Nibs Price
{{Short description|American football and basketball coach (1889–1968)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Nibs Price
| image = Young Nibs Price.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|4|26}}
| birth_place = Minnesota, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|1|13|1889|4|26}}
| death_place = Oakland, California, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| coach_sport1 = Basketball
| coach_years2 = 1924–1954
| coach_team2 = California
| coach_sport3 = Football
| coach_years4 = 1916–1917
| coach_team4 = San Diego HS (CA)
| coach_years5 = 1919
| coach_team5 = California (freshmen)
| coach_years6 = 1920–1925
| coach_team6 = California (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1926–1930
| coach_team7 = California
| coach_years8 = 1931–1954
| coach_team8 = California (assistant)
| overall_record = 453–294 (college basketball)
27–17–3 (college football)
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
1 PCC (1929)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Clarence Merle "Nibs" Price (April 26, 1889 – January 13, 1968) was an American basketball and football coach. After coaching at San Diego High School, he served as the head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley 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, a game infamous for Roy Riegels's wrong-way run. His 1926–27 basketball team finished the season with a 17–0 record{{cite web| title =California season-by-season results| work =sports-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/california/| access-date =May 25, 2015}} and was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|editor-last=ESPN|publisher=ESPN Books|location=New York, NY|year=2009|page=532|ISBN=978-0-345-51392-2}} Price died on January 13, 1968, at the age of 77 in Oakland, California.{{cite news |title=Nib Price Dies At 77 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4r1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1209,4202119 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |date=January 14, 1968 |access-date=January 22, 2011 |via=Google News }}
Head coaching record
=College football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = California Golden Bears
| conf = Pacific Coast Conference
| startyear = 1926
| endyear = 1930
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1926
| name = California
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 9th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1927
| name = California
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1928
| name = California
| overall = 6–2–2
| conference = 3–0–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = Rose
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1929
| name = California
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = California
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = T–8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = California
| overall = 27–17–3
| confrecord = 10–13–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 27–17–3
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
File:Cal football team 1929 Nibs Price Herbert Hoover B.jpg was invited to the White House during their October trip to play at Penn. Price and U.S. president Herbert Hoover are in the center looking on another.]]
=College basketball=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = California Golden Bears
| conference = Pacific Coast Conference
| startyear = 1924
| endyear = 1954
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1924–25
| name = California
| overall = 11–4
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1925–26
| name = California
| overall = 14–0
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 1926–27
| name = California
| overall = 17–0
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = Premo-Porretta National Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1927–28
| name = California
| overall = 9–6
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1928–29
| name = California
| overall = 17–3
| conference = 9–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1929–30
| name = California
| overall = 9–8
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 1930–31
| name = California
| overall = 12–10
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1931–32
| name = California
| overall = 16–8
| conference = 8–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1932–33
| name = California
| overall = 18–7
| conference = 8–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1933–34
| name = California
| overall = 19–7
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1934–35
| name = California
| overall = 11–14
| conference = 5–7
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1935–36
| name = California
| overall = 13–16
| conference = 6–6
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1936–37
| name = California
| overall = 17–10
| conference = 4–8
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1937–38
| name = California
| overall = 18–11
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 1938–39
| name = California
| overall = 24–8
| conference = 9–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1939–40
| name = California
| overall = 15–17
| conference = 5–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1940–41
| name = California
| overall = 15–12
| conference = 6–6
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1941–42
| name = California
| overall = 11–19
| conference = 4–8
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1942–43
| name = California
| overall = 9–15
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1943–44
| name = California
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1944–45
| name = California
| overall = 7–8
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1945–46
| name = California
| overall = 30–6
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1946–47
| name = California
| overall = 20–11
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 1947–48
| name = California
| overall = 25–9
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1948–49
| name = California
| overall = 14–19
| conference = 1–11
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1949–50
| name = California
| overall = 10–17
| conference = 4–9
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1950–51
| name = California
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 3–9
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1951–52
| name = California
| overall = 17–13
| conference = 6–6
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 1952–53
| name = California
| overall = 15–10
| conference = 9–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1953–54
| name = California
| overall = 17–7
| conference = 6–6
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = California
| overall = 453–294 ({{Winning percentage|453|294}})
| confrecord = 176–129 ({{Winning percentage|176|129}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 453–294 ({{Winning percentage|453|294}})
}}
See also
References
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