Nibs Price

Nibs Price
Biographical details
Born	April 26, 1889; Minnesota
Died	January 13, 1968 (aged 78); Oakland, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1925	California (assistant)
1926–1930	California
Basketball
1924–1954	California
Head coaching record
Overall	27–17–3 (football); 453–294 (basketball)
Bowls	0–1

Clarence Merle "Nibs" Price (April 26, 1889 – January 13, 1968) was an American football and basketball 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. 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]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
California Golden Bears (Pacific Coast Conference) (1926–1930)
1926	California	3–6	0–5	9th
1927	California	7–3	2–3	T–5th
1928	California	6–2–2	3–0–2	2nd	L Rose
1929	California	7–1–1	4–1	T–3rd
1930	California	4–5	1–4	T–8th
California:		27–17–3	10–13–2
Total:		27–17–3
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
California Golden Bears (Pacific Coast Conference) (1924–1954)
1924–25	California	11-4	3-1	1st
1925–26	California	14-0	5-0	1st
1926–27	California	17-0	5-0	1st	Premo-Porretta National Champions
1927–28	California	9-6	6-3	2nd
1928–29	California	17-3	9-0	1st
1929–30	California	9-8	6-3	2nd
1930–31	California	12-10	6-3	1st
1931–32	California	16-8	8-3	1st
1932–33	California	18-7	8-3	2nd
1933–34	California	19-7	8-4	2nd
1934–35	California	11-14	5-7	2nd
1935–36	California	13-16	6-6	3rd
1936–37	California	17-10	4-8	3rd
1937–38	California	18-11	8-4	2nd
1938–39	California	24-8	9-3	1st
1939–40	California	15-17	5-7	3rd
1940–41	California	15-12	6-6	T-2nd
1941–42	California	11-19	4-8	3rd
1942–43	California	9-15	1-7	4th
1943–44	California	7-3	4-0	1st
1944–45	California	7-8	1-3	3rd
1945–46	California	30-6	11-1	1st	NCAA Final Four
1946–47	California	20-11	8-4	2nd
1947–48	California	25-9	11-1	1st
1948–49	California	14-19	1-11	4th
1949–50	California	10-17	4-9	3rd
1950–51	California	16-16	3-9	4th
1951–52	California	17-13	6-6	T-2nd
1952–53	California	15-10	9-3	1st
1953–54	California	17-7	6-6	3rd
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

^ "California season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
^ 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.
^ AP (January 14, 1968). "Nib Price Dies At 77". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved January 22, 2011.