1921-1944 • Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, West Virginia, Wisconsin
5 schools coached, anchored by Minnesota.
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 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
89-48-11
Career Win %
64.3%
Seasons
17
Career Span
24 years
Average SRS
7.7
Peak SRS
20.8
Best Finish
—
Consistency
3.6
Higher = steadier
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
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.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
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%
Longest Tenure
Minnesota • 5 seasons
Best Tenure
Minnesota • 15.4 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
West Virginia • 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.
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Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Clarence Spears
Insufficient sample
Raw avg SP Overall: —
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Insufficient sample
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1943-1944 • 5-12-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure 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 the tenure 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 the tenure 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 the tenure 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 the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 6.0 baseline
+1.5
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
Worst 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% |
| Maryland | 1943 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -24.7 | — | — | — | -21.1 | +31.9% |
| Wisconsin | 1935 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12.5% | — | — | -3.6 | — | — | — | -5.2 | -37.5% |
| Wisconsin | 1934 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.6 | — | — | — | -5.0 | +18.8% |
| Wisconsin | 1933 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 31.3% | — | — | 6.6 | — | — | — | -7.6 | -50.0% |
| Wisconsin | 1932 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | — | 14.2 | — | — | — | -2.8 | +11.3% |
| Oregon | 1931 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 70.0% | — | — | 17.0 | — | — | — | +17.2 | -7.8% |
| Oregon | 1930 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | -0.2 | — | — | — | -13.4 | +2.8% |
| Minnesota | 1929 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 13.2 | — | — | — | -4.6 | 0.0% |
| Minnesota | 1928 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 17.8 | — | — | — | +1.9 | -12.5% |
| Minnesota | 1927 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 87.5% | — | — | 15.9 | — | — | — | +2.3 | +25.0% |
| Minnesota | 1926 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 13.6 | — | — | — | -3.1 | -6.3% |
| Minnesota | 1925 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 68.8% | — | — | 16.7 | — | — | — | -4.1 | -20.1% |
| West Virginia | 1924 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | — | 20.8 | — | — | — | +1.3 | +5.6% |
| West Virginia | 1923 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | — | 19.5 | — | — | — | +4.2 | -21.7% |
| West Virginia | 1922 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 105.0% | — | — | 15.3 | — | — | — | +9.3 | +50.0% |
| West Virginia | 1921 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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