Nibs Price

Clarence Merle "Nibs" Price (April 26, 1889 – January 13, 1968) was an American basketball and 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, U.S.
Died	January 13, 1968(1968-01-13) (aged 78) Oakland, California, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1924–1954	California
Football
1916–1917	San Diego HS (CA)
1919	California (freshmen)
1920–1925	California (assistant)
1926–1930	California
1931–1954	California (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	453–294 (college basketball) 27–17–3 (college football)
Bowls	0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 PCC (1929)

Head coaching record

College football

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–1st
1930	California	4–5	1–4	T–8th
California:		27–17–3	10–13–2
Total:		27–17–3
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

The 1929 California Golden Bears football team was invited to the White House during their October trip to play at Penn. Price and U.S. president Herbert Hoover are in the center looking on another.

College basketball

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

See also

• List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach