- Clarence Spears
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Clarence Spears 
Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born July 24, 1894 Place of birth De Witt, Arkansas Died February 1, 1964 (aged 69) Place of death Jupiter, Florida Playing career 1914–1915 Dartmouth Position(s) Guard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1917–1920
1921–1924
1925–1929
1930–1931
1932–1935
1936–1942
1943–1944Dartmouth
West Virginia
Minnesota
Oregon
Wisconsin
Toledo
MarylandHead coaching record Overall 148–83–14 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 1 Big Ten (1927) College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1955 (profile)Dr. Clarence Wiley "Doc" Spears (July 24, 1894 – February 1, 1964) was an American football player, coach, and doctor. He was an All-American guard at Dartmouth College (1914–1915) and served as the head football coach at Dartmouth (1917–1920), West Virginia University (1921–1924), the University of Minnesota (1925–1929), the University of Oregon (1930–1931), the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1932–1935), the University of Toledo (1936–1942), and University of Maryland, College Park (1943–1944), compiling a career college football record of 148–83–14. Spears was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1955.
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Playing career
Spears attended Dartmouth College, where played guard and was selected to the College Football All-America Team in 1914 and 1915.
Coaching career
Spears was the head coach for the Dartmouth Indians football team from 1917 to 1920. From 1921 to 1924, he coached the West Virginia Mountaineers football team, winning 79.5% of the games he coached during his tenure there. Following that, Spears coached the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1925 to 1929, leading the team to a 6–0–2 record and a share of the Big Ten Conference title in 1927. He had a 28–9–3 record at Minnesota.
Spears was the coach at Oregon in 1930 and 1931. From 1932 to 1935 he coached the Wisconsin Badgers. From 1936 to 1942, Spears was Toledo's coach. Finally, he was the coach at Maryland in 1943 and 1944, tallying a mark of 5–12–1.
Spears had two undefeated seasons as a coach, 1922 at West Virginia and 1927 at Minnesota. In 1955, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Medical career
While coaching, Spears studied medicine at the University of Chicago and the Rush Medical College. Following his football career, he maintained a medical practice for many years.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Dartmouth Indians (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 Mountaineers (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 Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (1925–1929) 1925 Minnesota 5–2–1 1–1–1 T–4th 1926 Minnesota 5–3 2–2 T–6th 1927 Minnesota 6–0–2 3–0–1 T–1st 1928 Minnesota 6–2 4–2 3rd 1929 Minnesota 6–2 3–2 T–3rd Minnesota: 28–9–3 13–7–2 Oregon Ducks (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 Badgers (Big Ten Conference) (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 T–5th 1935 Wisconsin 1–7 1–4 T–9th Wisconsin: 13–17–2 7–13–2 Toledo Rockets (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1936–1942) 1936 Toledo 2–6 2–1 T–6th 1937 Toledo 6–3 0–0 Did not compete 1938 Toledo 6–3–1 0–0–1 T–10th 1939 Toledo 7–3 1–0 2nd 1940 Toledo 6–3 1–1 T–9th 1941 Toledo 7–4 2–0 3rd 1942 Toledo 4–4–1 1–0–1 4th Toledo: 38–26–2 7–2–2 Maryland Terrapins (Southern Conference) (1943–1944) 1943 Maryland 4–5 2–0 2nd 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 References
