Clarence Spears

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Clarence W. "Doc" Spears
Title	Head coach
College	Dartmouth
Sport	Football
Born	1894-07-24
Place of birth	DeWitt, Arkansas
Died	1964-02-01
Career highlights
Overall	148-83-14
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1917-1920 1943-1944 1925-1929 1930-1931 1936-1942 1921-1924 1932-1935	Dartmouth Maryland Minnesota Oregon Toledo West Virginia Wisconsin

Dr. Clarence Wiley Spears (born July 24, 1894 in DeWitt, Arkansas - died February 1, 1964 in Jupiter, Florida) was the coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1925-1929. He led the Gophers to a 6-0-2 record in 1927, making them the Co-Big Ten Champions for that year. He had a 28-9-3 record at Minnesota. He went on to coach the Maryland Terrapins football team from 1943-1944. He compiled a 5-12-1 record there.

He went to Dartmouth College, where he was an All-American guard in 1914 and 1915. He was the coach at Dartmouth from 1917 to 1920. From 1921 to 1924 he coached West Virginia. Following that, he coached Minnesota from 1925 to 1929. He was the coach at Oregon in 1930 and 1931. From 1932 to 1935 he was the coach at University of Wisconsin-Madison. From 1936 to 1942 he was Toledo's coach. Finally, he was the coach at Maryland for 1943 and 1944. He had 2 undefeated seasons (1922 at West Virginia, and 1927 at Minnesota). In 1955, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

While coaching, he studied medicine at the University of Chicago and the Rush Medical School. Following his football career, he maintained a medical practice for many years.

[edit] Football Head Coaching Records

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Dartmouth (NH) (Independent) (1917 – 1920)
1917	Dartmouth	5-3
1918	Dartmouth	3-3
1919	Dartmouth	6-1-1
1920	Dartmouth	7-2
Dartmouth:		21-9-1
West Virginia (Independent) (1921 – 1924)
1921	West Virginia	5-4-1
1922	West Virginia	10-0-1
1923	West Virginia	7-1-1
1924	West Virginia	8-1
West Virginia:		30-6-3
Minnesota (Big Ten) (1925 – 1929)
1925	Minnesota	5-2-1	1-1-1	4th (tie)
1926	Minnesota	5-3	2-2	6th (tie)
1927	Minnesota	6-0-2	3-0-1	2nd
1928	Minnesota	6-2	4-2	3rd
1929	Minnesota	6-2	3-2	3rd (tie)
Minnesota:		28-9-3	13-7-2
Oregon (Pacific Coast Conference) (1930 – 1931)
1930	Oregon	7-2	3-1	4th
1931	Oregon	6-2-2	3-1-1	3rd
Oregon:		13-4-2	6-2-1
Wisconsin (Big Ten) (1932 – 1935)
1932	Wisconsin	6-1-1	4-1-1	3rd
1933	Wisconsin	2-5-1	0-5-1	10th
1934	Wisconsin	4-4	2-3	5th (tie)
1935	Wisconsin	1-7	1-4	9th (tie)
Wisconsin:		13-17-2	7-13-2
Toledo (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1936 – 1942)
1936	Toledo	2-6
1937	Toledo	6-3
1938	Toledo	6-3-1
1939	Toledo	7-3
1940	Toledo	6-3
1941	Toledo	7-4
1942	Toledo	4-4-1
Toledo:		38-26-2
Maryland (Southern Conference) (1943 – 1944)
1943	Maryland	4-5	2-0	1st (tie)
1944	Maryland	1-7-1	1-1	6th
Maryland:		5-12-1	3-1
Total:		148-83-14
National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title

Preceded by Mont McIntyre	West Virginia University Head Football Coach 1921-1924	Succeeded by Ira Rodgers
Preceded by William H. Spaulding	University of Minnesota Head Football Coach 1925-1929	Succeeded by Fritz Crisler
Preceded by John McEwen	University of Oregon Head Football Coach 1930-1931	Succeeded by Prink Callison
Preceded by Glenn Thistlethwaite	University of Wisconsin-Madison Head Football Coach 1932-1935	Succeeded by Harry Stuhldreher
Preceded by Jim Nicholson	University of Toldeo Head Football Coach 1936-1942	Succeeded by Bill Orwig
Preceded by Clark Shaughnessy	University of Maryland Head Football Coach 1943-1944	Succeeded by Bear Bryant

[edit] External links

• http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2202
• http://www.wvu.edu/~sports/hall_fame/clarence_spears.htm
• http://collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=10019

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