Nibs Price

Clarence Merle "Nibs" Price (April 26, 1889 – January 13, 1968) was a basketball and American 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[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[2] Price died on January 13, 1968, at the age of 77 in Oakland, California.[3]

Nibs Price
Biographical details
Born(1889-04-26)April 26, 1889
Minnesota
DiedJanuary 13, 1968(1968-01-13) (aged 78)
Oakland, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1924–1954California
Football
1920–1925California (assistant)
1926–1930California
1931–1954California (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall453–294 (basketball)
27–17–3 (football)
Bowls0–1

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
California Golden Bears (Pacific Coast Conference) (1926–1930)
1926 California 3–60–59th
1927 California 7–32–3T–5th
1928 California 6–2–23–0–22ndL Rose
1929 California 7–1–14–1T–3rd
1930 California 4–51–4T–8th
California: 27–17–310–13–2
Total:27–17–3
Cal 1929 football team invited to the White House, during their October trip to play at Penn. Coach Price and President Hoover are in the center looking at each.

Basketball
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
California Golden Bears (Pacific Coast Conference) (1924–1954)
1924–25 California 11–43–11st
1925–26 California 14–05–01st
1926–27 California 17–05–01stPremo-Porretta National Champions
1927–28 California 9–66–32nd
1928–29 California 17–39–01st
1929–30 California 9–86–32nd
1930–31 California 12–106–31st
1931–32 California 16–88–31st
1932–33 California 18–78–32nd
1933–34 California 19–78–42nd
1934–35 California 11–145–72nd
1935–36 California 13–166–63rd
1936–37 California 17–104–83rd
1937–38 California 18–118–42nd
1938–39 California 24–89–31st
1939–40 California 15–175–73rd
1940–41 California 15–126–6T–2nd
1941–42 California 11–194–83rd
1942–43 California 9–151–74th
1943–44 California 7–34–01st
1944–45 California 7–81–33rd
1945–46 California 30–611–11stNCAA Final Four
1946–47 California 20–118–42nd
1947–48 California 25–911–11st
1948–49 California 14–191–114th
1949–50 California 10–174–93rd
1950–51 California 16–163–94th
1951–52 California 17–136–6T–2nd
1952–53 California 15–109–31st
1953–54 California 17–76–63rd
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

References
  1. "California season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  2. ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 532. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  3. "Nib Price Dies At 77". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. January 14, 1968. Retrieved January 22, 2011 – via Google News.
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