External links
- Clarence Spears at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Clarence Spears at the College Football Data Warehouse
Dartmouth Big Green head football coaches No coach (1881–1884) • No team (1885) • No coach (1886–1892) • Wallace Moyle (1893–1894) • Bill Wurtenburg (1895–1899) • Frederick E. Jennings (1900) • Walter McCornack (1901–1902) • Fred Folsom (1903–1906) • John O'Connor (1907–1908) • W. H. Lillard (1909) • W. J. Randall (1910) • Frank Cavanaugh (1911–1916) • Clarence Spears (1917–1920) • Jackson Cannell (1921–1922) • Jesse Hawley (1923–1928) • Jackson Cannell (1929–1933) • Earl Blaik (1934–1940) • Tuss McLaughry (1941–1942) • Earl Brown (1943–1944) • Tuss McLaughry (1945–1954) • Bob Blackman (1955–1970) • Jake Crouthamel (1971–1977) • Joe Yukica (1978–1986) • Buddy Teevens (1987–1991) • John Lyons (1992–2004) • Buddy Teevens (2005–)
West Virginia Mountaineers head football coaches Frederick Lincoln Emory (1891) • No team (1892) • F. William Rane (1893–1894) • Harry McCrory (1895) • Thomas Trenchard (1896) • George Krebs (1897) • Harry Anderson (1898) • Louis Yeager (1899) • John Hill (1900) • Louis Yeager (1901–1902) • Harry E. Trout (1903) • Anthony Chez (1904) • Carl Forkum (1905–1906) • Clarence W. Russell (1907) • Charles Augustus Lueder (1908–1911) • William P. Edmunds (1912) • Edwin Sweetland (1913) • Sol Metzger (1914–1915) • Mont McIntire (1916–1917) • No team (1918) • Mont McIntire (1919–1920) • Clarence Spears (1921–1924) • Ira Rodgers (1925–1930) • Greasy Neale (1931–1933) • Charles Tallman (1934–1936) • Marshall Glenn (1937–1939) • Bill Kern (1940–1942) • Ira Rodgers (1943–1945) • Bill Kern (1946–1947) • Dudley DeGroot (1948–1949) • Art Lewis (1950–1959) • Gene Corum (1960–1965) • Jim Carlen (1966–1969) • Bobby Bowden (1970–1975) • Frank Cignetti, Sr. (1976–1979) • Don Nehlen (1980–2000) • Rich Rodriguez (2001–2007) • Bill Stewart (2008–2010) • Dana Holgorsen (2011– )
Minnesota Golden Gophers head football coaches No coach (1882) • Thomas Peebles (1883) • No team (1884–1885) • Frederick S. Jones (1886–1889) • Tom Eck (1890) • Edward Moulton (1891) • No coach (1892) • Wallie Winter (1893) • Tom Cochrane Jr. (1894) • William Heffelfinger (1895) • Alexander Jerrems (1896–1897) • Jack Minds (1898) • John Harrison & William C. Leary (1899) • Henry L. Williams (1900–1921) • William H. Spaulding (1922–1924) • Clarence Spears (1925–1929) • Fritz Crisler (1930–1931) • Bernie Bierman (1932–1941) • George Hauser (1942–1944) • Bernie Bierman (1945–1950) • Wes Fesler (1951–1953) • Murray Warmath (1954–1971) • Cal Stoll (1972–1978) • Joe Salem (1979–1983) • Lou Holtz (1984–1985) • John Gutekunst (1985–1991) • Jim Wacker (1992–1996) • Glen Mason (1997–2006) • Tim Brewster (2007–2010) • Jeff Horton # (2010) • Jerry Kill (2011– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.Oregon Ducks head football coaches Cal Young & J. A. Church (1894) • Percy Benson (1895) • J. F. Frick (1896) • Joe Smith (1897) • Frank Simpson (1898–1899) • Lawrence Kaarsberg (1900) • Warren W. Smith (1901) • Marion Dolph (1902) • Warren W. Smith (1903) • R. S. Smith (1904) • Bruce Shorts (1905) • Hugo Bezdek (1906) • Gordon Frost (1907) • Robert Forbes (1908–1909) • Bill Warner (1910–1911) • Louis Pinkham (1912) • Hugo Bezdek (1913–1917) • Charles A. Huntington (1918–1923) • Joe Maddock (1924) • Richard Smith (1925) • John McEwan (1926–1929) • Clarence Spears (1930–1931) • Prink Callison (1932–1937) • Tex Oliver (1938–1941) • John A. Warren (1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Tex Oliver (1945–1946) • Jim Aiken (1947–1950) • Len Casanova (1951–1966) • Jerry Frei (1967–1971) • Dick Enright (1972–1973) • Don Read (1974–1976) • Rich Brooks (1977–1994) • Mike Bellotti (1995–2008) • Chip Kelly (2009– )
