- Clarence Stasavich
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Clarence Stasavich 
Stasavich pictured in The Buccaneer 1963, ECU yearbook Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born February 9, 1913 Place of birth Illinois Died October 24, 1975 (aged 62) Place of death Greenville, North Carolina Playing career 1931–1934 Lenoir–Rhyne Position(s) End Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1946–1961
1962–1969Lenoir–Rhyne
East CarolinaHead 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 Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP° 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
East Carolina Pirates 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– )
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- 1975 deaths
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- Lenoir–Rhyne Bears football coaches
- Lenoir–Rhyne Bears football players
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- American military personnel of World War II
- United States Navy officers
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1960s stubs
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