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 and was retroactively named the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Price died on January 13, 1968, at the age of 77 in Oakland, California.

Head coaching record

College football

The 1929 California Golden Bears football team 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.
YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
California Golden Bears (Pacific Coast Conference) (1926–1930)
1926California3–60–59th
1927California7–32–3T–5th
1928California6–2–23–0–22ndL Rose
1929California7–1–14–1T–1st
1930California4–51–4T–8th
California:27–17–310–13–2
Total:27–17–3
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

College basketball

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
California Golden Bears (Pacific Coast Conference) (1924–1954)
1924–25California11–43–11st
1925–26California14–05–01st
1926–27California17–05–01st
1927–28California9–66–32nd
1928–29California17–39–01st
1929–30California9–86–32nd
1930–31California12–106–31st
1931–32California16–88–31st
1932–33California18–78–32nd
1933–34California19–78–42nd
1934–35California11–145–72nd
1935–36California13–166–63rd
1936–37California17–104–83rd
1937–38California18–118–42nd
1938–39California24–89–31st
1939–40California15–175–73rd
1940–41California15–126–6T–2nd
1941–42California11–194–83rd
1942–43California9–151–74th
1943–44California7–34–01st
1944–45California7–81–33rd
1945–46California30–611–11stNCAA Final Four
1946–47California20–118–42nd
1947–48California25–911–11st
1948–49California14–191–114th
1949–50California10–174–93rd
1950–51California16–163–94th
1951–52California17–136–6T–2nd
1952–53California15–109–31st
1953–54California17–76–63rd
California:453–294 (.606)176–129 (.577)
Total:453–294 (.606)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

See also

External links

  • Media related to Nibs Price at Wikimedia Commons