Wisconsin Badgers head football coaches Alvin Kletsch (1889) • Ted Mestre (1890) • Herb Alward (1891) • Frank Crawford (1892) • Parke H. Davis (1893) • Hiram O. Stickney (1894–1895) • Philip King (1896–1902) • Arthur Hale Curtis (1903–1904) • Philip King (1905) • Charles P. Hutchins (1906–1907) • Thomas A. Barry (1908–1910) • John R. Richards (1911) • William Juneau (1912–1915) • Paul Withington (1916) • John R. Richards (1917) • Guy Lowman (1918) • John R. Richards (1919–1922) • John J. Ryan (1923–1924) • George Little (1925–1926) • Glenn Thistlethwaite (1927–1931) • Clarence Spears (1932–1935) • Harry Stuhldreher (1936–1948) • Ivy Williamson (1949–1955) • Milt Bruhn (1956–1966) • John Coatta (1967–1969) • John Jardine (1970–1977) • Dave McClain (1978–1985) • Jim Hilles (1986) • Don Morton (1987–1989) • Barry Alvarez (1990–2005) • Bret Bielema (2006– )
Toledo Rockets head football coaches John Brandeberry (1917) • James Baxter (1918) • Walt Hobt (1919–1920) • Joseph Dwyer (1921–1925) • Boni Petcoff (1926–1929) • Jim Nicholson (1930–1935) • Clarence Spears (1936–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Bill Orwig (1946–1947) • Skip Stahley (1948–1949) • Bob Snyder (1950) • Don Greenwood (1951) • Clair Dunn (1951–1953) • Forrest England (1954–1955) • Jack Morton (1956) • Harry Larche (1957–1959) • Clive Rush (1960–1962) • Frank Lauterbur (1963–1970) • John Murphy (1971–1976) • Chuck Stobart (1977–1981) • Dan Simrell (1982–1989) • Nick Saban (1990) • Gary Pinkel (1991–2000) • Tom Amstutz (2001–2008) • Tim Beckman (2009– )
Maryland Terrapins head football coaches William W. Skinner (1892) • Samuel Harding (1893) • J. G. Bannon (1894) • No team (1895) • Grenville Lewis (1896) • John Lillibridge (1897) • Frank Kenly (1898) • S. M. Cooke (1899) • F. H. Peters (1900) • Emmons Dunbar (1901) • D. John Markey (1902–1904) • Fred K. Nielsen (1905–1906) • Charles W. Melick (1907) • William Lang (1908) • William Lang & Edward Larkin (1909) • Royal Alston (1910) • Charley Donnelly (1911) • Curley Byrd (1911–1934) • Jack Faber (1935) • Frank Dobson (1936–1939) • Jack Faber (1940–1941) • Clark Shaughnessy (1942) • Clarence Spears (1943–1944) • Bear Bryant (1945) • Clark Shaughnessy (1946) • Jim Tatum (1947–1955) • Tommy Mont (1956–1958) • Tom Nugent (1959–1965) • Lou Saban (1966) • Bob Ward (1967–1968) • Roy Lester (1969–1971) • Jerry Claiborne (1972–1981) • Bobby Ross (1982–1986) • Joe Krivak (1987–1991) • Mark Duffner (1992–1996) • Ron Vanderlinden (1997–2000) • Ralph Friedgen (2001–2010) • Randy Edsall (2011– )
Categories:- 1964 deaths
- 1894 births
- Dartmouth Big Green football coaches
- Dartmouth Big Green football players
- Maryland Terrapins football coaches
- Minnesota Golden Gophers football coaches
- Oregon Ducks football coaches
- Toledo Rockets football coaches
- West Virginia Mountaineers football coaches
- Wisconsin Badgers football coaches
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Dartmouth College alumni
- People from Arkansas County, Arkansas
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