1919.Coaching career
McClellan began his coaching career in 1922 at Salem High School (Massachusetts), Salem High School in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1925 he moved to St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts, where he compiled a 31-2 record over two years. McClellan was the head coach at Providence from 1927 to 1938. In his eleven seasons as head coach, the Friars had a 147-65 record. He produced two All-Americans, Ed Wineapple (who also played for McClellan at Salem High) and John Krieger. He resigned after the 1938 season because he refused to take a pay cut as part of the administration's decision to give more money to the football team at the expense of the basketball program. McClellan returned to college basketball in 1940 as the head coach of the St. Anselm Hawks. When Boston College decided to reinstate their basketball team in 1945, McClellan was chosen to coach the revived team. He resigned from his position after the 1953 and became the first head basketball coach at Belmont Abbey College. At the time of his resignation, he was BC's winningest basketball coach. McClellan retired from coaching in 1956. McClellan died on August 23, 1962, at the age of 63.References
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