Clay Stapleton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Clay Stapleton | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| College | Iowa State University | |
| Sport | College football | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 42-53-4 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Playing career | ||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1958-1967 | Iowa state | |
Clay Stapleton was the 23rd head college 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 T formation offense, and notorious for punting on third down. He also served as Iowa State's athletic director following his coaching stint.
On September 9th, 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 General Neyland.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Jim Myers |
Iowa State Football Coaches 1958–1967 |
Succeeded by Johnny Majors |
|
|||||
 |
This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1950s is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
