Coach Profile
1921-1944 • Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, West Virginia, Wisconsin
5 schools coached, anchored by Minnesota.
Clarence Spears's coaching record is 89-48-11, highlighted by seasons at Minnesota from 1921 to 1944.
Clarence Spears coached 17 seasons, won 64.3%, and posted an average SRS of 7.7. Best season: 1924 West Virginia. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 5 stints shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Minnesota
Balanced profile with 5 program stops and a peak score of 86.1.
Quick Answers
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
147 countable games, 64.3% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Minnesota.
16 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Minnesota-Wisconsin games in this dataset.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 30, 1944. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
8-1 • SRS 20.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
88.9%
YoY SRS
+1.3
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Maryland
1943-1944 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -21.6 • Win % 30.6%
Wisconsin
1932-1935 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 4.7 • Win % 43.8%
Oregon
1930-1931 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 8.4 • Win % 73.7%
Minnesota
1925-1929 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 15.4 • Win % 73.8%
West Virginia
1921-1924 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 15.4 • Win % 82.9%
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Clarence Spears
Insufficient sample
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Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
1943-1944 • 5-12-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 3.2 baseline
-0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-21.6 during vs -14.0 baseline
-7.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1932-1935 • 13-17-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.3 during vs 5.2 baseline
-1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.7 during vs 9.6 baseline
-4.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1930-1931 • 13-4-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 4.2 baseline
+2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.4 during vs 6.6 baseline
+1.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1925-1929 • 28-9-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.6 during vs 3.0 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
15.4 during vs 7.8 baseline
+7.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1921-1924 • 30-6-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.7 during vs 6.0 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
15.4 during vs 17.6 baseline
-2.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
West Virginia 1924
8-1 • SRS 20.8
Biggest Improvement
Oregon 1931
6-2-2 • 17.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Maryland 1943
4-5 • SRS -24.7
Biggest Drop
Maryland 1943
4-5 • -21.1 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Maryland | 1944 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 16.7% | — | — | -18.4 | — | — | — | +6.3 | -27.8% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1943 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -24.7 | — | — | — | -21.1 | +31.9% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1935 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12.5% | — | — | -3.6 | — | — | — | -5.2 | -37.5% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1934 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.6 | — | — | — | -5.0 | +18.8% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1933 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 31.3% | — | — | 6.6 | — | — | — | -7.6 | -50.0% | Season summary |
| Wisconsin | 1932 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | — | 14.2 | — | — | — | -2.8 | +11.3% | Season summary |
| Oregon | 1931 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 70.0% | — | — | 17.0 | — | — | — | +17.2 | -7.8% | Season summary |
| Oregon | 1930 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | -0.2 | — | — | — | -13.4 | +2.8% | Season summary |
| Minnesota | 1929 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 13.2 | — | — | — | -4.6 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Minnesota | 1928 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 17.8 | — | — | — | +1.9 | -12.5% | Season summary |
| Minnesota | 1927 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 87.5% | — | — | 15.9 | — | — | — | +2.3 | +25.0% | Season summary |
| Minnesota | 1926 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 13.6 | — | — | — | -3.1 | -6.3% | Season summary |
| Minnesota | 1925 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 68.8% | — | — | 16.7 | — | — | — | -4.1 | -20.1% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 1924 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 20.8 | — | — | — | +1.3 | +5.6% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 1923 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 19.5 | — | — | — | +4.2 | -21.7% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 1922 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 105.0% | — | — | 15.3 | — | — | — | +9.3 | +50.0% | Partial season |
| West Virginia | 1921 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.2
Avg SRS 7.9 • Peak SRS 28.3 • 19 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 12.3
Open profile →same balanced identity • avg SRS within 1.4
Avg SRS 6.3 • Peak SRS 29.8 • 22 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 14.1
Open profile →same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.5
Avg SRS 8.2 • Peak SRS 25.1 • 21 seasons
Best finish #13 • Volatility 11.5
Open profile →same balanced identity • volatility within 1.9
Avg SRS 9.8 • Peak SRS 28.2 • 24 seasons
Best finish #2 • Volatility 10.9
Open profile →same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.8
Avg SRS 7.0 • Peak SRS 29.6 • 26 seasons
Best finish #2 • Volatility 10.7
Open profile →same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.9
Avg SRS 6.8 • Peak SRS 24.9 • 24 seasons
Best finish #7 • Volatility 9.3
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