Clay Stapleton

Clay Stapleton
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1921-06-24)June 24, 1921 Jenkins, Kentucky
Died	October 30, 2014(2014-10-30) (aged 93) Marshall, Missouri
Playing career
1941, 1946–1947	Tennessee
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950–1952	Wofford (line)
1953–1954	Wyoming (assistant)
1955–1957	Oregon State (assistant)
1958–1967	Iowa State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1967–1970	Iowa State
1971–1973	Florida State
1973–1978	Vanderbilt
Head coaching record
Overall	42–53–4
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

George Clayton Stapleton (June 24, 1921 – October 30, 2014) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at Iowa State University from 1958 until 1967, compiling a record of 42–53–4 Stapleton was known for his single-wing offense and notorious for punting on third down. He served as Iowa State's athletic director following his coaching stint, from 1967 to 1970. He was the athletic director at Florida State University from 1971 to 1973 and at Vanderbilt University from 1973 to 1978. Stapleton played college football at the University of Tennessee for head coach Robert Neyland.

On September 9, 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 died on October 30, 2014, in Marshall, Missouri, at the age of 93.^[1]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Iowa State Cyclones (Big Seven / Big Eight Conference) (1958–1967)
1958	Iowa State	4–6	0–6	7th
1959	Iowa State	7–3	3–3	T–3rd
1960	Iowa State	7–4	4–3	4th
1961	Iowa State	5–5	3–4	5th
1962	Iowa State	5–5	3–4	5th
1963	Iowa State	4–5	3–4	T–4th
1964	Iowa State	1–8–1	0–7	8th
1965	Iowa State	5–4–1	3–3–1	4th
1966	Iowa State	2–6–2	2–3–2	6th
1967	Iowa State	2–8	1–6	7th
Iowa State:		42–53–4	22–43–3
Total:		42–53–4

References

↑ Peterson, Randy (October 30, 2014). "Cyclones legendary 'Dirty 30' football coach has died". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved October 30, 2014.

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Iowa State Cyclones head football coaches

Ira C. Brownlie (1892)
W. P. Finney (1893)
Bert German & Glenn Scobey Warner (1894–1898)
Joe Meyers & Glenn Scobey Warner (1899)
C. E. Woodruff (1900)
Edgar N. Clinton (1901)
A. W. Ristine (1902–1906)
Clyde Williams (1907–1912)
Homer C. Hubbard (1913–1914)
Charles Mayser (1915–1919)
Norman C. Paine (1920)
Maury Kent (1921)
Sam Willaman (1922–1925)
C. Noel Workman (1926–1930)
George F. Veenker (1931–1936)
James J. Yeager (1937–1940)
Ray Donels (1941–1942)
Mike Michalske (1942–1946)
Emmett Stuber (1947–1953)
Vince DiFrancesca (1954–1956)
Jim Myers (1957)
Clay Stapleton (1958–1967)
Johnny Majors (1968–1972)
Earle Bruce (1973–1978)
Donnie Duncan (1979–1982)
Jim Criner (1983–1986)
Jim Walden (1987–1994)
Dan McCarney (1995–2006)
Gene Chizik (2007–2008)
Paul Rhoads (2009–2015)
Matt Campbell (2016– )

Iowa State Cyclones athletic directors

S. W. Beyer (1903–1914)
Clyde Williams (1914–1919)
Charles Mayser (1919–1923)
Hugo Otapalik # (1923–1924)
T. Nelson Metcalf (1924–1931)
George F. Veenker (1932–1945)
Louis Menze (1945–1958)
Gordon H. Chalmers (1959–1966)
Clay Stapleton (1967–1970)
Lou McCullough (1971–1982)
Max Urick (1983–1993)
Gene Smith (1993–2000)
Bruce Van De Velde (2000–2006)
Jamie Pollard (2006– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

Florida State Seminoles athletic directors

Tom Nugent (1953–1958)
Perry Moss (1959)
Vaughn Mancha (1959–1971)
Clay Stapleton (1971–1973)
John Bridgers (1973–1979)
Phil Fordyce # (1979–1981)
Hootie Ingram (1981–1989)
Bob Goin (1990–1994)
Dave Hart, Jr. (1995–2007)
William L. Proctor # (2007–2008)
Randy Spetman (2008–2013)
Vanessa Fuchs # (2013)
Stan Wilcox (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

Vanderbilt Commodores athletic directors

Dan McGugin (1934–1936)
Tom Zerfoss (1940–1944)
Henry Russell Sanders (1945–1949)
Bill Edwards (1949–1953)
Arthur Guepe (1953–1962)
Jess Neely (1967–1971)
Bill Pace (1971–1973)
Jess Neely # (1973)
Clay Stapleton (1973–1978)
Roy Kramer (1978–1990)
Paul Hoolahan (1990–1995)
Jim Foster # (1996)
Todd Turner (1996–2003)
David Williams, II (2003– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

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