Clarence Stasavich

Clarence Stasavich
Stasavich pictured in The Buccaneer 1963, East Carolina yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1913-02-09)February 9, 1913
Illinois, U.S.
DiedOctober 24, 1975(1975-10-24) (aged 62)
Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
1931–1934Lenoir–Rhyne
1941Charlotte Clippers
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1938–1941Lenoir–Rhyne (assistant)
1946–1961Lenoir–Rhyne
1962–1969East Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1946–1961Lenoir–Rhyne
1963–1975East Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall171–64–7
Bowls5–1
Tournaments3–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NAIA (1960)
9 North State / Carolinas Conference (1951–1952, 1955–1961)
1 SoCon (1966)
Awards
NAIA Coach of the Year (1959)

Clarence Stasavich (February 9, 1913 – October 24, 1975) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lenoir–Rhyne College—now known as Lenoir–Rhyne University—in Hickory, North Carolina from 1946 to 1961 and at East Carolina College—renamed East Carolina University in 1967—from 1963 to 1969, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 171–64–7. He led Lenoir–Rhyne to the NAIA Football National Championship in 1960. Stasavich was also the athletic director at Lenoir–Rhyne from 1946 to 1961 and East Carolina from 1963 to 1975.