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Clarence Stasavich was East Carolina Teachers College tenth arguable one of the best head football coaches in the schools history. He was the football coach from 1962-69 and the Athletic Director from 1963-75. During those eight years Stasavich posted a 50-27-1 record. In 1969, Coach Stasavich was the third-winningest active coach after "Bear" Bryant of Alabama and Johnny Vaught of Ole Miss. In 1963 football season record was 9-1 with the schools first bowl game win against Northeastern University in the Eastern Bowl. In 1964, Coach Stasavich posted a 9-1 record again and beat Massachusetts in the Tangerine Bowl, 14-13. The 1965 football season was a repeat of 1964, expect the Pirates won against Maine, 31-0 in the Tangerine Bowl. Also in 1965, Coach Stasavich help bring ECC into the Southern Conference. His love for the Southern Conference was shown when the conference named the football championship trophy the Clarence Stasavich Memorial Trophy. He died October 24, 1975, a day before ECU beat UNC for the first time ever. Coach Stasavich was inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame in 1970, the ECU Hall of Fame in 1976, the National Association of Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame in 1977, and the Florida Citrus Bowl Hall of Fame in 1986.
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