Clarence Stasavich

Clarence Stasavich

Stasavich pictured in The Buccaneer 1963, ECU yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	February 9, 1913(1913-02-09)
Place of birth	Illinois
Died	October 24, 1975(1975-10-24) (aged 62)
Place of death	Greenville, North Carolina
Playing career
1931–1934	Lenoir–Rhyne
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946–1961 1962–1969	Lenoir–Rhyne East Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	171–64–7
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

Clarence Stasavich (February 9, 1913 – October 24, 1975) was East Carolina College's tenth head football coach, and arguably one of the best in the school's history. He was the football coach from 1962 to 1969 and the athletic director from 1963 to 1975. 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.

In 1960, while the head coach of Lenoir-Rhyne University, Stasavich guided the Bears to the NAIA National Championship.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Bowl/playoffs
1962	East Carolina	5–4
1963	East Carolina	9–1
1964	East Carolina	9–1	W Tangerine
1965	East Carolina	9–1	W Tangerine
1966	East Carolina	4–5–1
1967	East Carolina	8–2
1968	East Carolina	4–6
1969	East Carolina	2–7
Total:		50–27–1
^†Indicates BCS bowl game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

External links

Stasavich HOF page

East Carolina head football coaches

Kenneth Beatty (1932–1933)
Doc Mathis (1934–1935)
Bo Farley (1936)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
O. A. Hankner (1939)
John Christenbury (1940–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Jim Johnson (1946–1948)
Bill Dole (1949–1951)
Jack Boone (1952–1961)
Clarence Stasavich (1962–1969)
Mike McGee (1970)
Sonny Randle (1971–1973)
Pat Dye (1974–1979)
Ed Emory (1980–1984)
Art Baker (1985–1988)
Bill Lewis (1989–1991)
Steve Logan (1992–2002)
John Thompson (2003–2004)
Skip Holtz (2005–2009)
Ruffin McNeill (2010– )

Lenoir–Rhyne Bears head football coaches

T. M. Warlick (1907–1908)
B. H. Shoaf (1909)
D. M. Williams (1910–1911)
No team (1912–1920)
Phil Utley (1921)
Norman Lamotte (1922–1923)
Dick Gurley (1924–1931)
Robert M. Shores (1932–1936)
Albert Spurlock (1937)
Robert M. Shores (1938–1941)
D. M. Williams (1942–1945)
Clarence Stasavich (1946–1961)
Hanley Painter (1962–1972)
Danny Williams (1973)
Jack Huss (1974–1979)
Henry Vansant (1980–1983)
John Perry (1984–1990)
Charles Forbes (1991–1996)
Bill Hart (1997–2001)
Wayne Hicks (2002–2006)
Fred Goldsmith (2007–2010)
Mike Houston (2011– )

Persondata
Name	Stasavich, Clarence
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	c. 1913
Place of birth	Illinois
Date of death	October 24, 1975
Place of death	Greenville, North Carolina