# 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 and was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Price died on January 13, 1968, at the age of 77 in Oakland, California.

## 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: | California: | 27–17–3 | 10–13–2 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 27–17–3 | | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||

### 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: | California: | 453–294 (.606) | 176–129 (.577) | | |
| Total: | 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 ||||||