Clay Stapleton

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Clay Stapleton
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	c. 1921
Playing career
1941, 1946–1947	Tennessee
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950–1952 1953–1954 1955–1957 1958–1967	Wofford (line) Wyoming (assistant) Oregon State (assistant) Iowa State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1967–1970 1971–1973 1973–1978	Iowa State Florida State Vanderbilt
Head coaching record
Overall	42–53–4
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Clayton Stapleton (born c. 1921) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the 23rd head football coach for the Iowa State University Cyclones located in Ames, Iowa and he held that position for ten seasons, from 1958 until 1967. His career coaching record at Iowa state was 42 wins, 53 losses, and 4 ties. This ranks him second at Iowa state in total wins and 17th at Iowa state in winning percentage.^[1]

Stapleton was known for his single-wing offense, and notorious for punting on third down. He also served as Iowa State's athletic director following his coaching stint.

On September 9, 2006 Stapleton was inducted into the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame with fellow alumni Beth Bader, Jon Brown, John Crawford, Barry Hill, Russ Hoffman, Jerry McNertney, Hugo Otopalik, Keith Sims, and Winnifred Tilden.

Stapleton played collegiately at the University of Tennessee for Robert Neyland.

References

↑ Iowa State Coaching Records

External links

Iowa State University Athletic Hall of Fame profile

Iowa State Cyclones head football coaches

Ira C. Brownlie (1892)
W. F. Finney (1893)
Bert German & Pop Warner (1894–1898)
Joe Meyers & Pop Warner (1899)
C. E. Woodruff (1900)
Edgar N. Clinton (1901)
A. W. Ristine (1902–1906)
Clyde Williams (1907–1912)
Homer C. Hubbard (1913–1914)
Charles Mayser (1915–1919)
Norman C. Paine (1920)
Maury Kent (1921)
Sam Willaman (1922–1925)
C. Noel Workman (1926–1930)
George F. Veenker (1931–1936)
James J. Yeager (1937–1940)
Ray Donels (1941–1942)
Mike Michalske (1942–1946)
Emmett Stuber (1947–1953)
Vince DiFrancesca (1954–1956)
Jim Myers (1957)
Clay Stapleton (1958–1967)
Johnny Majors (1968–1972)
Earle Bruce (1973–1978)
Donnie Duncan (1979–1982)
Jim Criner (1983–1986)
Jim Walden (1987–1994)
Dan McCarney (1995–2006)
Gene Chizik (2007–2008)
Paul Rhoads (2009– )

Iowa State Cyclones athletic directors

S. W. Beyer (1903–1914)
Clyde Williams (1914–1919)
Charles Mayser (1919–1923)
Hugo Otapalik (acting) (1923–1924)
T. Nelson Metcalf (1924–1931)
George F. Veenker (1932–1945)
Louis Menze (1945–1958)
Gordon H. Chalmers (1959–1966)
Clay Stapleton (1967–1970)
Lou McCullough (1971–1982)
Max Urick (1983–1993)
Gene Smith (1993–2000)
Bruce Van De Velde (2000–2006)
Jamie Pollard (2006– )

Persondata
Name	Stapleton, Clay
Alternative names	Stapleton, Clayton
Short description	American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator
Date of birth	c. 1921
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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