Claire Boroff
{{Short description|American football coach (born c. 1937)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Claire Boroff
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| birth_date = {{Circa|{{Birth year and age|1937}}}}
| birth_place = Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
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| alma_mater = Nebraska State Teachers College (1959, 1963)
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1955
| player_team2 = Nebraska
| player_years3 = 1956–1958
| player_team3 = Kearney State
| player_sport4 = Track and field
| player_years5 = 1955
| player_team5 = Nebraska
| player_years6 = 1956–1958
| player_team6 = Kearney State
| player_positions = Running back, kicker (football)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1959–1961
| coach_team2 = Bertrand HS (NE)
| coach_years3 = 1962–1964
| coach_team3 = Gothenburg HS (NE)
| coach_years4 = 1965–1966
| coach_team4 = Kearney HS (NE)
| coach_years5 = 1967–1968
| coach_team5 = Lincoln Northeast HS (NE)
| coach_years6 = 1969–1971
| coach_team6 = Kearney State (backfield)
| coach_years7 = 1972–1999
| coach_team7 = Kearney State / Nebraska–Kearney
| overall_record = 169–106–5 (college)
61–29–3 (high school)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 1–3 (NAIA D-I playoffs)
| championships = 6 CSIC (1977–1980, 1982, 1984)
5 NCC (1972–1976)
| awards = NAIA All-American (1958)
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Claire Boroff (born {{Circa|1937}}) is an American former college football coach. He was the head football coach for Bertrand High School from 1959 to 1961,{{Cite news |date=August 27, 1959 |title=Bertrand School Starts Mon.; Football Practice Under Way |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bertrand-herald-bertrand-school-starts-m/162860549/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Bertrand Herald |pages=1}} Gothenburg High School from 1962 to 1964,{{Cite news |date=January 25, 1962 |title=Claire Boroff The New Swede Grid Mentor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gothenburg-times-claire-boroff-the-n/162860738/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=The Gothenburg Times |pages=1}} Kearney High School from 1965 to 1966,{{Cite news |date=May 27, 1965 |title=Claire Boroff Named KHS Football Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kearney-hub-claire-boroff-named-khs-foot/162860896/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Kearney Hub |pages=8}} Lincoln Northeast High School from 1967 to 1968,{{Cite news |last=Forsythe |first=Don |date=February 28, 1967 |title=Claire Boroff Offered Northeast Football Job |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star-claire-boroff-offer/162861021/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |pages=15}}{{Cite news |date=March 1, 1967 |title=NE Grid Coach Position Offered To Claire Boroff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lincoln-star-ne-grid-coach-position/162861115/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=The Lincoln Star |pages=22}}{{Cite news |date=March 1, 1967 |title=Lincoln Northeast Tabs Claire Boroff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sioux-city-journal-lincoln-northeast/162861155/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=The Sioux City Journal |pages=19}}{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Virgil |date=April 2, 1969 |title=Kearney Gets LNE's Boroff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lincoln-star-kearney-gets-lnes-boro/162861240/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=The Lincoln Star |pages=19}} and the University of Nebraska at Kearney from 1972 to 1999.{{Cite news |date=January 15, 1972 |title=Claire Boroff Named KSC's Football Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kearney-hub-claire-boroff-named-kscs-fo/162860296/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Kearney Hub |pages=1}}{{Cite news |date=January 16, 1972 |title=KSTC job to Claire Boroff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-herald-kstc-job-to-claire-boroff/162860333/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Star-Herald |pages=10}}{{Cite news |last=Mahoney |first=Buck |date=August 18, 1999 |title='I've been blessed' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kearney-hub-ive-been-blessed/162861331/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Kearney Hub |pages=19}} He played college football for Nebraska and Kearney State as a running back and kicker.{{Cite news |date=December 3, 1958 |title=Kearney's Star Boroff Is All-NAIA Halfback |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-world-herald-kearneys-star-boro/162860465/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Evening World-Herald |pages=49}}
Head coaching record
=College=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kearney State Antelopes
| conf = Nebraska College Conference
| startyear = 1972
| endyear = 1973
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1972
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 3–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1973
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kearney State Antelopes
| conf = Nebraska College Conference / Great Plains Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1974
| endyear = 1975
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1974
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 3–0 / 0–0
| confstanding = 1st / N/A{{#tag:ref|Ineligible for conference standings|group="n"|name=Conf}}
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1975
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–0 / 0–0
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kearney State Antelopes
| conf = Nebraska College Conference / Central States Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1976
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1976
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 3–0 / 4–1
| confstanding = 1st / T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 7
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kearney State Antelopes
| conf = Central States Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1977
| endyear = 1989
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1977
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 8–2–1
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division I Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 5
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1978
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 8–0–1
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 10
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1979
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division I Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 3
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1980
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 9–2–1
| conference = 6–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division I Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 7
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1981
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1982
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1983
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1984
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1985
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1986
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1987
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 24
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kearney State Antelopes / Nebraska–Kearney Lopers
| conf = NCAA Division II independent
| startyear = 1990
| endyear = 1993
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1990
| name = Kearney State
| overall = 6–5
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1991
| name = Nebraska–Kearney
| overall = 4–6–1
| conference =
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1992
| name = Nebraska–Kearney
| overall = 7–3
| conference =
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = Nebraska–Kearney
| overall = 3–7
| conference =
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Nebraska–Kearney Lopers
| conf = Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1994
| endyear = 1999
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Nebraska–Kearney
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 0–0
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1995
| name = Nebraska–Kearney
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 0–0
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1996
| name = Nebraska–Kearney
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = Nebraska–Kearney
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1998
| name = Nebraska–Kearney
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Nebraska–Kearney
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Kearney State / Nebraska–Kearney
| overall = 169–106–5
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 169–106–5
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
=High school=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Betrand Vikings
| conf = Republican Valley League
| startyear = 1959
| endyear = 1961
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1959
| name = Betrand
| overall = 8–2
| conference =
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1960
| name = Betrand
| overall = 7–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1961
| name = Betrand
| overall = 9–1
| conference =
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Betrand
| overall = 24–5
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Gothenburg Swedes
| conf = Southwest Conference
| startyear = 1962
| endyear = 1964
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1962
| name = Gothenburg
| overall = 1–7–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1963
| name = Gothenburg
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference =
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1964
| name = Gothenburg
| overall = 9–0
| conference =
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Gothenburg
| overall = 17–8–2
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kearney Bearcats
| conf = Big Ten Conference
| startyear = 1965
| endyear = 1966
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1965
| name = Kearney
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference =
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1966
| name = Kearney
| overall = 8–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Kearney
| overall = 14–4–1
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Lincoln Northeast Rockets
| conf =
| startyear = 1967
| endyear = 1968
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1967
| name = Lincoln Northeast
| overall = 2–7
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = Lincoln Northeast
| overall = 4–5
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Lincoln Northeast
| overall = 6–12
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 61–29–3
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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Notes
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External links
- [https://lopers.com/honors/hall-of-fame/claire-boroff/179 Nebraska–Kearney Hall of Fame profile]
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Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
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Category:High school football coaches in Nebraska
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Category:Players of American football from Nebraska
Category:Track and field athletes from Nebraska
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