Clarence Merle "Nibs" Price (April 26, 1889 – January 13, 1968) was an American

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and

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coach. After coaching at

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, he served as the head football coach at the

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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

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. Succeeding Andy Smith as Cal's football coach, Price guided the Golden Bears to the

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, a game infamous for

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'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

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. Price died on January 13, 1968, at the age of 77 in

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Head coaching record

College football

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College basketball

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Head coaching record

College football

College basketball

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