- Clay Stapleton
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Clay Stapleton Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born c. 1921 Playing career 1941, 1946–1947 Tennessee Position(s) Guard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1950–1952
1953–1954
1955–1957
1958–1967Wofford (line)
Wyoming (assistant)
Oregon State (assistant)
Iowa StateAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1966–1971
1971–1973
1973–1978Iowa State
Florida State
VanderbiltHead coaching record Overall 42–53–4 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Clayton Stapleton (born c. 1921) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the 23rd head football coach for the Iowa State University Cyclones located in Ames, Iowa and he held that position for ten seasons, from 1958 until 1967. His career coaching record at Iowa state was 42 wins, 53 losses, and 4 ties. This ranks him second at Iowa state in total wins and 17th at Iowa state in winning percentage.[1]
Stapleton was known for his single-wing offense, and notorious for punting on third down. He also served as Iowa State's athletic director following his coaching stint.
On September 9, 2006 Stapleton was inducted into the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame with fellow alumni Beth Bader, Jon Brown, John Crawford, Barry Hill, Russ Hoffman, Jerry McNertney, Hugo Otopalik, Keith Sims, and Winnifred Tilden.
Stapleton played collegiately at the University of Tennessee for Robert Neyland.
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Iowa State Cyclones head football coaches Ira C. Brownlie (1892) • W. F. Finney (1893) • Bert German & Pop Warner (1894–1898) • Joe Meyers & Pop Warner (1899) • C. E. Woodruff (1900) • Edgar N. Clinton (1901) • A. W. Ristine (1902–1906) • Clyde Williams (1907–1912) • Homer C. Hubbard (1913–1914) • Charles Mayser (1915–1919) • Norman C. Paine (1920) • Maury Kent (1921) • Sam Willaman (1922–1925) • C. Noel Workman (1926–1930) • George F. Veenker (1931–1936) • James J. Yeager (1937–1940) • Ray Donels (1941–1942) • Mike Michalske (1942–1946) • Emmett Stuber (1947–1953) • Vince DiFrancesca (1954–1956) • Jim Myers (1957) • Clay Stapleton (1958–1967) • Johnny Majors (1968–1972) • Earle Bruce (1973–1978) • Donnie Duncan (1979–1982) • Jim Criner (1983–1986) • Jim Walden (1987–1994) • Dan McCarney (1995–2006) • Gene Chizik (2007–2008) • Paul Rhoads (2009– )
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